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 th...
Known For
Movies
- To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
- Giant
1956
- Red River
1948
- Dr. Cyclops
1940
- Zabriskie Point
1970
- Shenandoah
1965
- Nevada Smith
1966
- Hondo
1953
- The Fighting Seabees
1944
- Just Me and You
1978
- El Dorado
1966
- Night Passage
1957
- Mannequin
1938
- Johnny Guitar
1954
- Charlie Chan at the Rac...
1936
- Force of Evil
1950
- Outside the Three-Mile ...
1940
- Island in the Sky
1953
- Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
- Wake of the Red Witch
1948
- The Bad Seed
1956
- Blood Alley
1955
- Undercover Doctor
1939
- After the Thin Man
1936
- The Ghost Breakers
1940
- Jail House Blues
1942
- The Fighting Kentuckian
1949
- Pittsburgh
1942
- The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
- The Fargo Kid
1940
- Night of the Lepus
1972
- Wanda Nevada
1979
- Young Billy Young
1969
- Man in the Vault
1956
- The High and the Mighty
1954
- Dirty Dingus Magee
1970
- Alias Boston Blackie
1942
- The Undefeated
1969
- Rocky Rhodes
1934
- The Throwback
1935
- Back to Bataan
1945
- Strange Cargo
1940
- Escape from Crime
1942
- The Desert Trail
1935
- The Crowd Roars
1938
- Jet Pilot
1957
- Captive Wild Woman
1943
- Somewhere in Sonora
1933
- The Outrage
1964
- The Prisoner of Shark I...
1936
- Baby the Rain Must Fall
1965
- Ride Beyond Vengeance
1966
- Lucky Star
1929
- The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958
- The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936
- The Unknown Guest
1943
- Hitler- Dead or Alive
1942
- Star in the Dust
1956
- The Accusing Finger
1936
- Lafayette Escadrille
1958
- Warpath
1951
- Incident at Phantom Hill
1966
- South of Santa Fe
1942
- Toward the Unknown
1956
- Those High Grey Walls
1939
- Angel in Exile
1948
- Bulldog Courage
1935
- Valley of Wanted Men
1935
- The Plunderers
1948
- The Perfect Clown
1925
- Mail Order Bride
1964
- Stagecoach To Fury
1956
- Top of the World
1955
- Border Cafe
1937
- Behind Prison Gates
1939
- Santiago
1956
- Yellowstone
1936
- Phantom Patrol
1936
- The Bridge of Sighs
1936
- Navy Born
1936
- The City
1977
- Star Reporter
1939
- They All Come Out
1939
- Shoot Out
1971
- The Good Bad Girl
1931
- Her Husband Lies
1937
- Reckless
1935
- Dancers in the Dark
1932
- Souls at Sea
1937
- His Fighting Blood
1935
- South of the Rio Grande
1932
- The Important Witness
1933
- Three Girls Lost
1931
- Let 'em Have It
1935
- Bullfighter and the Lady
1951
- Cahill: United States M...
1973
- Fargo Express
1933
- The Girl and the Gambler
1939
- The Night Hawk
1938
- Heroes in Blue
1939
- Armored Car
1937
- Life Begins
1932
- The Racing Strain
1932
- The Plot Thickens
1936
- Two in a Crowd
1936
- The Avenger
1931
- Denver and Rio Grande
1952
- Man in the Shadow
1957
- Smashing the Rackets
1938
- Set This Town on Fire
1973
- Winchester '73
1967
- The Devil's Hairpin
1957
- Wanted: Jane Turner
1936
- 36 Hours to Kill
1936
- Hungarian Rhapsody
1930
- The Sea Chase
1955
- Men Without Names
1935
- Tycoon
1947
- Ride the Man Down
1952
- Almost a Gentleman
1939
- Two Thoroughbreds
1939
- Heritage of the Desert
1939
- News Is Made at Night
1939
- Mutiny on the Blackhawk
1939
- Bar 20 Rides Again
1935
- Pat Garrett & Billy the...
1973
- The Road to Glory
1936
- On Such a Night
1937
- The Crooked Road
1940
- Black Friday
1940
- Gangs Of The City
1941
- The Rebels
1979
- Tall in the Saddle
1944
- Dakota
1945
- A Missouri Outlaw
1941
- Angel and the Badman
1947
- Winterset
1936
- The Eagle's Brood
1935
- Day of the Evil Gun
1968
- Something Big
1971
- An Eye for an Eye
1966
- When G-Men Step In
1938
- Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
- Paid to Dance
1937
- The Game That Kills
1937
- Daughter of Shanghai
1937
- Highways by Night
1942
- Code of the Streets
1939
- Grissly's Millions
1945
- Scarface
1932
- Triple Justice
1940
- Trail of the Vigilantes
1940
- Virginia City
1940
- Hellfire
1949
- Fair Wind to Java
1953
- In Old Oklahoma
1943
- Grayeagle
1977
- King of Gamblers
1937
- Devil's Canyon
1953
- The Last Mile
1932
- Black Diamonds
1940
- Emergency Call
1933
- Welcome to Hard Times
1967
- She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
- California Passage
1950
- It Can't Last Forever
1937
- The Crimson Trail
1935
- Bad Girl
1931
- Surrender
1950
- The Sphinx
1933
- Hoodoo Ranch
1926
- Mug Town
1942
- Down Mexico Way
1941
- Zoo in Budapest
1933
- The First Kiss
1928
- Fighting Man of the Pla...
