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14436
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Robert Carroll, a young actor and pianist, has joined the ranks of a number of other North Carolinians who have made good recently in the theatrical world.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 15 Issue 26, Nov 1947, p3, 30, f
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23431
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Thomas Hezekiah Mix was born in Cameron County, PA, in 1880. It was not until 1904 that he headed west to try his hand as a cowboy. At the St. Louis World Fair, Mix met Will Rogers and they would remain friends for life. Mix had dedicated himself to fine-tuning his rodeo skills. In 1910, he began his movie career when he was hired along with Hoot Gibson to appear in a western. Mix would go on to appear in between 300 and 400 films and to become the first actor to promote his horse as a star. Tom Mix was a \"straight-shooting, non-drinking, non-smoking, non-swearing\" cowboy who set an example for children and adult Wild West fans. Tom Mix came to Greenville on December 1, 1933, and on October 8, 1936. He died in an automobile accident in 1940 at the age of sixty.
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15314
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Twelve-year-old Tommie Baker became a sensation in the mid-1930s. Tommie Baker left his home in Rocky Mount to go to New York City to receive additional training in song and dance. Some of his early accolades included auditioning for MGM, RKO, and Warner Brothers as well as danced at the Cotton Club.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 5 Issue 5, July 1937, p7, 16, por
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17648
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An article in the July 3, 1937 issue of THE STATE told how Billy Burke discovered Tommie in Nash County, invested his own money to see he got proper training in song and dance in New York, and the sensation he created there. This article follows up on Tommie's progress in Hollywood and the reaction to his first movie--\"Kid actor in his debut steals show.\"
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 7 Issue 32, Jan 1940, p1, 18, por
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Record #:
39666
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Tommy Thompson is a musician, actor, and writer, who has pursued his interests of theater and being in a folk band since the mid-1960s.
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23435
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Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), the cowboy humorist, came to Greenville on April 6, 1926, and gave two performances to 5,000 fans. Rogers was born on a cattle ranch in Oklahoma. He later joined a Wild West show as a trick roper and entered the Guinness Book of World Records for throwing three lassos at once. Rogers toured the world, wrote a syndicated news column and six books, appeared in 50 silent films and 21 talking movies, and was a popular radio personality. He died at the age of 55 when his plane crashed in Alaska.