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  • PAUL FIX


    INFORMATION FROM IMDb


    Date of birth
    13 March 1901
    Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA


    Date of death
    14 October 1983
    Los Angeles, California, USA. (kidney failure)


    Sometimes Credited As:
    Paul P. Fix


    Birth name
    Paul Fix Morrison


    Height
    6' (1.83 m)



    Spouse
    Beverly Pratt (20 August 1949 - 13 November 1979) (her death)
    Frances Harvey (1922 - 1945) (divorced) 1 child


    Trivia
    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.


    Father-in-law of actor Harry Carey Jr..


    Had a stutter off-screen.


    Well known to "Star Trek" (1966) fans as Dr. Mark Piper in the second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before". His portrayal of the USS Enterprise's Chief Medical Officer was short-lived, and DeForest Kelley (who would later become a regular cast member of the original Trek and the first six films) replaced him as the CMO.


    Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, California - Block 17.


    Former resident of Santa Monica, California. Drove a black 1960s Cadillac with longhortns attached to the front and personalized license plates reading: "P FIX".


    Served in the US Navy during World War I.


    Personal Quotes
    The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.


    [of John Wayne] He was too generous. He was just like his father and that I respect


    [of 'Chata' Wayne] Not someone to settle down with. You just knew she was trouble.


    Mini Biography
    Paul Fix, the well-known movie and TV character actor who played "Marshal Michah Torrance" on the TV series "The Rifleman" (1958), was born Peter Paul Fix on March 13, 1901 in Dobbs Ferry, New York to brew-master Wilhelm Fix and his wife, the former Louise C. Walz. His mother and father were German immigrants who had left their Black Forest home and arrived in New York City in the 1870s. (The name "Fix" is of Latin/Germanic origin, and is derived from St. Vitus and means "animated" or "vital").


    Besides Peter Paul, the Fix family consisted of two girls and three boys, the youngest of whom was six years older than the future actor. Peter Paul's childhood was a happy one. He and his family lived on the 200-acre property on which the Manilla Anchor Brewery, where his father was brew-master, was situated. Such was the importance of Fix to the brewery that when he died at the age of 62 on the eve of America's entry into the First World War (two years after his 54-year old wife had died), the brewery closed.


    The orphaned Peter Paul, who kept to himself a lot and had a vivid imagination, was sent to live with his married sisters, first one who lived nearby in Yonkers, and then to another in Zanesville, Ohio. The just-turned-17-year-old Peter Paul Fix joined the U.S. Navy on March 12, 1918, and spent his state-side service time during World War I in Newport, Rhode Island and Charleston, South Carolina. He first tread the boards as an actor while a sailor stationed in Newport, when the baby-faced salt (who looked much younger than his age) was one of six gobs chosen to play female roles in the Navy Relief Show "HMS Pinafore". The Navy staging of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta was a big hit and chalked up a run of several weeks in Providence and Boston.


    Fix was assigned as an able-bodied seaman to the troopship U.S.S. Mount Vernon, which was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast of France but did not sink as it was run aground. The rest of Fix's naval career was less exciting, and he was demobilized on September 5, 1919. After his discharge, Fix went back to his girlfriend Frances (Taddy) Harvey, whom he had left behind in Zanesville. He and Taddy were married in 1922 and they moved to California as Fix had always wanted to live in a warm climate.


    Fix and his bride settled in Hollywood, not so much because he had set ideas about becoming an actor but because he didn't know what he wanted to do with the rest of his life. He liked writing and acting in local plays, and soon became friends with the fellow tyro actor Clark Gable, who was his own age. Fix and Gable were discovered by the stage actress Pauline Frederick, who hired them to be members of her touring troupe that traveled by train the length of the West Coast putting on plays. In all, Fix - who had informally renamed himself Paul Peter - appeared in 20 plays with Gable.


    Paul Fix had one of his earliest acting roles on celluloid in the mid-1920s, appearing in a silent Western starring William S. Hart. The Western genre eventually would become the one he was most identified with. He played uncredited bit parts and small roles in silents before getting his first credited role in an early talkie (which was part-silent and part-talking), The First Kiss (1928), which starred future Hollywood superstar Gary Cooper and the dame that drove King Kong ape, Fay Wray. In all, Fix appeared in 300-400 films. The Western programmers of the silent and early talkie days could be shot in less than a week.


    In 1925, Taddy gave birth to their daughter Marilyn Carey, who eventually would marry Harry Carey Jr., the son of one of the first great Western superstars. They would have three more children and become part of the extended family gathered around the director John Ford. In his career, Paul Fix would appear with another Western legend, John Wayne, in 26 films, starting in 1931 with Three Girls Lost (1931). Urged on by Loretta Young, Fix became an acting coach for the young actor, and Wayne later paid him back when he became a star by having Fix appear in his movies. (The Duke also was a part of the close-knit group that collected around John Ford). With the Duke's patronage, the kinds of roles that Fix played changed. He had been typed as villains in the 1930s but, in the 40s, he began assaying a better class of character.


