Paul Fix

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

The Fugitive

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Bonanza

Bonanza

Star Trek

The Andy Griffith Show

All Movies (217)

• Wanda Nevada1979 · as Texas Curly
• Hanging by a Thread1979 · as Rogers
• Just Me and You1978 · as The Old Man
• Grayeagle1977 · as Running Wolf
• The City1977 · as Jed Haynes
• Cahill: United States Marshal1973 · as Old Man
• Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid1973 · as Pete Maxwell
• Set This Town on Fire1973 · as Sen. Porter
• Night of the Lepus1972 · as Sheriff Cody
• Something Big1971 · as Chief Yellow Sun
• The Day They Hanged Kid Curry1971 · as Tom Hansen
• Shoot Out1971 · as Brakeman
• The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou1971 · as Cap'n Pierre
• Dirty Dingus Magee1970 · as Crazy Blanket
• Zabriskie Point1970 · as Cafe Owner
• House on Greenapple Road1970 · as Orvie
• Secrets of the Pirate's Inn1969 · as Vern Padgett
• Young Billy Young1969 · as Charlie
• The Undefeated1969 · as General Joe Masters
• Day of the Evil Gun1968 · as Sheriff Kelso
• The Ballad of Josie1968 · as Alpheus
• Welcome to Hard Times1967 · as Major Munn
• Winchester '731967 · as Ben McAdam
• El Dorado1966 · as Dr. Miller
• Incident at Phantom Hill1966 · as General Hood
• Nevada Smith1966 · as Sheriff Bonnell
• An Eye for an Eye1966 · as Brian Quince
• Ride Beyond Vengeance1966 · as Hanley
• The Sons of Katie Elder1965 · as Sheriff Billy Wilson
• Shenandoah1965 · as Dr. Tom Witherspoon
• Baby the Rain Must Fall1965 · as Juge Ewing
• The Outrage1964 · as Indian
• Mail Order Bride1964 · as Sheriff Jess Linley
• To Kill a Mockingbird1962 · as Judge Taylor
• Guns Girls and Gangsters1959 · as Lou Largo
• The Notorious Mr. Monks1958 · as Benjamin Monks
• Lafayette Escadrille1958 · as U.S. General
• Man in the Shadow1957 · as Herb Parker
• Jet Pilot1957 · as Maj. Rexford
• The Devil's Hairpin1957 · as Doc Addams
• Night Passage1957 · as Mr. Feeney
• Clipper Ship1957 · as Dr. Shaw
• Stagecoach To Fury1956 · as Tim O'Connors
• Man in the Vault1956 · as Herbie
• Giant1956 · as Dr. Horace Lynnton
• Toward the Unknown1956 · as Lt. Gen. Bryan Shelby
• The Bad Seed1956 · as Richard Bravo
• Santiago1956 · as Trasker
• Star in the Dust1956 · as Mike MacNamara
• Blood Alley1955 · as Mr. Tso
• The Sea Chase1955 · as Max Heinz
• Top of the World1955 · as Maj. George French
• Superman's Peril1954 · as Fingers
• The High and the Mighty1954 · as Frank Briscoe
• Johnny Guitar1954 · as Eddie
• Hondo1953 · as Major Sherry
• Island in the Sky1953 · as Wally Miller
• Devil's Canyon1953 · as Prison Guard (uncredited)
• Fair Wind to Java1953 · as Wilson
• Star of Texas1953 · as Luke Andrews
• Ride the Man Down1952 · as Ray Cavanaugh
• Denver and Rio Grande1952 · as Engineer Moynihan
• Warpath1951 · as Pvt. Fiore
• Bullfighter and the Lady1951 · as Joseph Jamison (uncredited)
• California Passage1950 · as Whalen
• Surrender1950 · as Deputy Williams
• Force of Evil1950 · as Bill Ficco
• Fighting Man of the Plains1949 · as Yancey
• She Wore a Yellow Ribbon1949 · as Gunrunner (uncredited)
