Paul Fix
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 13, 1901, Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA
- Died
- October 14, 1983
- Movies
- 219
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1979 | Wanda Nevada | Texas Curly |
| 1978 | Just Me and You | The Old Man |
| 1977 | Grayeagle | Running Wolf |
| 1977 | The City | Jed Haynes |
| 1973 | Cahill: United States Marshal | Old Man |
| 1973 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Pete Maxwell |
| 1973 | Set This Town on Fire | Sen. Porter |
| 1972 | Night of the Lepus | Sheriff Cody |
| 1971 | Something Big | Chief Yellow Sun |
| 1971 | The Day They Hanged Kid Curry | Tom Hansen |
| 1971 | Shoot Out | Brakeman |
| 1971 | The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou | Cap'n Pierre |
| 1970 | Dirty Dingus Magee | Crazy Blanket |
| 1970 | Zabriskie Point | Cafe Owner |
| 1970 | House on Greenapple Road | Orvie |
| 1969 | Secrets of the Pirate's Inn | Vern Padgett |
| 1969 | Young Billy Young | Charlie |
| 1969 | The Undefeated | General Joe Masters |
| 1968 | Day of the Evil Gun | Sheriff Kelso |
| 1967 | The Ballad of Josie | Alpheus |
| 1967 | Welcome to Hard Times | Major Munn |
| 1967 | Winchester '73 | Ben McAdam |
| 1966 | El Dorado | Dr. Miller |
| 1966 | Incident at Phantom Hill | General Hood |
| 1966 | Nevada Smith | Sheriff Bonnell |
| 1966 | An Eye for an Eye | Brian Quince |
| 1966 | Ride Beyond Vengeance | Hanley |
| 1965 | The Sons of Katie Elder | Sheriff Billy Wilson |
| 1965 | Shenandoah | Dr. Tom Witherspoon |
| 1965 | Baby the Rain Must Fall | Juge Ewing |
| 1964 | The Outrage | Indian |
| 1964 | Mail Order Bride | Sheriff Jess Linley |
| 1962 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Judge Taylor |
| 1959 | Guns Girls and Gangsters | Lou Largo |
| 1958 | The Notorious Mr. Monks | Benjamin Monks |
| 1958 | Lafayette Escadrille | U.S. General |
| 1957 | Man in the Shadow | Herb Parker |
| 1957 | Jet Pilot | Maj. Rexford |
| 1957 | The Devil's Hairpin | Doc Addams |
| 1957 | Night Passage | Mr. Feeney |
| 1957 | Clipper Ship | Dr. Shaw |
| 1956 | Stagecoach To Fury | Tim O'Connors |
| 1956 | Man in the Vault | Herbie |
| 1956 | Giant | Horace Lynnton |
| 1956 | Toward the Unknown | Lt. Gen. Bryan Shelby |
| 1956 | The Bad Seed | Richard Bravo |
| 1956 | Santiago | Trasker |
| 1956 | Star in the Dust | Mike MacNamara |
| 1955 | Blood Alley | Mr. Tso |
| 1955 | The Sea Chase | Max Heinz |
| 1955 | Top of the World | Maj. George French |
| 1954 | Superman's Peril | Fingers |
| 1954 | The High and the Mighty | Frank Briscoe |
| 1954 | Johnny Guitar | Eddie |
| 1953 | Hondo | Major Sherry |
| 1953 | Island in the Sky | Wally Miller |
| 1953 | Devil's Canyon | Prison Guard (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Fair Wind to Java | Wilson |
| 1953 | Star of Texas | Luke Andrews |
| 1952 | Ride the Man Down | Ray Cavanaugh |
| 1952 | What Price Glory | Gowdy (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Denver and Rio Grande | Engineer Moynihan |
| 1951 | Warpath | Pvt. Fiore |
| 1951 | Bullfighter and the Lady | Joseph Jamison (uncredited) |
| 1950 | California Passage | Whalen |
| 1950 | Surrender | Deputy Williams |
| 1950 | Force of Evil | Bill Ficco |
| 1949 | Fighting Man of the Plains | Yancey |
| 1949 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Gunrunner (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Fighting Kentuckian | Beau Merritt |
| 1949 | Hellfire | Dusty Stoner |
| 1948 | Wake of the Red Witch | Antonio 'Ripper' Arrezo |
