Paul Fix

Born: 1901-03-13 in Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA

Died: 1983-10-14

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

1979

The Rebels as Officer
Wanda Nevada as Texas Curly
Hanging by a Thread as Rogers
Hanging by a Thread as Rogers

1978

Battlestar Galactica as Commander Kronus
Just Me and You as The Old Man

1977

How the West Was Won as Portagee
Grayeagle as Running Wolf
The City as Jed Haynes

1976

Quincy, M.E. as Jason Randall

1975

Switch as Sheriff
Ellery Queen as Capt. Benjamin Blake

1974

The Rockford Files as Joe Tooley
The Six Million Dollar Man as Joe Taylor

1973

Barnaby Jones as Amos Barringer
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Pete Maxwell
Doc Elliot as Gus Turners
Cahill: United States Marshal as Old Man
Set This Town on Fire as Sen. Porter

1972

The Waltons as Senator Lucas Avery
Emergency! as Maxwell Hart
The Streets of San Francisco as Wade Tillman
Night of the Lepus as Sheriff Cody

1971

Alias Smith and Jones
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as Dr. Mel Woodruff
Shoot Out as Brakeman
Something Big as Chief Yellow Sun
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry as Tom Hansen
The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou as Cap'n Pierre

1970

Zabriskie Point as Cafe Owner
Dirty Dingus Magee as Crazy Blanket
House on Greenapple Road as Orvie

1969

The Undefeated as General Joe Masters
Young Billy Young as Charlie
Secrets of the Pirate's Inn as Vern Padgett

1968

The Name of the Game as Old Bob
Here's Lucy as Indian Chief
Land of the Giants as Dr. Brulle
The Doris Day Show as Senator George Bergson
The Outcasts
Day of the Evil Gun as Sheriff Kelso
The Ballad of Josie as Alpheus

1967

Ironside as Cripple
Mannix as Johnny Gundersen
The High Chaparral as Cochise
The Guns of Will Sonnett as Olenhaussen - Stableman
Judd, for the Defense
Welcome to Hard Times as Major Munn
Winchester '73 as Ben McAdam

1966

Star Trek as Dr. Piper
Family Affair
The Time Tunnel as Henderson
El Dorado as Dr. Miller
Nevada Smith as Sheriff Bonnell
Incident at Phantom Hill as General Hood
An Eye for an Eye as Brian Quince
Ride Beyond Vengeance as Hanley

1965

The Wild Wild West as Judge Blake
The Big Valley as Greene
Run for Your Life as Joseph Farrell
The F.B.I. as Willard Oberley
The Sons of Katie Elder as Sheriff Billy Wilson
Shenandoah as Dr. Tom Witherspoon
Baby the Rain Must Fall as Juge Ewing

1964

Daniel Boone as Quonab
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Sam Burke
Profiles in Courage as William Brownlow
Mail Order Bride as Sheriff Jess Linley
The Outrage as Indian

1958

The Rifleman as Micah Torrance
Lawman as Pop Marraday
The Texan as Bert Gorman
Bronco
Lafayette Escadrille as U.S. General
The Notorious Mr. Monks as Benjamin Monks

1957

Perry Mason as District Attorney Hale
Wagon Train as Jake
Have Gun, Will Travel as Sheriff Stinchcomb
Sugarfoot as Jim Bradshaw
The Restless Gun as Jake Burnett
Meet McGraw as Wells
Night Passage as Mr. Feeney
Jet Pilot as Maj. Rexford
The Court of Last Resort
Man in the Shadow as Herb Parker
The Devil's Hairpin as Doc Addams
Clipper Ship as Dr. Shaw

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Rufus Stuart
Broken Arrow as Jess Taugus
Giant as Horace Lynnton
Wire Service as Thompson
The Bad Seed as Richard Bravo
Star in the Dust as Mike MacNamara
Santiago as Trasker
Toward the Unknown as Lt. Gen. Bryan Shelby
Man in the Vault as Herbie
Stagecoach To Fury as Tim O'Connors

