
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

Mannix
1967
as Johnny Gundersen

The Fugitive
1963
as Dan Martin

Lassie
1954
as Sam Snow / Jake Palmer

Ironside
1967
as Cripple

Wagon Train
1957
as Jake / Amos Billings / Sean Bannon

Quincy, M.E.
1976
as Jason Randall

The Rifleman
1958
as Micah Torrance

The Waltons
1972
as Senator Lucas Avery

The Twilight Zone
1959
as Colbey

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Sheriff Stinchcomb

The Virginian
1962
as Ebberly Packis / Dr. Hinton / Arnold Boyle

The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Joe Taylor

The Rockford Files
1974
as Joe Tooley
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Hap Collins

Emergency!
1972
as Maxwell Hart / Gus 'Pop' Williams

Lawman
1958
as Pop Marraday

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Rufus Stuart / Steven Burkett

The F.B.I.
1965
as Willard Oberley / Chester Cranford / Matt Williams / Farrell

Rawhide
1959
as Ellis Williams

The Wild Wild West
1965
as Judge Blake / Old Chief

Daniel Boone
1964
as Quonab / Chief Great Bear

Run for Your Life
1965
as Joseph Farrell

The Big Valley
1965
as Greene / Brahma / Ben Abbott

Barnaby Jones
1973
as Amos Barringer / Alfred Sturmer / Jack Tattnal

The Name of the Game
1968
as Old Bob / Judge O'Connor

The Lone Ranger
1949
as Silk

The High Chaparral
1967
as Cochise

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

Land of the Giants
1968
as Dr. Brulle

The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Franklin

Switch
1975
as Sheriff

Family Affair
1966

Alias Smith and Jones
1971

Sugarfoot
1957
as Jim Bradshaw

The Texan
1958
as Bert Gorman

Battlestar Galactica
1978
as Commander Kronus

Adventures of Superman
1952
as Ollie / Gangster in Montage (archive footage) / Fingers

The Time Tunnel
1966
as Henderson

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
as Dr. Mel Woodruff

Ellery Queen
1975
as Capt. Benjamin Blake

The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
as Lefty the Shiv

Judd, for the Defense
1967

Riverboat
1959
as President Zachary Taylor

Bronco
1958

The Doris Day Show
1968
as Senator George Bergson

Cavalcade of America
1952
as Mr. Barton

How the West Was Won
1977
as Portagee

The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
as Olenhaussen - Stableman / Buck Cobb

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Dr. Abel

Law of the Plainsman
1959
as Mr. Coleman

Sam Benedict
1962
Broken Arrow
1956
as Jess Taugus

Racket Squad
1951
Movies (216)

To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
as Judge Taylor

Giant
1956
as Dr. Horace Lynnton

El Dorado
1966
as Dr. Miller

The Bad Seed
1956
as Richard Bravo

Hondo
1953
as Major Sherry

Scarface
1932
as Hood with Gaffney (uncredited)

Johnny Guitar
1954
as Eddie

Zabriskie Point
1970
as Cafe Owner

Red River
1948
as Teeler Yacey

Nevada Smith
1966
as Sheriff Bonnell

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
as Pete Maxwell

The Undefeated
1969
as General Joe Masters

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
as Gunrunner (uncredited)

Shenandoah
1965
as Dr. Tom Witherspoon

Something Big
1971
as Chief Yellow Sun

Shoot Out
1971
as Brakeman

The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
as Sheriff Billy Wilson

The Fighting Seabees
1944
as Ding Jacobs

The High and the Mighty
1954
as Frank Briscoe

Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
as Old Man

In Old Oklahoma
1943
as Cherokee Kid

Dakota
1945
as Carp

Surrender
1950
as Deputy Williams

Wanda Nevada
1979
as Texas Curly

Virginia City
1940
as Murrell's Henchman (uncredited)

Night Passage
1957
as Mr. Feeney

Tall in the Saddle
1944
as Bob Clews

Blood Alley
1955
as Mr. Tso

Night of the Lepus
1972
as Sheriff Cody

The Outrage
1964
as Indian

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942
as Mueller (uncredited)

Force of Evil
1950
as Bill Ficco

Star in the Dust
1956
as Mike MacNamara

Warpath
1951
as Pvt. Fiore

Mail Order Bride
1964
as Sheriff Jess Linley

Young Billy Young
1969
as Charlie

Back to Bataan
1945
as Bindle Jackson

Jet Pilot
1957
as Maj. Rexford

After the Thin Man
1936
as Phil

Undercover Doctor
1939
as Monk Jackson

Mannequin
1938
as Smooch Hanrahan (Uncredited)

