Paul Fix
Acting1901Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA
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
Acting History
1981
Quincy, M.E.
TVas Jason Randall• 1 eps
1979
Wanda Nevada
as Texas Curly
The Rebels
as Officer
Hanging by a Thread
as Rogers
Battlestar Galactica
TVas Commander Kronus• 1 eps
1978
Just Me and You
as The Old Man
The Rockford Files
TVas Joe Tooley• 1 eps
1977
1976
Switch
TVas Sheriff• 1 eps
Ellery Queen
TVas Capt. Benjamin Blake• 1 eps
1975
Barnaby Jones
TVas Jack Tattnal• 1 eps
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
TVas Joe Taylor• 1 eps
The Waltons
TVas Senator Lucas Avery• 1 eps
1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Pete Maxwell
Set This Town on Fire
as Sen. Porter
The Doris Day Show
TVas Senator George Bergson• 1 eps
The F.B.I.
TVas Farrell• 1 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
TVas Wade Tillman• 2 eps
1972
Night of the Lepus
as Sheriff Cody
Mannix
TVas Johnny Gundersen• 1 eps
Emergency!
TVas Gus 'Pop' Williams• 1 eps
1971
Shoot Out
as Brakeman
Something Big
as Chief Yellow Sun
The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou
as Cap'n Pierre
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
TVas Dr. Mel Woodruff• 1 eps
1970
Dirty Dingus Magee
as Crazy Blanket
Zabriskie Point
as Cafe Owner
House on Greenapple Road
as Orvie
Bonanza
TVas Barney / Buford Sturgis• 1 eps
Ironside
TVas Cripple• 1 eps
The Virginian
TVas Ebberly Packis / Dr. Hinton / Arnold Boyle• 1 eps
1969
Young Billy Young
as Charlie
The Undefeated
as General Joe Masters
Secrets of the Pirate's Inn
as Vern Padgett
Here's Lucy
TVas Indian Chief• 1 eps
Daniel Boone
TVas Chief Great Bear• 1 eps
The Big Valley
TVas Ben Abbott• 1 eps
The Name of the Game
TVas Judge O'Connor• 1 eps
1968
Day of the Evil Gun
as Sheriff Kelso
The Ballad of Josie
as Alpheus
The Andy Griffith Show
TVas Mr. McCabe• 1 eps
Land of the Giants
TVas Dr. Brulle• 2 eps
The Guns of Will Sonnett
TVas Buck Cobb• 1 eps
1967
Welcome to Hard Times
as Major Munn
Winchester '73
as Ben McAdam
Gunsmoke
TVas Sloan• 2 eps
The High Chaparral
TVas Cochise• 2 eps
1966
Talion
as Brian Quince
Ride Beyond Vengeance
as Hanley
El Dorado
as Dr. Miller
Incident at Phantom Hill
as General Hood
Nevada Smith
as Sheriff Bonnell
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
TVas Sam Burke• 1 eps
The Wild Wild West
TVas Old Chief• 1 eps
Star Trek
TVas Dr. Piper• 1 eps
The Time Tunnel
TVas Henderson• 1 eps
1965
The Sons of Katie Elder
as Sheriff Billy Wilson
Shenandoah
as Dr. Tom Witherspoon
Baby the Rain Must Fall
as Juge Ewing
Profiles in Courage
TVas William Brownlow• 1 eps
Lassie
TVas Jake Palmer• 1 eps
Run for Your Life
TVas Joseph Farrell• 1 eps
1964
The Outrage
as Indian
Mail Order Bride
as Sheriff Jess Linley
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TVas Hap Collins• 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
TVas Colbey• 1 eps
The Fugitive
TVas Dan Martin• 1 eps
Wagon Train
TVas Sean Bannon• 1 eps
1963
Have Gun, Will Travel
TVas Sheriff Stinchcomb• 1 eps
1962
To Kill a Mockingbird
as Judge Taylor
1961
Perry Mason
TVas Prosecutor Hale• 1 eps
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TVas Dr. Abel• 1 eps
1960
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TVas Steven Burkett / Rufus Stuart• 1 eps
Riverboat
TVas President Zachary Taylor• 1 eps
1959
Guns, Girls and Gangsters
as Lou Largo
Lawman