1955

Gunsmoke as McCready
The Sea Chase as Max Heinz
Blood Alley as Mr. Tso
Top of the World as Maj. George French

1954

Lassie as Sam Snow
The Wonderful World of Disney as Vern Padgett
The High and the Mighty as Frank Briscoe
Johnny Guitar as Eddie
Ring of Fear ... (Screenplay)
Superman's Peril as Fingers

1953

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
Hondo as Major Sherry
Island in the Sky as Wally Miller
Devil's Canyon as Prison Guard (uncredited)
Fair Wind to Java as Wilson
Star of Texas as Luke Andrews

1952

Adventures of Superman as Ollie
The Ford Television Theatre
The Abbott and Costello Show as Lefty the Shiv
Cavalcade of America as Mr. Barton
Denver and Rio Grande as Engineer Moynihan
Ride the Man Down as Ray Cavanaugh

1951

Racket Squad
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Barber
Warpath as Pvt. Fiore
Bullfighter and the Lady as Joseph Jamison (uncredited)

1950

Force of Evil as Bill Ficco
California Passage as Whalen
Surrender as Deputy Williams

1949

The Lone Ranger as Silk
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon as Gunrunner (uncredited)
The Fighting Kentuckian as Beau Merritt
Hellfire as Dusty Stoner
Fighting Man of the Plains as Yancey

1948

Red River as Teeler Yacey
Wake of the Red Witch as Antonio 'Ripper' Arrezo
The Plunderers as Calico
Angel in Exile as Carl Spitz

1947

Angel and the Badman as Mouse Marr (uncredited)
Tycoon as Joe

1945

Back to Bataan as Bindle Jackson
Dakota as Carp
Flame of Barbary Coast as Calico Jim
Grissly's Millions as Lewis Bentley

1944

Tall in the Saddle as Bob Clews
The Fighting Seabees as Ding Jacobs

1943

In Old Oklahoma as Cherokee Kid
Bombardier as Big Guy
Captive Wild Woman as Gruen
The Unknown Guest as Fain

1942

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon as Mueller (uncredited)
Kid Glove Killer as Allison Stacy (uncredited)
That Other Woman as Nick
Hitler- Dead or Alive as Joe 'The Book' Conway
Highways by Night as Gabby
Jail House Blues as Danny
South of Santa Fe as Joe Keenan / Harmon
Pittsburgh as Burnside (Mine Operator)
Alias Boston Blackie as Steve Caveroni
Escape from Crime as Dude Merrill
Mug Town as Marco
Sleepytime Gal as Johnny Gatto

1941

Hold That Ghost as Lefty
Down Mexico Way as Henchman Davis
Gangs Of The City as Scat
Unfinished Business as Reporter
A Missouri Outlaw as Mark Roberts
Roar of the Press as 'Sparrow' McGraun

1940

The Ghost Breakers as Frenchy Duval
Strange Cargo as Benet (uncredited)
Virginia City as Murrell's Henchman (uncredited)
Dr. Cyclops as Dr. Mendoza
Black Friday as William Kane
Glamour for Sale as Louis Manell
Trail of the Vigilantes as Lefty
Outside the Three-Mile Limit as Bill Swanson
Triple Justice as Cleary
The Fargo Kid as Deuce Mallory
The Great Plane Robbery as Nick Harmon
Black Diamonds as Matthews
The Crooked Road as Nick Romero

1939

Undercover Doctor as Monk Jackson
Star Reporter as Clipper
They All Come Out as Varney (uncredited)
Those High Grey Walls as Nightingale
Almost a Gentleman as Kidnapper
Code of the Streets as Tommy Shay
Heritage of the Desert as Henchman Chick Chance
The Girl and the Gambler as Charlie
Two Thoroughbreds as Stablemaster
News Is Made at Night as Joe Luddy
Behind Prison Gates as Convict Petey Ryan
Mutiny on the Blackhawk as Jock - a Sailor
Heroes in Blue as Thug