• The Fighting Kentuckian1949 · as Beau Merritt
• Hellfire1949 · as Dusty Stoner
• Wake of the Red Witch1948 · as Antonio 'Ripper' Arrezo
• The Plunderers1948 · as Calico
• Angel in Exile1948 · as Carl Spitz
• Red River1948 · as Teeler Yacey
• Tycoon1947 · as Joe
• Angel and the Badman1947 · as Mouse Marr (uncredited)
• Dakota1945 · as Carp
• Back to Bataan1945 · as Bindle Jackson
• Flame of Barbary Coast1945 · as Calico Jim
• Grissly's Millions1945 · as Lewis Bentley
• Tall in the Saddle1944 · as Bob Clews
• The Fighting Seabees1944 · as Ding Jacobs
• In Old Oklahoma1943 · as Cherokee Kid
• The Unknown Guest1943 · as Fain
• Captive Wild Woman1943 · as Gruen
• Bombardier1943 · as Big Guy
• Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon1942 · as Mueller (uncredited)
• Mug Town1942 · as Marco
• Pittsburgh1942 · as Burnside (Mine Operator)
• That Other Woman1942 · as Nick
• Hitler- Dead or Alive1942 · as Joe 'The Book' Conway
• Highways by Night1942 · as Gabby
• Escape from Crime1942 · as Dude Merrill
• Kid Glove Killer1942 · as Allison Stacy (uncredited)
• Alias Boston Blackie1942 · as Steve Caveroni
• Sleepytime Gal1942 · as Johnny Gatto
• South of Santa Fe1942 · as Joe Keenan / Harmon
• Jail House Blues1942 · as Danny
• A Missouri Outlaw1941 · as Mark Roberts
• Gangs Of The City1941 · as Scat
• Down Mexico Way1941 · as Henchman Davis
• Unfinished Business1941 · as Reporter
• Hold That Ghost1941 · as Lefty
• Roar of the Press1941 · as 'Sparrow' McGraun
• Trail of the Vigilantes1940 · as Lefty
• The Great Plane Robbery1940 · as Nick Harmon
• The Fargo Kid1940 · as Deuce Mallory
• Glamour for Sale1940 · as Louis Manell
• Triple Justice1940 · as Cleary
• Black Diamonds1940 · as Matthews
• The Ghost Breakers1940 · as Frenchy Duval
• The Crooked Road1940 · as Nick Romero
• Dr. Cyclops1940 · as Dr. Mendoza
• Virginia City1940 · as Murrell's Henchman (uncredited)
• Outside the Three-Mile Limit1940 · as Bill Swanson
• Strange Cargo1940 · as Benet (uncredited)
• Black Friday1940 · as William Kane
• Two Thoroughbreds1939 · as Stablemaster
• Heroes in Blue1939 · as Thug
• Those High Grey Walls1939 · as Nightingale
• They All Come Out1939 · as Varney (uncredited)
• Mutiny on the Blackhawk1939 · as Jock - a Sailor
• Behind Prison Gates1939 · as Convict Petey Ryan
• News Is Made at Night1939 · as Joe Luddy
• Heritage of the Desert1939 · as Henchman Chick Chance
• The Girl and the Gambler1939 · as Charlie
• Undercover Doctor1939 · as Monk Jackson
• Code of the Streets1939 · as Tommy Shay
• Almost a Gentleman1939 · as Kidnapper
• Star Reporter1939 · as Clipper
• Crime Takes a Holiday1938 · as Louie
• The Night Hawk1938 · as Spider
• King of Alcatraz1938 · as 'Nails' Miller
• Our Little Wife1938
• Smashing the Rackets1938 · as Maxie
• The Crowd Roars1938 · as Joe the Warehouse Bodyguard (uncredited)
• Crime Ring1938 · as Slim
• The Saint in New York1938 · as Phil Farrell (Uncredited)
• Mr. Moto's Gamble1938 · as Gangster (Uncredited)
• When G-Men Step In1938 · as Clip Phillips, Fred's Henchman
• Walking Down Broadway1938 · as Man in Baccarat Club Bar
• Mannequin1938 · as Smooch Hanrahan (Uncredited)
