Paul Fix
Known for Acting · 288 credits
- Born
- 1901-03-13
- Died
- 1983-10-14
- Place of birth
- Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Peter Paul Fix · Paul P. Fix · Peter Fix · پال فیکس · پل فیکس
Biography
Paul Fix (March 13, 1901, Dobbs Ferry, New York – October 14, 1983, Los Angeles, California) was an American film and television character actor, best known for his work in westerns. Fix appeared in more than a hundred movies and dozens of television shows over a 56-year career spanning from 1925 to 1981. In the 1950s, Fix was best known for portraying Marshal Micah Torrance alongside Chuck Connors in The Rifleman.
Paul Fix died October 14, 1983, Los Angeles, California, of kidney failure. He was survived by his daughter Marilyn Carey and son-in-law Harry "Dobe" Carey, three grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
Supposedly Fix taught John Wayne -- a lifelong friend -- his famous and distinctive "rolling walk" when Wayne was starting out in the business. He wanted something to set him apart, so Fix suggested the rolling gait that became his trademark.
Known For
TV Shows (72)
Star Trek
1966
as Dr. Piper
Perry Mason
1957
as District Attorney Hale / Prosecutor / Prosecutor Hale
Bonanza
1959
as Barney / Buford Sturgis
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Mr. McCabe
Lassie
1954
as Sam Snow / Jake Palmer
The Fugitive
1963
as Dan Martin
Mannix
1967
as Johnny Gundersen
Wagon Train
1957
as Jake / Amos Billings / Sean Bannon
Ironside
1967
as Cripple
Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Jason Randall
The Waltons
1972
as Senator Lucas Avery
The Rifleman
1958
as Micah Torrance
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Colbey
Emergency!
1972
as Maxwell Hart / Gus 'Pop' Williams
The Virginian
1962
as Ebberly Packis / Dr. Hinton / Arnold Boyle
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Sheriff Stinchcomb
Lawman
1958
as Pop Marraday
The Rockford Files
1974
as Joe Tooley
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Hap Collins
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Joe Taylor
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Rufus Stuart / Steven Burkett
Rawhide
1959
as Ellis Williams
Daniel Boone
1964
as Quonab / Chief Great Bear
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Judge Blake / Old Chief
The F.B.I.
1965
as Willard Oberley / Chester Cranford / Matt Williams / Farrell
The Big Valley
1965
as Greene / Brahma / Ben Abbott
Run for Your Life
1965
as Joseph Farrell
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Amos Barringer / Alfred Sturmer / Jack Tattnal
The High Chaparral
1967
as Cochise
The Name of the Game
1968
as Old Bob / Judge O'Connor
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Silk
Gunsmoke
1955
as McCready / Sam Bartell / Greenwood, Sr. / Doc Lacey / Sloan
Here's Lucy
1968
as Indian Chief
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Wade Tillman
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
as Sam Burke
Switch
1975
as Sheriff
Land of the Giants
1968
as Dr. Brulle
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Franklin
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Sugarfoot
1957
as Jim Bradshaw
Family Affair
1966
The Texan
1958
as Bert Gorman
The Time Tunnel
1966
as Henderson
Battlestar Galactica
1978
as Commander Kronus
Adventures of Superman
1952
as Ollie / Gangster in Montage (archive footage) / Fingers
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
as Dr. Mel Woodruff
Riverboat
1959
as President Zachary Taylor
Ellery Queen
1975
as Capt. Benjamin Blake
Judd, for the Defense
1967
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
as Lefty the Shiv
The Doris Day Show
1968
as Senator George Bergson
Bronco
1958
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Mr. Barton
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
as Olenhaussen - Stableman / Buck Cobb
How the West Was Won
1977
as Portagee
Law of the Plainsman
1959
as Mr. Coleman
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Dr. Abel
Broken Arrow
1956
as Jess Taugus
Sam Benedict
1962
Racket Squad
1951
Movies (216)
Giant
1956
as Dr. Horace Lynnton
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
as Judge Taylor
Hondo
1953
as Major Sherry
El Dorado
1966
as Dr. Miller
Scarface
1932
as Hood with Gaffney (uncredited)
The Bad Seed
1956
as Richard Bravo
Johnny Guitar
1954
as Eddie
The Undefeated
1969
as General Joe Masters
Red River
1948
as Teeler Yacey
Zabriskie Point
1970
as Cafe Owner
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
as Pete Maxwell
Nevada Smith
1966
as Sheriff Bonnell
The Fighting Seabees
1944
as Ding Jacobs
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
as Sheriff Billy Wilson
Shoot Out
1971
as Brakeman
Shenandoah
1965
as Dr. Tom Witherspoon
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
as Gunrunner (uncredited)
Something Big
1971
as Chief Yellow Sun
Warpath
1951
as Pvt. Fiore
Mail Order Bride
1964
as Sheriff Jess Linley
The High and the Mighty
1954
as Frank Briscoe
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
as Old Man
Virginia City
1940