1938

Mr. Moto's Gamble as Gangster (Uncredited)
The Crowd Roars as Joe the Warehouse Bodyguard (uncredited)
Mannequin as Smooch Hanrahan (Uncredited)
Smashing the Rackets as Maxie
King of Alcatraz as 'Nails' Miller
The Saint in New York as Phil Farrell (Uncredited)
When G-Men Step In as Clip Phillips, Fred's Henchman
Our Little Wife
Walking Down Broadway as Man in Baccarat Club Bar
The Night Hawk as Spider
Crime Ring as Slim
Crime Takes a Holiday as Louie

1937

Border Cafe as Doley
Souls at Sea as Violinist
On Such a Night as Maxie Barnes
Armored Car as Slim
It Can't Last Forever as Mikey
Daughter of Shanghai as Miles
Hot Water as Horner (uncredited)
Her Husband Lies as Lefty Harkis
Woman in Distress as Emory
King of Gamblers as Charlie
The Game That Kills as Dick Adams
Paid to Dance as Nifty

1936

After the Thin Man as Phil
The Prisoner of Shark Island as David Herold
The Road to Glory as Rigaud
Two in a Crowd as Bonelli's Henchman
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford as Lou Pender (uncredited)
The Accusing Finger as "Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief
The Plot Thickens as Joe
Charlie Chan at the Race Track as Lefty
Phantom Patrol as Henchman Jo-Jo Regan
36 Hours to Kill as Gangster
Wanted: Jane Turner as Crowley's Henchman (uncredited)
Winterset as Joe
Yellowstone as Dynamite
Straight from the Shoulder as Trigger Benson
The Bridge of Sighs as Harrison Courtney, Jr. aka Harry West
Navy Born as Joe Vezie

1935

Valley of Wanted Men as Mike Masters
Don't Bet on Blondes as Man Betting $2500 on Caprice (Uncredited)
The Desert Trail as Jim
Reckless as Man on Mechanical Horse (uncredited)
Men Without Names as Cowardly Gangster in Getaway Launch
Bulldog Courage as Bailey
The Crimson Trail as Paul - Bellair Ranch Hand
Millions in the Air as Hank (the Drunk)
Let 'em Have It as Sam
Bar 20 Rides Again as Gila
Mutiny Ahead as Teeter Smith
The Eagle's Brood as Steve
His Fighting Blood as Phil Elliott
On the Run as Jim
The Throwback as Spike Travis

1934

Rocky Rhodes as Joe Hilton
The World Accuses as John Weymouth

1933

The Devil's Mate as Maloney
Emergency Call as Dr. Mason (uncredited)
The Sphinx as Dave Werner
The Woman Who Dared as Racketeer
Zoo in Budapest as Heinie
Somewhere in Sonora as Bart Leadly
Fargo Express as Mort Clark
The Important Witness as Tony
The Avenger as Vickers

1932

Scarface as Hood with Gaffney (uncredited)
Life Begins as Anxious Expectant Father (uncredited)
South of the Rio Grande as Juan Olivarez
The Night of June 13 as Reporter (uncredited)
Dancers in the Dark as Benny
The Last Mile as Eddie Werner... Cell 8
Free Eats as Elvira
The Racing Strain as King Kelly

1931

Bad Girl as Nervous Expectant Father (uncredited)
Three Girls Lost as Tony Halcomb (uncredited)
Young as You Feel as Desk Clerk
The Avenger as Juan Murietta (uncredited)
The Good Bad Girl as Roach
The Fighting Sheriff as Jack Cameron

1930

Hungarian Rhapsody as Young Gypsy

1929

Lucky Star as Joe

1928

The First Kiss as Ezra Talbot

1926

Hoodoo Ranch

1925

The Perfect Clown as Bellhop (uncredited)