Lee Dixon

Lee Dixon was an American singing and dancing actor in 1930s and 1940s musical and other films. He appeared also on the Broadway stage.

Angel and the Badman (1947)

Notorious shootist and womanizer Quirt Evans' horse collapses as he passes a Quaker family's home. Quirt has been wounded, and the kindly family takes him in to nurse him back to health against the advice of others. The handsome Evans quickly attracts the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Edward Grant
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Gail Russell  •  Harry Carey  •  Bruce Cabot

Notorious shootist and womanizer Quirt Evans' horse collapses as he passes a Quaker family's home. Quirt has been wounded, and the kindly family takes him in to nurse him back to health against the advice of others. The handsome Evans quickly attracts the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Edward Grant
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Gail Russell  •  Harry Carey  •  Bruce Cabot

The Singing Marine (1937)

Bob Brent, a young Marine from Arkansas, impresses his comrades with his singing ability, and they pitch in to send him to New York to compete in an amateur contest. Success in the contest, however, sets him up for trouble in romance, in his career, and with the Corps.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright
CAST:  Dick Powell  •  Doris Weston  •  Lee Dixon  •  Hugh Herbert

Bob Brent, a young Marine from Arkansas, impresses his comrades with his singing ability, and they pitch in to send him to New York to compete in an amateur contest. Success in the contest, however, sets him up for trouble in romance, in his career, and with the Corps.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright
CAST:  Dick Powell  •  Doris Weston  •  Lee Dixon  •  Hugh Herbert

Double or Nothing (1940)

In this Broadway Brevities short, a stunt double is hit on the head and imagines himself in a series of movie scenes with doubles for various stars.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Mack
CAST:  Lee Dixon  •  John Elliott  •  Betty Dietrich  •  Sara Berner

In this Broadway Brevities short, a stunt double is hit on the head and imagines himself in a series of movie scenes with doubles for various stars.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Mack
CAST:  Lee Dixon  •  John Elliott  •  Betty Dietrich  •  Sara Berner

Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)

The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a gold-digging chorus girl to help get it back by conning an insurance company. But they don’t count on the persistence of insurance man Rosmer Peck and his secretary ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  Dick Powell  •  Joan Blondell  •  Glenda Farrell  •  Victor Moore

The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a gold-digging chorus girl to help get it back by conning an insurance company. But they don’t count on the persistence of insurance man Rosmer Peck and his secretary ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  Dick Powell  •  Joan Blondell  •  Glenda Farrell  •  Victor Moore

Ready, Willing and Able (1937)

Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright
CAST:  Ruby Keeler  •  Lee Dixon  •  Allen Jenkins  •  Louise Fazenda

Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright
CAST:  Ruby Keeler  •  Lee Dixon  •  Allen Jenkins  •  Louise Fazenda

Varsity Show (1937)

Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played in their varsity show. They appeal to a big Broadway alumnus and have him direct their show. What they don't know is that this "star's" last three shows were flops.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Keighley
CAST:  Dick Powell  •  Ted Healy  •  Rosemary Lane  •  Priscilla Lane

Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played in their varsity show. They appeal to a big Broadway alumnus and have him direct their show. What they don't know is that this "star's" last three shows were flops.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Keighley
CAST:  Dick Powell  •  Ted Healy  •  Rosemary Lane  •  Priscilla Lane

Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue (1938)

The scene is set at Billy Rose's Casa Manana Revue, filmed at the Fort Worth Frontier Fiesta (1937), an enormous production created as part of the Texas Centennial civic celebrations. The opening song, "The Night Is Young And You're So Beautiful" emanated from the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sidney
CAST:  Lee Dixon  •  Virginia Grey  •  Peggy Ryan  •  Billy Rose

The scene is set at Billy Rose's Casa Manana Revue, filmed at the Fort Worth Frontier Fiesta (1937), an enormous production created as part of the Texas Centennial civic celebrations. The opening song, "The Night Is Young And You're So Beautiful" emanated from the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sidney
CAST:  Lee Dixon  •  Virginia Grey  •  Peggy Ryan  •  Billy Rose