1949
- The Fighting Sheriff
1931
- Star of Texas
1953
- Sherlock Holmes and the...
1942
- Roar of the Press
1941
- Secrets of the Pirate's...
1969
- Hold That Ghost
1941
- Walking Down Broadway
1938
- Young as You Feel
1931
- The Night of June 13
1932
- Unfinished Business
1941
- Mutiny Ahead
1935
- Glamour for Sale
1940
- Woman in Distress
1937
- That Other Woman
1942
- King of Alcatraz
1938
- Sleepytime Gal
1942
- Crime Ring
1938
- The World Accuses
1934
- Bombardier
1943
- Hot Water
1937
- The Saint in New York
1938
- Hanging by a Thread
1979
- The Ballad of Josie
1968
- The Great Plane Robbery
1940
- Guns Girls and Gangsters
1959
- Kid Glove Killer
1942
- Don't Bet on Blondes
1935
- Straight from the Shoul...
1936
- The Boy from Dead Man's...
1971
- House on Greenapple Road
1970
- Crime Takes a Holiday
1938
- The Avenger
1933
- The Devil's Mate
1933
- Free Eats
1932
- The Day They Hanged Kid...
1971
- Daughter of Shanghai
1937
- Millions in the Air
1935
- On the Run
1935
- Superman's Peril
1954
- Clipper Ship
1957
TV Shows
- The Time Tunnel
1966
- The Andy Griffith Show
1960
- Family Affair
1966
- Star Trek
1966
- Here's Lucy
1968
- The F.B.I.
1965
- The Streets of San Fran...
1972
- Alias Smith and Jones
1971
- Land of the Giants
1968
- Mannix
1967
- Perry Mason
1957
- Gunsmoke
1955
- Lassie
1954
- Emergency!
1972
- The Twilight Zone
1959
- The Waltons
1972
- Ironside
1967
- Sam Benedict
1962
- Rawhide
1959
- Run for Your Life
1965
- Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
- The Outcasts
1968
- Daniel Boone
1964
- The Fugitive
1963
- The High Chaparral
1967
- The Virginian
1962
- Schlitz Playhouse of St...
1951
- Bob Hope Presents the C...
1963
- The Big Valley
1965
- Adventures of Superman
1952
- Bronco
1958
- Judd for the Defense
1967
- Profiles in Courage
1964
- Lawman
1958
- Sugarfoot
1957
- Law of the Plainsman
1959
- Riverboat
1959
- Racket Squad
1951
- The Texan
1958
- Wire Service
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey...
1956
- Cavalcade of America
1952
- The Court of Last Resort
1957
- The DuPont Show with Ju...
1959
- Doc Elliot
1973
- The Rifleman
1958
- Bonanza
1959
- The Lone Ranger
1949
- Adventures of Superman
1952
- The Rockford Files
1974
- The Wild Wild West
1965
- The F.B.I.
1965
- The F.B.I.
1965
- The F.B.I.
1965
- The Big Valley
1965
- The Big Valley
1965
- The Virginian
1962
- Gunsmoke
1955
- Gunsmoke
1955
- Adventures of Superman
1952
- Gunsmoke
1955
- Gunsmoke
1955
- Bonanza
1959
- Battlestar Galactica
1978
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey...
1956
- Barnaby Jones
1973
- The Abbott and Costello...
1952
- Daniel Boone
1964
- The Six Million Dollar ...
1974
- The Name of the Game
1968
- The Name of the Game
1968
- Perry Mason
1957
- Ellery Queen
1975
- Quincy, M.E.
1976
- How the West Was Won
1977
- The Wonderful World of ...
1954
- Emergency!
1972
- The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
- The Virginian
1962
- Perry Mason
1957
- The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
- Rawhide
1959
- Switch
1975
- Barnaby Jones
1973
- Barnaby Jones
1973
- Owen Marshall: Counselo...
1971
- The Doris Day Show
1968
- The Wild Wild West
1965
- Voyage to the Bottom of...
1964
- The Restless Gun
1957
- Wagon Train
1957
- Wagon Train
1957
- Wagon Train
1957
- Meet McGraw
1957
- Broken Arrow
1956
- The Wonderful World of ...
1954
- The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
- Lassie
1954
- The Ford Television The...
1952
- The Ford Television The...
1952