TVas Pop Marraday• 1 eps
Rawhide
TVas Ellis Williams• 1 eps
Law of the Plainsman
TVas Mr. Coleman• 1 eps
1958
The Notorious Mr. Monks
as Benjamin Monks
Lafayette Escadrille
as U.S. General
Sugarfoot
TVas Jim Bradshaw• 1 eps
The Texan
TVas Bert Gorman• 1 eps
The Rifleman
TVas Micah Torrance• 168 eps
Broken Arrow
TVas Jess Taugus• 1 eps
The Notorious Mr. Monks
Screenplay
1957
Night Passage
as Mr. Feeney
Jet Pilot
as Maj. Rexford
Man in the Shadow
as Herb Parker
The Devil's Hairpin
as Doc Addams
The Restless Gun
TVas Jake Burnett• 1 eps
Cavalcade of America
TVas Mr. Barton• 1 eps
Meet McGraw
TVas Wells
1956
Toward the Unknown
as Lt. Gen. Bryan Shelby
The Bad Seed
as Richard Bravo
Santiago
as Trasker
Man in the Vault
as Herbie
Star in the Dust
as Mike MacNamara
Stagecoach To Fury
as Tim O'Connors
Giant
as Dr. Horace Lynnton
Wire Service
TVas Thompson
1955
Blood Alley
as Mr. Tso
Top of the World
as Maj. George French
The Sea Chase
as Max Heinz
The Ford Television Theatre
TVas Franklin• 1 eps
1954
The High and the Mighty
as Frank Briscoe
Johnny Guitar
as Eddie
Superman's Peril
as Fingers
The Wonderful World of Disney
TVas Vern Padgett / Cap'n Pierre
Adventures of Superman
TVas Ollie / Fingers / Gangster in Montage (archive footage)• 1 eps
Ring of Fear
Screenplay
1953
Hondo
as Major Sherry
Island in the Sky
as Wally Miller
Star of Texas
as Luke Andrews
Devil's Canyon
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
Fair Wind to Java
as Wilson
The Abbott and Costello Show
TVas Lefty the Shiv• 1 eps
1952
Ride the Man Down
as Ray Cavanaugh
Denver and Rio Grande
as Engineer Moynihan
1951
1950
Force of Evil
as Bill Ficco
California Passage
as Whalen
Surrender
as Deputy Williams
The Lone Ranger
TVas Silk• 1 eps
1949
Fighting Man of the Plains
as Yancey
The Fighting Kentuckian
as Beau Merritt
Hellfire
as Dusty Stoner
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
as Gunrunner (uncredited)
1948
Red River
as Teeler Yacey
The Plunderers
as Calico
Wake of the Red Witch
as Antonio 'Ripper' Arrezo
Angel in Exile
as Carl Spitz
1947
Tycoon
as Joe
Angel and the Badman
as Mouse Marr (uncredited)
1945
Flame of Barbary Coast
as Calico Jim
Back to Bataan
as Bindle Jackson
Dakota
as Carp
Grissly's Millions
as Lewis Bentley
1944
1943
Bombardier
as Big Guy
In Old Oklahoma
as Cherokee Kid
Captive Wild Woman
as Gruen
The Unknown Guest
as Fain
1942
Alias Boston Blackie
as Steve Caveroni
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as Mueller (uncredited)
Pittsburgh
as Burnside (Mine Operator)
South of Santa Fe
as Joe Keenan / Harmon
Kid Glove Killer
as Allison Stacy (uncredited)
Escape from Crime
as Dude Merrill
Mug Town
as Marco
That Other Woman
as Nick
Highways by Night
as Gabby
Hitler- Dead or Alive
as Joe 'The Book' Conway
Jail House Blues
as Danny
Sleepytime Gal
as Johnny Gatto
1941
Unfinished Business
as Reporter
Hold That Ghost
as Lefty (uncredited)
A Missouri Outlaw
as Mark Roberts
Down Mexico Way
as Henchman Davis
Gangs Of The City
as Scat
Roar of the Press
as 'Sparrow' McGraun
1940
Strange Cargo
as Benet (uncredited)
Black Friday
as William Kane
The Crooked Road
as Nick Romero
Virginia City
as Murrell's Henchman (uncredited)
Black Diamonds
as Matthews
The Fargo Kid
as Deuce Mallory
The Ghost Breakers
as Frenchy Duval
Dr. Cyclops
as Dr. Mendoza
Trail of the Vigilantes
as Lefty
Triple Justice
as Cleary
Glamour for Sale
as Louis Manell
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