Winchester '73
1967
as Ben McAdam

The Plunderers
1948
as Calico

The Ghost Breakers
1940
as Frenchy Duval

Grayeagle
1977
as Running Wolf

Angel and the Badman
1947
as Mouse Marr (uncredited)

The Sea Chase
1955
as Max Heinz

Incident at Phantom Hill
1966
as General Hood

Triple Justice
1940
as Cleary

Winterset
1936
as Joe

Tycoon
1947
as Joe

Wake of the Red Witch
1948
as Antonio 'Ripper' Arrezo

Bad Girl
1931
as Nervous Expectant Father (uncredited)

Lafayette Escadrille
1958
as U.S. General

Hold That Ghost
1941
as Lefty

Ride the Man Down
1952
as Ray Cavanaugh

Strange Cargo
1940
as Benet (uncredited)

Bombardier
1943
as Big Guy

Toward the Unknown
1956
as Lt. Gen. Bryan Shelby

The Fighting Kentuckian
1949
as Beau Merritt

Island in the Sky
1953
as Wally Miller

The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
as David Herold

Roar of the Press
1941
as 'Sparrow' McGraun

Dr. Cyclops
1940
as Dr. Mendoza

Black Friday
1940
as William Kane

Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
as Calico Jim

Santiago
1956
as Trasker

The Ballad of Josie
1968
as Alpheus

Ride Beyond Vengeance
1966
as Hanley

Devil's Canyon
1953
as Prison Guard (uncredited)

Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
as Gangster (Uncredited)

Baby the Rain Must Fall
1965
as Juge Ewing

Daughter of Shanghai
1937
as Miles / Miles (uncredited)

The Saint in New York
1938
as Phil Farrell (Uncredited)

Reckless
1935
as Man on Mechanical Horse (uncredited)

Man in the Shadow
1957
as Herb Parker

Armored Car
1937
as Slim

The Avenger
1931
as Juan Murietta (uncredited)

Hellfire
1949
as Dusty Stoner

Somewhere in Sonora
1933
as Bart Leadly

Welcome to Hard Times
1967
as Major Munn

Bullfighter and the Lady
1951
as Joseph Jamison (uncredited)

The City
1977
as Jed Haynes

The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
1971
as Tom Hansen

The Important Witness
1933
as Tony

Denver and Rio Grande
1952
as Engineer Moynihan

Rocky Rhodes
1934
as Joe Hilton

An Eye for an Eye
1966
as Brian Quince

Dirty Dingus Magee
1970
as Crazy Blanket

Walking Down Broadway
1938
as Man in Baccarat Club Bar

California Passage
1950
as Whalen

South of Santa Fe
1942
as Joe Keenan / Harmon

Captive Wild Woman
1943
as Gruen

Don't Bet on Blondes
1935
as Man Betting $2500 on Caprice (Uncredited)

Emergency Call
1933
as Dr. Mason (uncredited)

Man in the Vault
1956
as Herbie

The Road to Glory
1936
as Rigaud

Alias Boston Blackie
1942
as Steve Caveroni

Fair Wind to Java
1953
as Wilson

Superman's Peril
1954
as Fingers

House on Greenapple Road
1970
as Orvie

Unfinished Business
1941
as Reporter

Charlie Chan at the Race Track
1936
as Lefty

The Devil's Hairpin
1957
as Doc Addams
Millions in the Air
1935
as Hank (the Drunk)

The Desert Trail
1935
as Jim

Heritage of the Desert
1939
as Henchman Chick Chance

The Devil's Mate
1933
as Maloney

The Night Hawk
1938
as Spider

The Unknown Guest
1943
as Fain

Guns Girls and Gangsters
1959
as Lou Largo

The Sphinx
1933
as Dave Werner

Wanted: Jane Turner
1936
as Crowley's Henchman (uncredited)

Pittsburgh
1942
as Burnside (Mine Operator)

The Accusing Finger
1936
as "Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief

Escape from Crime
1942
as Dude Merrill

Day of the Evil Gun
1968
as Sheriff Kelso

The Crooked Road
1940
as Nick Romero

The Eagle's Brood
1935
as Steve

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936
as Lou Pender (uncredited)
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
- To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) — as Judge Taylor
- Giant (1956) — as Dr. Horace Lynnton
- El Dorado (1966) — as Dr. Miller
- The Bad Seed (1956) — as Richard Bravo
- Hondo (1953) — as Major Sherry
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