    Paul Fix was also a screenwriter, and is credited as the writer on three films: Tall in the Saddle (1944), Ring of Fear (1954) and The Notorious Mr. Monks (1958). His favorites parts included playing the stricken passenger in the John Wayne picture The High and the Mighty (1954), Elizabeth Taylor's father in George Stevens' classic Giant (1956), the grandfather of the eponymous The Bad Seed (1956) and the judge in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). His last screen appearance was in the Brooke Shields movie Wanda Nevada (1979), but he is most famous for appearing in the recurring role of "Marshal Micah Torrance" in the popular Western TV series "The Rifleman" (1958). As of 1981, the 80-year old Fix was still getting mail from all over the world from "Rifleman" fans.


    Paul Fix died October 14, 1983 of kidney failure. He was survived by his daughter Marilyn Carey and son-in-law Harry "Dobe" Carey, three grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
    IMDb Mini Biography By: Jon C. Hopwood


    Filmography
    Actor
    1. Wanda Nevada (1979) .... Texas Curly
    2. Hanging by a Thread (1979) (TV)
    3. "The Rebels" (1979) (mini) TV Series
    4. Just Me and You (1978) (TV) .... The Old Man
    5. Grayeagle (1978) .... Running Wolf
    6. "How the West Was Won" (1977) (mini) TV Series .... Portagee (episodes 2 and 3)
    7. The City (1977) (TV) .... Jed Haynes
    8. Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case (1975) (TV) .... Supreme Court Justice
    9. Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973) .... Old Man, Outlaw
    10. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) .... Pete Maxwell
    11. Set This Town on Fire (1973) (TV) .... Senator Porter
    12. Night of the Lepus (1972) .... Sheriff Cody
    13. Shoot Out (1971) .... Brakeman
    14. Something Big (1971) .... Chief Yellow Sun
    15. Dirty Dingus Magee (1970) .... Crazy Blanket (Anna's father)
    16. Zabriskie Point (1970) .... Cafe Owner
    17. The House on Greenapple Road (1970) (TV)
    18. Secrets of the Pirates' Inn (1969) (TV) .... Vern Padgett
    19. The Undefeated (1969) .... Gen. Joe Masters
    20. Young Billy Young (1969) .... Charlie (stagecoach driver)
    21. Day of the Evil Gun (1968) .... Sheriff Kelso
    22. Welcome to Hard Times (1967) .... Major Munn C.S.A.
    23. Winchester '73 (1967) (TV) .... Ben McAdam
    24. The Ballad of Josie (1967) .... Alpheus Minick, Whit's Father
    25. El Dorado (1966) .... Dr. Miller
    26. Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before (1966) (TV) .... Dr. Mark Piper
    27. An Eye for an Eye (1966) .... Brian Quince, Bri's Father
    28. Nevada Smith (1966) .... Sheriff Bonnell
    29. Incident at Phantom Hill (1966) .... Gen. Hood
    30. Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966) .... Hanley
    31. The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) .... Sheriff Billy Wilson
    32. Shenandoah (1965) .... Dr. Tom Witherspoon
    33. Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965) .... Judge Ewing
    34. The Outrage (1964) .... Indian
    35. Mail Order Bride (1964) .... Sheriff Jess Linley
    36. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) .... Judge Taylor
    37. Guns, Girls, and Gangsters (1959) .... Lou Largo
    38. "The Rifleman" (1958) TV Series .... Marshal Micah Torrance
    39. Lafayette Escadrille (1958) .... U.S. General
    40. The Notorious Mr. Monks (1958) .... Benjamin Monks
    41. Jet Pilot (1957) .... Maj. Rexford
    42. The Devil's Hairpin (1957) .... Doc
    43. Man in the Shadow (1957/I) .... Herb Parker
    44. Night Passage (1957) .... Clarence Feeney
    45. Stagecoach to Fury (1956) .... Tim O'Connors
    46. Man in the Vault (1956) .... Herbie
    47. Giant (1956) .... Dr. Horace Lynnton
    48. Toward the Unknown (1956) .... Lt. Gen. Bryan Shelby
    49. The Bad Seed (1956) .... Richard Bravo
    50. Santiago (1956) .... Traskerer
    51. Star in the Dust (1956) .... Deputy Mike MacNamara
    52. Top of the World (1955) .... Maj. French
    53. Blood Alley (1955) .... Mr. Tso
    54. The Sea Chase (1955) .... Max Heinz
    55. Superman's Peril (1954) .... Fingers
    56. The High and the Mighty (1954) .... Frank Briscoe
    57. Johnny Guitar (1954) .... Eddie
    58. Hondo (1953) .... Major Sherry
    59. Island in the Sky (1953) .... Wally Miller
    60. Devil's Canyon (1953) (uncredited) .... Davis, Tower Guard