as Bill Swanson
The Great Plane Robbery
as Nick Harmon
1939
Almost a Gentleman
as Kidnapper
The Girl and the Gambler
as Charlie
Heroes in Blue
as Thug
Star Reporter
as Clipper
Heritage of the Desert
as Henchman Chick Chance
Those High Grey Walls
as Nightingale
Behind Prison Gates
as Convict Petey Ryan
They All Come Out
as Varney (uncredited)
Two Thoroughbreds
as Stablemaster
Undercover Doctor
as Monk Jackson
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
as Jock - a Sailor
News Is Made at Night
as Joe Luddy
Code of the Streets
as Tommy Shay
1938
The Saint in New York
as Phil Farrell (Uncredited)
The Crowd Roars
as Joe the Warehouse Bodyguard (uncredited)
Mr. Moto's Gamble
as Gangster (Uncredited)
Mannequin
as Smooch Hanrahan (Uncredited)
Crime Ring
as Slim
King of Alcatraz
as 'Nails' Miller
Smashing the Rackets
as Maxie
When G-Men Step In
as Clip Phillips, Fred's Henchman
Walking Down Broadway
as Man in Baccarat Club Bar
The Night Hawk
as Spider
Crime Takes a Holiday
as Louie
1937
The Game That Kills
as Dick Adams
Daughter of Shanghai
as Miles (uncredited)
Souls at Sea
as Violinist
Hot Water
as Horner (uncredited)
Paid to Dance
as Nifty
Armored Car
as Slim
Border Cafe
as Doley
Her Husband Lies
as Lefty Harkis
Woman in Distress
as Emory
King of Gamblers
as Charlie
It Can't Last Forever
as Mikey
On Such a Night
as Maxie Barnes
1936
Straight from the Shoulder
as Trigger Benson
After the Thin Man
as Phil Byrnes / Ralph West
Yellowstone
as Dynamite
The Road to Glory
as Rigaud
The Accusing Finger
as "Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
as Lou Pender (uncredited)
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
as Lefty
The Plot Thickens
as Joe
The Prisoner of Shark Island
as David Herold
Winterset
as Joe
Phantom Patrol
as Henchman Jo-Jo Regan
The Bridge of Sighs
as Harrison Courtney, Jr. aka Harry West
Navy Born
as Joe Vezie
Wanted: Jane Turner
as Crowley's Henchman (uncredited)
Two in a Crowd
as Bonelli's Henchman
1935
The Eagle's Brood
as Steve
Bar 20 Rides Again
as Gila
Reckless
as Man on Mechanical Horse (uncredited)
The Desert Trail
as Jim
Mutiny Ahead
as Teeter Smith
Don't Bet on Blondes
as Man Betting $2500 on Caprice (Uncredited)
Bulldog Courage
as Bailey
Valley of Wanted Men
as Mike Masters
Let 'em Have It
as Sam
His Fighting Blood
as Phil Elliott
Men Without Names
as Cowardly Gangster in Getaway Launch
The Crimson Trail
as Paul - Bellair Ranch Hand
Millions in the Air
as Hank (the Drunk)
The Throwback
as Spike Travis
1934
Rocky Rhodes
as Joe Hilton
The World Accuses
as John Weymouth
1933
Zoo in Budapest
as Heinie
Emergency Call
as Dr. Mason (uncredited)
The Sphinx
as Dave Werner
Somewhere in Sonora
as Bart Leadly
The Important Witness
as Tony
Fargo Express
as Mort Clark
The Devil's Mate
as Maloney
The Avenger
as Vickers
1932
Scarface
as Hood with Gaffney (uncredited)
The Last Mile
as Eddie Werner... Cell 8
Life Begins
as Anxious Expectant Father (uncredited)
The Racing Strain
as King Kelly
Free Eats
as Elvira
South of the Rio Grande
as Juan Olivarez
Dancers in the Dark
as Benny
The Night of June 13
as Reporter (uncredited)
1931
The Good Bad Girl
as Roach
Bad Girl
as Nervous Expectant Father (uncredited)
The Avenger
as Juan Murietta (uncredited)
Young as You Feel
as Desk Clerk
Three Girls Lost
as Tony Halcomb (uncredited)
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
1925
The Perfect Clown
as Bellhop (uncredited)