Art Mix

Art Mix
Screen shot of Mix from the 1924 silent film, Ace of the Cactus Range.
Born	George Washington Kesterson (1896-06-18)June 18, 1896 Pike County, Illinois, United States
Died	Riverside, California, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1924–46

Art Mix (born George Washington Kesterson; June 18, 1896 – December 7, 1972), was an American character from the 1920s until the mid-1940s. Prior to becoming an actor, Mix worked as a circus performer and a boxer. He initially appeared under his real name, Kesterson, before being given the his stage name of Mix by Victor Adamson. During his career he appeared in over 200 film shorts and feature films. Although most of his roles were in smaller and bit parts, he would sometimes be cast in a featured role, such as in 1932's Border Devils, starring Harry Carey. Rarely, he was even given the lead role, as in the 1935 "B"-western, The Rawhide Terror.

Of his more than 90 feature films, some of the more notable include: Sagebrush Trail (1933), starring John Wayne; the 1939 classic Gunga Din, starring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.; and the Academy Award-winning The Westerner, starring Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan. Mix married the Cuban-American actress, Inez Gomez. He died on December 7, 1972, at the age of 76, in Riverside, California. Mix is buried under his stage name in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

Filmography

(Per AFI database)

• Ace of Cactus Range (1924)
• The Man From the Rio Grande (1924) (as George Kesterson)
• Romance of the Wasteland (1924)
• South of Santa Fe (1924)
• The Terror of Pueblo (1924)
• The Danger Rider (1924)
• Rider of Mystery Ranch (1924)
• Riders of Border Bay (1925)
• Roped by Radio (1925) (as George Kesterson)
• Paths of Flame (1926) (as George Kesterson)
• Salt Lake Trail (1926) (as George Kesterson)
• Shadow Ranger (1926) (as George Kesterson)
• The Wild Horse Stampede (1926) (as George Kesterson)
• Loco Luck (1927) (as George Kesterson)
• Western Courage (1927) (as George Kesterson)
• The Bronc Stomper (1928)
• The Old Oregon Trail (1928)
• West of the Rockies (1929)
• Breed of the West (1930)
• Desert Vultures (1930)
• The Lonesome Trail (1930)
• Sagebrush Politics (1930)
• The Pueblo Terror (1931)
• Lariats and Six Shooters (1931)
• Border Devils (1932)
• Young Blood (1932)
• The Texan (1932)
• Law and Order (1932)
• King of the Wild Horses (1933)
• The Dude Bandit (1933)
• Sagebrush Trail (1933)
• Treason (1933)
• Kid Millions (1934)
• The Westerner (1934)
• The Way of the West (1934)
• Elinor Norton (1934)
• The Fighting Ranger (1934)
• Cyclone of the Saddle (1935)
• The Cowboy and the Bandit (1935)
• The Ghost Rider (1935)
• Powdersmoke Range (1935)
• Pals of the Range (1935)
• Five Bad Men (1935)
• Swifty (1935)
• The Rawhide Terror (1935)
• Lucky Terror (1936)
• End of the Trail (1936)
• Code of the Range (1936)
• One Man Justice (1937)
• The Old Wyoming Trail (1937)
• Two Fisted Sheriff (1937)
• Two-Gun Law (1937)
• Westbound Mail (1937)
• Dodge City Trail (1937)
• Outlaws of the Prairie (1937)
• South of Arizona (1938)
• Rio Grande (1938)
• Sergeant Murphy (1938)
• Cattle Raiders (1938)
• Call of the Rockies (1938)
• Law of the Plains (1938)
• West of Cheyenne (1938)
• The Thundering West (1939)
• Gunga Din (1939)
• Spoilers of the Range (1939)
• The Taming of the West (1939)
• Maisie (1939)
• Beyond the Sacramento (1940)
• Covered Wagon Trails (1940)
• Bad Man from Red Butte (1940)
• The Westerner (1940)
• Across the Sierras (1941)
• Hands Across the Rockies (1941)
• The Medico of Painted Springs (1941)
• North from the Lone Star (1941)
• Riding Through Nevada (1942)
• Bullets for Bandits (1942)
• Overland Stagecoach (1942)
• Shut My Big Mouth (1942)
• Sunset Serenade (1942)
• A Tornado in the Saddle (1942)
• West of Tombstone (1942)
• Hail to the Rangers (1943)
• Outlaws of Stampede Pass (1943)
• Silver City Raiders (1943)

External links

• Art Mix at the Internet Movie Database