• Daughter of Shanghai1937 · as Miles
• Daughter of Shanghai1937 · as Miles (uncredited)
• Paid to Dance1937 · as Nifty
• Hot Water1937 · as Horner (uncredited)
• The Game That Kills1937 · as Dick Adams
• Souls at Sea1937 · as Violinist
• On Such a Night1937 · as Maxie Barnes
• It Can't Last Forever1937 · as Mikey
• Border Cafe1937 · as Doley
• Armored Car1937 · as Slim
• King of Gamblers1937 · as Charlie
• Her Husband Lies1937 · as Lefty Harkis
• Woman in Distress1937 · as Emory
• After the Thin Man1936 · as Phil
• The Plot Thickens1936 · as Joe
• Wanted: Jane Turner1936 · as Crowley's Henchman (uncredited)
• Winterset1936 · as Joe
• The Accusing Finger1936 · as "Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief
• Two in a Crowd1936 · as Bonelli's Henchman
• Phantom Patrol1936 · as Henchman Jo-Jo Regan
• The Road to Glory1936 · as Rigaud
• Yellowstone1936 · as Dynamite
• Straight from the Shoulder1936 · as Trigger Benson
• Charlie Chan at the Race Track1936 · as Lefty
• 36 Hours to Kill1936 · as Gangster
• Navy Born1936 · as Joe Vezie
• The Ex-Mrs. Bradford1936 · as Lou Pender (uncredited)
• The Prisoner of Shark Island1936 · as David Herold
• The Bridge of Sighs1936 · as Harrison Courtney, Jr. aka Harry West
• Bulldog Courage1935 · as Bailey
• Millions in the Air1935 · as Hank (the Drunk)
• Bar 20 Rides Again1935 · as Gila
• The Eagle's Brood1935 · as Steve
• Valley of Wanted Men1935 · as Mike Masters
• His Fighting Blood1935 · as Phil Elliott
• The Throwback1935 · as Spike Travis
• Don't Bet on Blondes1935 · as Man Betting $2500 on Caprice (Uncredited)
• Men Without Names1935 · as Cowardly Gangster in Getaway Launch
• Let 'em Have It1935 · as Sam
• On the Run1935 · as Jim
• The Desert Trail1935 · as Jim
• Reckless1935 · as Man on Mechanical Horse (uncredited)
• The Crimson Trail1935 · as Paul - Bellair Ranch Hand
• Mutiny Ahead1935 · as Teeter Smith
• The World Accuses1934 · as John Weymouth
• Rocky Rhodes1934 · as Joe Hilton
• Fargo Express1933 · as Mort Clark
• The Devil's Mate1933 · as Maloney
• The Avenger1933 · as Vickers
• The Important Witness1933 · as Tony
• Emergency Call1933 · as Dr. Mason (uncredited)
• The Sphinx1933 · as Dave Werner
• Somewhere in Sonora1933 · as Bart Leadly
• Zoo in Budapest1933 · as Heinie
• The Woman Who Dared1933 · as Racketeer
• The Racing Strain1932 · as King Kelly
• The Night of June 131932 · as Reporter (uncredited)
• Life Begins1932 · as Anxious Expectant Father (uncredited)
• The Last Mile1932 · as Eddie Werner... Cell 8
• Scarface1932 · as Hood with Gaffney (uncredited)
• Dancers in the Dark1932 · as Benny
• South of the Rio Grande1932 · as Juan Olivarez
• Free Eats1932 · as Elvira
• Bad Girl1931 · as Nervous Expectant Father (uncredited)
• Young as You Feel1931 · as Desk Clerk
• The Good Bad Girl1931 · as Roach
• The Fighting Sheriff1931 · as Jack Cameron
• Three Girls Lost1931 · as Tony Halcomb (uncredited)
• The Avenger1931 · as Juan Murietta (uncredited)
• Hungarian Rhapsody1930 · as Young Gypsy
• Lucky Star1929 · as Joe
• The First Kiss1928 · as Ezra Talbot
• Hoodoo Ranch1926
• The Perfect Clown1925 · as Bellhop (uncredited)

