Bruce Bennett (May 19 1906 - February 24 2007) was an American actor and Olympic silver medalist shot putter. During the 1930s, he went by his real name of Herman Brix (having dropped the first name "Harold").

Herman Brix was a star shot-putter in the 1928 Olympics. After nearly getting the lead in MGM's Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), he was picked by Edgar Rice Burroughs for his own production of New Adventures of Tarzan, The (1935/I), the only one between the silents and the 1960s to present the character accurately, as a sophisticated, polyglot English nobleman. Metro blocked "Adventures" out of most theaters, but it was very popular in the foreign markets, resulting in the Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938) sequel made essentially of reworked footage from the earlier movie. After "Adventures", he made a number of serials for Republic, including a Tarzan-like "Kioga" in Hawk of the Wilderness (1938). After this picture, he dropped out for a few years, took acting lessons, and changed his name to Bruce Bennett, dropping his Tarzan and athlete connections. He made many movies after that, gaining fame as a leading man in many Warners products. In 1960, he retired from movie making and went into business, becoming sales manager of a multimillion-dollar vending machine company. In 1967, he returned to acting in TV guest appearances.