| 1948 | The Plunderers | Calico |
| 1948 | Angel in Exile | Carl Spitz |
| 1948 | Red River | Teeler Yacey |
| 1947 | Tycoon | Joe |
| 1947 | Angel and the Badman | Mouse Marr (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Dakota | Carp |
| 1945 | Back to Bataan | Bindle Jackson |
| 1945 | Flame of Barbary Coast | Calico Jim |
| 1945 | Grissly's Millions | Lewis Bentley |
| 1944 | Tall in the Saddle | Bob Clews |
| 1944 | The Fighting Seabees | Ding Jacobs |
| 1943 | In Old Oklahoma | Cherokee Kid |
| 1943 | The Unknown Guest | Fain |
| 1943 | Captive Wild Woman | Gruen |
| 1943 | Bombardier | Big Guy |
| 1942 | Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon | Mueller (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Mug Town | Marco |
| 1942 | Pittsburgh | Burnside (Mine Operator) |
| 1942 | That Other Woman | Nick |
| 1942 | Hitler- Dead or Alive | Joe 'The Book' Conway |
| 1942 | Highways by Night | Gabby |
| 1942 | Escape from Crime | Dude Merrill |
| 1942 | Kid Glove Killer | Allison Stacy (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Alias Boston Blackie | Steve Caveroni |
| 1942 | Sleepytime Gal | Johnny Gatto |
| 1942 | South of Santa Fe | Joe Keenan / Harmon |
| 1942 | Jail House Blues | Danny |
| 1941 | A Missouri Outlaw | Mark Roberts |
| 1941 | Gangs Of The City | Scat |
| 1941 | Down Mexico Way | Henchman Davis |
| 1941 | Unfinished Business | Reporter |
| 1941 | Hold That Ghost | Lefty |
| 1941 | Roar of the Press | 'Sparrow' McGraun |
| 1940 | Trail of the Vigilantes | Lefty |
| 1940 | The Great Plane Robbery | Nick Harmon |
| 1940 | The Fargo Kid | Deuce Mallory |
| 1940 | Glamour for Sale | Louis Manell |
| 1940 | Triple Justice | Cleary |
| 1940 | Black Diamonds | Matthews |
| 1940 | The Ghost Breakers | Frenchy Duval |
| 1940 | The Crooked Road | Nick Romero |
| 1940 | Dr. Cyclops | Dr. Mendoza |
| 1940 | Virginia City | Murrell's Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Outside the Three-Mile Limit | Bill Swanson |
| 1940 | Strange Cargo | Benet (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Black Friday | William Kane |
| 1939 | Two Thoroughbreds | Stablemaster |
| 1939 | Heroes in Blue | Thug |
| 1939 | Those High Grey Walls | Nightingale |
| 1939 | They All Come Out | Varney (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Mutiny on the Blackhawk | Jock - a Sailor |
| 1939 | Behind Prison Gates | Convict Petey Ryan |
| 1939 | News Is Made at Night | Joe Luddy |
| 1939 | Heritage of the Desert | Henchman Chick Chance |
| 1939 | The Girl and the Gambler | Charlie |
| 1939 | Undercover Doctor | Monk Jackson |
| 1939 | Code of the Streets | Tommy Shay |
| 1939 | Almost a Gentleman | Kidnapper |
| 1939 | Star Reporter | Clipper |
| 1938 | Crime Takes a Holiday | Louie |
| 1938 | The Night Hawk | Spider |
| 1938 | King of Alcatraz | 'Nails' Miller |
| 1938 | Our Little Wife | |
| 1938 | Smashing the Rackets | Maxie |
| 1938 | The Crowd Roars | Joe the Warehouse Bodyguard (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Crime Ring | Slim |
| 1938 | The Saint in New York | Phil Farrell (Uncredited) |
| 1938 | Mr. Moto's Gamble | Gangster (Uncredited) |
| 1938 | When G-Men Step In | Clip Phillips, Fred's Henchman |
| 1938 | Walking Down Broadway | Man in Baccarat Club Bar |
| 1938 | Mannequin | Smooch Hanrahan (Uncredited) |
| 1937 | Daughter of Shanghai | Miles, Miles (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Paid to Dance | Nifty |
| 1937 | Hot Water | Horner (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Game That Kills | Dick Adams |