All TV Shows (102)

• The Rebels1979 · as Officer
• Hanging by a Thread1979 · as Rogers
• Battlestar Galactica1978 · as Commander Kronus
• How the West Was Won1977 · as Portagee
• Quincy, M.E.1976 · as Jason Randall
• Ellery Queen1975 · as Capt. Benjamin Blake
• Switch1975 · as Sheriff
• The Rockford Files1974 · as Joe Tooley
• The Six Million Dollar Man1974 · as Joe Taylor
• Doc Elliot1973 · as Gus Turners
• Barnaby Jones1973 · as Amos Barringer
• Barnaby Jones1973 · as Alfred Sturmer
• Barnaby Jones1973 · as Jack Tattnal
• The Streets of San Francisco1972 · as Wade Tillman
• The Waltons1972 · as Senator Lucas Avery
• Emergency!1972 · as Maxwell Hart
• Emergency!1972 · as Gus 'Pop' Williams
• Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law1971 · as Dr. Mel Woodruff
• Alias Smith and Jones1971
• The Doris Day Show1968 · as Senator George Bergson
• Here's Lucy1968 · as Indian Chief
• The Outcasts1968
• Land of the Giants1968 · as Dr. Brulle
• The Name of the Game1968 · as Old Bob
• The Name of the Game1968 · as Judge O'Connor
• Mannix1967 · as Johnny Gundersen
• The High Chaparral1967 · as Cochise
• Judd, for the Defense1967
• The Guns of Will Sonnett1967 · as Olenhaussen - Stableman
• The Guns of Will Sonnett1967 · as Buck Cobb
• Ironside1967 · as Cripple
• Family Affair1966
• The Time Tunnel1966 · as Henderson
• Star Trek1966 · as Dr. Piper
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Willard Oberley
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Chester Cranford
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Matt Williams
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Farrell
• The Wild Wild West1965 · as Judge Blake
• The Wild Wild West1965 · as Old Chief
• The Big Valley1965 · as Greene
• The Big Valley1965 · as Brahma
• The Big Valley1965 · as Ben Abbott
• Run for Your Life1965 · as Joseph Farrell
• Profiles in Courage1964 · as William Brownlow
• Daniel Boone1964 · as Quonab
• Daniel Boone1964 · as Chief Great Bear
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea1964 · as Sam Burke
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as Hap Collins
• The Fugitive1963 · as Dan Martin
• The Virginian1962 · as Ebberly Packis
• The Virginian1962 · as Dr. Hinton
• The Virginian1962 · as Arnold Boyle
• Sam Benedict1962
• The Andy Griffith Show1960 · as Mr. McCabe
• The Twilight Zone1959 · as Colbey
• Law of the Plainsman1959 · as Mr. Coleman
• The DuPont Show with June Allyson1959 · as Dr. Abel
• Riverboat1959 · as President Zachary Taylor
• Bonanza1959 · as Barney
• Bonanza1959 · as Buford Sturgis
• Rawhide1959
• Rawhide1959 · as Ellis Williams
• Lawman1958 · as Pop Marraday
• The Rifleman1958 · as Micah Torrance
• The Texan1958 · as Bert Gorman
• Bronco1958
• The Court of Last Resort1957
• The Restless Gun1957 · as Jake Burnett
• Perry Mason1957 · as District Attorney Hale
• Perry Mason1957 · as Prosecutor
• Perry Mason1957 · as Prosecutor Hale
• Wagon Train1957 · as Jake
• Wagon Train1957 · as Amos Billings
• Wagon Train1957 · as Sean Bannon
• Sugarfoot1957 · as Jim Bradshaw
• Have Gun, Will Travel1957 · as Sheriff Stinchcomb
• Meet McGraw1957 · as Wells
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Rufus Stuart
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Steven Burkett
• Wire Service1956 · as Thompson
• Broken Arrow1956 · as Jess Taugus
• Gunsmoke1955 · as McCready
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Sam Bartell
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Greenwood, Sr.
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Doc Lacey
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Sloan
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Vern Padgett
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Cap'n Pierre
• Lassie1954 · as Sam Snow
• Lassie1954 · as Jake Palmer
• The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse1953
• The Abbott and Costello Show1952 · as Lefty the Shiv
• The Ford Television Theatre1952
• The Ford Television Theatre1952 · as Franklin
• Cavalcade of America1952 · as Mr. Barton
• Adventures of Superman1952 · as Ollie
• Adventures of Superman1952 · as Gangster in Montage (archive footage)
• Adventures of Superman1952 · as Fingers
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Barber
• Racket Squad1951
• The Lone Ranger1949 · as Silk