Lee Dixon

Acting

Lee Dixon

Born — Died

1910-01-22 — 1953-01-08

Place of birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

7 titles

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

Known for

Angel and the Badman poster
6.4

A wounded outlaw finds unexpected mercy in the care of a rancher's daughter. The hope of love pulls him toward a different life until the law, and his violent past, close in on his new home. Now he must choose the kind of man he'll become.

Angel and the Badman

1947

The Singing Marine poster
5.2

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.

The Singing Marine

1937

Gold Diggers of 1937 poster
6.1

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 Norma Perry.

Gold Diggers of 1937

1936

Ready, Willing and Able poster
5.4

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

Ready, Willing and Able

1937

Varsity Show poster
6.8

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.

Varsity Show

1937

Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue poster
7.0

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 first edition of the Revue and became a hit song on two continents in 1936.

Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue

1938

Film credits

1930s · 5 titles