Paul Fix
- Acting
- March 13, 1901 · Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA
- October 14, 1983
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
Filmography
- Wanda Nevada · Texas Curly
- The Rebels · Officer
- Hanging by a Thread · Rogers
- Battlestar Galactica · Commander Kronus
- Just Me and You · The Old Man
- Grayeagle · Running Wolf
- How the West Was Won · Portagee
- The City · Jed Haynes
- Quincy, M.E. · Jason Randall
- Ellery Queen · Capt. Benjamin Blake
- Switch · Sheriff
- The Rockford Files · Joe Tooley
- The Six Million Dollar Man · Joe Taylor
- Doc Elliot · Gus Turners
- Cahill: United States Marshal · Old Man
- Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid · Pete Maxwell
- Barnaby Jones · Amos Barringer, Alfred Sturmer
- Set This Town on Fire · Sen. Porter
- Night of the Lepus · Sheriff Cody
- The Streets of San Francisco · Wade Tillman
- The Waltons · Senator Lucas Avery
- Emergency! · Maxwell Hart, Gus 'Pop' Williams
- Something Big · Chief Yellow Sun
- The Day They Hanged Kid Curry · Tom Hansen
- Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law · Dr. Mel Woodruff
- Shoot Out · Brakeman
- The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou · Cap'n Pierre
- Alias Smith and Jones
- Dirty Dingus Magee · Crazy Blanket
- Zabriskie Point · Cafe Owner
- House on Greenapple Road · Orvie
- Secrets of the Pirate's Inn · Vern Padgett
- Young Billy Young · Charlie
- The Undefeated · General Joe Masters
- The Doris Day Show · Senator George Bergson
- Here's Lucy · Indian Chief
- The Outcasts
- Land of the Giants · Dr. Brulle
- The Name of the Game · Old Bob, Judge O'Connor
- Day of the Evil Gun · Sheriff Kelso
- The Ballad of Josie · Alpheus
- Mannix · Johnny Gundersen
- The High Chaparral · Cochise
- Judd, for the Defense
- The Guns of Will Sonnett · Olenhaussen - Stableman, Buck Cobb
- Welcome to Hard Times · Major Munn
- Ironside · Cripple
- Winchester '73 · Ben McAdam
- El Dorado · Dr. Miller
- Family Affair
- The Time Tunnel · Henderson
- Star Trek · Dr. Piper
- Incident at Phantom Hill · General Hood
- Nevada Smith · Sheriff Bonnell
- An Eye for an Eye · Brian Quince
- Ride Beyond Vengeance · Hanley
- The F.B.I. · Willard Oberley, Chester Cranford
- The Wild Wild West · Judge Blake, Old Chief
- The Big Valley · Greene, Brahma
- Run for Your Life · Joseph Farrell
- The Sons of Katie Elder · Sheriff Billy Wilson
- Shenandoah · Dr. Tom Witherspoon
- Baby the Rain Must Fall · Juge Ewing
- Profiles in Courage · William Brownlow
- The Outrage · Indian
- Daniel Boone · Quonab, Chief Great Bear
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea · Sam Burke
- Mail Order Bride · Sheriff Jess Linley
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre · Hap Collins
- The Fugitive · Dan Martin
- To Kill a Mockingbird · Judge Taylor
- The Virginian · Ebberly Packis, Dr. Hinton
- Sam Benedict
- The Andy Griffith Show · Mr. McCabe
- The Twilight Zone · Colbey
- Law of the Plainsman · Mr. Coleman
- The DuPont Show with June Allyson · Dr. Abel
- Riverboat · President Zachary Taylor
- Bonanza · Barney, Buford Sturgis
- Rawhide · Ellis Williams