as Murrell's Henchman (uncredited)
Tall in the Saddle
1944
as Bob Clews
Force of Evil
1950
as Bill Ficco
Night of the Lepus
1972
as Sheriff Cody
Young Billy Young
1969
as Charlie
Undercover Doctor
1939
as Monk Jackson
In Old Oklahoma
1943
as Cherokee Kid
The Plunderers
1948
as Calico
Blood Alley
1955
as Mr. Tso
Grayeagle
1977
as Running Wolf
Night Passage
1957
as Mr. Feeney
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942
as Mueller (uncredited)
The Outrage
1964
as Indian
Wanda Nevada
1979
as Texas Curly
Incident at Phantom Hill
1966
as General Hood
Surrender
1950
as Deputy Williams
Winchester '73
1967
as Ben McAdam
Dakota
1945
as Carp
Devil's Canyon
1953
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949
as Beau Merritt
Star in the Dust
1956
as Mike MacNamara
Triple Justice
1940
as Cleary
Roar of the Press
1941
as 'Sparrow' McGraun
Angel and the Badman
1947
as Mouse Marr (uncredited)
Jet Pilot
1957
as Maj. Rexford
The Sphinx
1933
as Dave Werner
Strange Cargo
1940
as Benet (uncredited)
Bad Girl
1931
as Nervous Expectant Father (uncredited)
Emergency Call
1933
as Dr. Mason (uncredited)
Back to Bataan
1945
as Bindle Jackson
Tycoon
1947
as Joe
After the Thin Man
1936
as Phil
The Ghost Breakers
1940
as Frenchy Duval
Island in the Sky
1953
as Wally Miller
Man in the Vault
1956
as Herbie
Hold That Ghost
1941
as Lefty
Lafayette Escadrille
1958
as U.S. General
Wake of the Red Witch
1948
as Antonio 'Ripper' Arrezo
The Ballad of Josie
1968
as Alpheus
Reckless
1935
as Man on Mechanical Horse (uncredited)
Winterset
1936
as Joe
Rocky Rhodes
1934
as Joe Hilton
The Sea Chase
1955
as Max Heinz
Dirty Dingus Magee
1970
as Crazy Blanket
Baby the Rain Must Fall
1965
as Juge Ewing
Toward the Unknown
1956
as Lt. Gen. Bryan Shelby
Ride Beyond Vengeance
1966
as Hanley
Armored Car
1937
as Slim
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
as Gangster (Uncredited)
Mannequin
1938
as Smooch Hanrahan (Uncredited)
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
as David Herold
Black Friday
1940
as William Kane
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
as Calico Jim
Dr. Cyclops
1940
as Dr. Mendoza
Unfinished Business
1941
as Reporter
The Road to Glory
1936
as Rigaud
Man in the Shadow
1957
as Herb Parker
Denver and Rio Grande
1952
as Engineer Moynihan
Ride the Man Down
1952
as Ray Cavanaugh
Bombardier
1943
as Big Guy
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
1971
as Tom Hansen
Santiago
1956
as Trasker
The City
1977
as Jed Haynes
The Unknown Guest
1943
as Fain
The Saint in New York
1938
as Phil Farrell (Uncredited)
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
as Major Munn
Daughter of Shanghai
1937
as Miles / Miles (uncredited)
An Eye for an Eye
1966
as Brian Quince
Day of the Evil Gun
1968
as Sheriff Kelso
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936
as Lou Pender (uncredited)
Don't Bet on Blondes
1935
as Man Betting $2500 on Caprice (Uncredited)
Two Thoroughbreds
1939
as Stablemaster
Escape from Crime
1942
as Dude Merrill
Walking Down Broadway
1938
as Man in Baccarat Club Bar
The Crooked Road
1940
as Nick Romero
South of Santa Fe
1942
as Joe Keenan / Harmon
The Desert Trail
1935
as Jim
Hanging by a Thread
1979
as Rogers
The Avenger
1931
as Juan Murietta (uncredited)
Border Cafe
1937
as Doley
Hoodoo Ranch
1926
The Accusing Finger
1936
as "Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief
The Devil's Mate
1933
as Maloney
Fair Wind to Java
1953
as Wilson
The Fargo Kid
1940
as Deuce Mallory
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
1936
as Lefty
Millions in the Air
1935
as Hank (the Drunk)
Hellfire
1949
as Dusty Stoner
Down Mexico Way
1941
as Henchman Davis
They All Come Out
1939
as Varney (uncredited)
Stagecoach To Fury
1956
as Tim O'Connors
Bullfighter and the Lady
1951
as Joseph Jamison (uncredited)
Wanted: Jane Turner
1936
as Crowley's Henchman (uncredited)
The Night Hawk
1938
as Spider
Somewhere in Sonora
1933
as Bart Leadly
House on Greenapple Road
1970
as Orvie
The Crowd Roars
1938
as Joe the Warehouse Bodyguard (uncredited)
Heritage of the Desert
1939
as Henchman Chick Chance
About Paul Fix
Paul Fix (March 13, 1901, Dobbs Ferry, New York – October 14, 1983, Los Angeles, California) was an American film and television character actor, best known for his work in westerns. Fix appeared in more than a hundred movies and dozens of television shows over a 56-year career spanning from 1925 to 1981. In the 1950s, Fix was best known for portraying Marshal Micah Torrance alongside Chuck Connors in The Rifleman. Paul Fix died October 14, 1983, Los Angeles, California, of kidney failure. He was survived by his daughter Marilyn Carey and son-… With 288 credits spanning from 1925 to 1979, Paul Fix has appeared in 216 films and 72 TV shows.
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Most Popular Paul Fix Movies
- Giant (1956) — as Dr. Horace Lynnton
- To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) — as Judge Taylor
- Hondo (1953) — as Major Sherry
- El Dorado (1966) — as Dr. Miller
- Scarface (1932) — as Hood with Gaffney (uncredited)
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