| 1937 | Souls at Sea | Violinist |
| 1937 | On Such a Night | Maxie Barnes |
| 1937 | It Can't Last Forever | Mikey |
| 1937 | Border Cafe | Doley |
| 1937 | Armored Car | Slim |
| 1937 | King of Gamblers | Charlie |
| 1937 | Her Husband Lies | Lefty Harkis |
| 1937 | Woman in Distress | Emory |
| 1936 | After the Thin Man | Phil |
| 1936 | The Plot Thickens | Joe |
| 1936 | Wanted: Jane Turner | Crowley's Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Winterset | Joe |
| 1936 | The Accusing Finger | "Twitchy" Burke, the killer thief |
| 1936 | Two in a Crowd | Bonelli's Henchman |
| 1936 | Phantom Patrol | Henchman Jo-Jo Regan |
| 1936 | The Road to Glory | Rigaud |
| 1936 | Yellowstone | Dynamite |
| 1936 | Straight from the Shoulder | Trigger Benson |
| 1936 | Charlie Chan at the Race Track | Lefty |
| 1936 | 36 Hours to Kill | Gangster |
| 1936 | Navy Born | Joe Vezie |
| 1936 | The Ex-Mrs. Bradford | Lou Pender (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Prisoner of Shark Island | David Herold |
| 1936 | The Bridge of Sighs | Harrison Courtney, Jr. aka Harry West |
| 1935 | Bulldog Courage | Bailey |
| 1935 | Millions in the Air | Hank (the Drunk) |
| 1935 | Bar 20 Rides Again | Gila |
| 1935 | The Eagle's Brood | Steve |
| 1935 | Valley of Wanted Men | Mike Masters |
| 1935 | His Fighting Blood | Phil Elliott |
| 1935 | The Throwback | Spike Travis |
| 1935 | Don't Bet on Blondes | Man Betting $2500 on Caprice (Uncredited) |
| 1935 | Men Without Names | Cowardly Gangster in Getaway Launch |
| 1935 | Let 'em Have It | Sam |
| 1935 | On the Run | Jim |
| 1935 | The Desert Trail | Jim |
| 1935 | Reckless | Man on Mechanical Horse (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Crimson Trail | Paul - Bellair Ranch Hand |
| 1935 | Mutiny Ahead | Teeter Smith |
| 1934 | The World Accuses | John Weymouth |
| 1934 | Rocky Rhodes | Joe Hilton |
| 1933 | Fargo Express | Mort Clark |
| 1933 | The Devil's Mate | Maloney |
| 1933 | The Avenger | Vickers |
| 1933 | The Important Witness | Tony |
| 1933 | Emergency Call | Dr. Mason (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Sphinx | Dave Werner |
| 1933 | Somewhere in Sonora | Bart Leadly |
| 1933 | Zoo in Budapest | Heinie |
| 1933 | The Woman Who Dared | Racketeer |
| 1932 | The Racing Strain | King Kelly |
| 1932 | The Night of June 13 | Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Life Begins | Anxious Expectant Father (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Last Mile | Eddie Werner... Cell 8 |
| 1932 | Scarface | Hood with Gaffney (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Dancers in the Dark | Benny |
| 1932 | South of the Rio Grande | Juan Olivarez |
| 1932 | Free Eats | Elvira |
| 1931 | Bad Girl | Nervous Expectant Father (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Young as You Feel | Desk Clerk |
| 1931 | The Good Bad Girl | Roach |
| 1931 | The Fighting Sheriff | Jack Cameron |
| 1931 | Three Girls Lost | Tony Halcomb (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Avenger | Juan Murietta (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Hungarian Rhapsody | Young Gypsy |
| 1929 | Lucky Star | Joe |
| 1928 | The First Kiss | Ezra Talbot |
| 1926 | Hoodoo Ranch | |
| 1925 | The Perfect Clown | Bellhop (uncredited) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1958 | The Notorious Mr. Monks | Screenplay |
| 1954 | Ring of Fear | Screenplay |
| 1944 | Tall in the Saddle | Screenplay |
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