    61. It Came from Outer Space (1953) (uncredited) .... Councilman
    62. Fair Wind to Java (1953) .... Wilson
    63. Star of Texas (1953) .... Luke Andrews
    64. Ride the Man Down (1952) .... Ray Cavanaugh
    65. Big Jim McLain (1952) (uncredited) .... Voice of Chauncey
    66. What Price Glory (1952) .... Gowdy
    67. Denver and Rio Grande (1952) .... Engineer Moynihan
    68. Warpath (1951) .... Pvt. Fiore
    69. The Great Missouri Raid (1951) .... Sgt. Brill
    70. California Passage (1950) .... Whalen
    71. Surrender (1950) .... Deputy Williams
    72. Fighting Man of the Plains (1949) .... Kansas Yancey
    73. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) (uncredited) .... Gun-runner
    74. The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) .... Beau Merritt
    75. Hellfire (1949) .... Dusty Stoner
    76. Wake of the Red Witch (1948) .... Antonio 'Ripper' Arrezo
    77. Force of Evil (1948) .... Bill Ficco
    78. The Plunderers (1948) .... Calico
    79. Angel in Exile (1948) .... Carl Spitz
    80. Red River (1948) .... Teeler Yacey
    81. Tycoon (1947) .... Joe
    82. Angel and the Badman (1947) (uncredited) .... Mouse Marr
    83. Dakota (1945) .... Carp
    84. Back to Bataan (1945) .... Bindle Jackson
    85. Flame of Barbary Coast (1945) .... Calico Jim
    86. Grissly's Millions (1945) .... Lewis Bentley
    87. Tall in the Saddle (1944) .... Bob Clews
    88. The Fighting Seabees (1944) .... Ding Jacobs
    [B] 89. In Old Oklahoma (1943) .... Cherokee Kid
    90. The Unknown Guest (1943) .... Fain
    91. Petticoat Larceny (1943) (uncredited) .... Louie
    92. Captive Wild Woman (1943) .... Gruen, the handler
    93. Bombardier (1943) (uncredited) .... Big Guy
    94. Mug Town (1943) .... Marco
    95. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943) (uncredited) .... Mueller
    96. Pittsburgh (1942) .... Burnside (mine operator)
    97. Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942) (uncredited) .... Husband
    98. Hitler--Dead or Alive (1942) .... Joe 'The Book' Conway
    99. Youth on Parade (1942) (uncredited) .... Nick Cramer
    100. Highways by Night (1942) (uncredited) .... Gabby
    101. Escape from Crime (1942) .... Dude Merrill
    102. Kid Glove Killer (1942) (uncredited) .... Allison Stacy
    103. Alias Boston Blackie (1942) .... Steve Caveroni
    104. Dudes Are Pretty People (1942) .... Billy (cowhand)
    105. Sleepytime Gal (1942) .... Johnny Gatto
    106. South of Santa Fe (1942) .... Joe Keenan, aka Harmon
    107. Jail House Blues (1942) .... Danny
    108. That Other Woman (1942) .... Tough Guy
    109. A Missouri Outlaw (1941) .... Mark Roberts
    110. Public Enemies (1941) .... Scat
    111. Down Mexico Way (1941) .... Henchman Davis
    112. Mob Town (1941) .... Monk Bangor
    113. Unfinished Business (1941) (uncredited) .... Reporter
    114. Citadel of Crime (1941/I) .... Gerro
    115. Roar of the Press (1941) .... 'Sparrow' McGraun
    116. The Great Plane Robbery (1940) .... Nick Harmon
    117. The Fargo Kid (1940) .... Deuce Mallory
    118. Trail of the Vigilantes (1940) .... Lefty
    119. Glamour for Sale (1940) .... Louis Manell
    120. Triple Justice (1940) .... Fred Cleary
    121. Black Diamonds (1940) .... Matthews, mine inspector
    122. Queen of the Mob (1940) (uncredited) .... Gang Leader in Garage
    123. The Ghost Breakers (1940) .... Frenchy Duval
    124. The Crooked Road (1940) .... Nick Romero
    125. Dr. Cyclops (1940) .... Dr. Mendoza
    126. Virginia City (1940) (uncredited) .... Murrell's henchman
    127. Outside the Three-Mile Limit (1940) .... Bill Swanson
    128. Strange Cargo (1940) (uncredited) .... Benet
    129. Black Friday (1940) .... William Kane
    130. Two Thoroughbreds (1939) .... Stablemaster
    131. Heroes in Blue (1939) (uncredited) .... Henchman
    132. Those High Grey Walls (1939) .... Nightingale
    133. Wall Street Cowboy (1939) (uncredited) .... Bartender
    134. Mutiny on the Blackhawk (1939) .... Jock, a sailor
    135. Behind Prison Gates (1939) .... Convict Petey Ryan
    136. They All Come Out (1939) (uncredited) .... Vonnie
    137. News Is Made at Night (1939) .... Joe Luddy
    138. Heritage of the Desert (1939) .... Chick Chance
    139. The Girl and the Gambler (1939) .... Charlie
    140. Undercover Doctor (1939) .... Monk Jackson
    141. Code of the Streets (1939) .... Tommy Shay
    142. Almost a Gentleman (1939) (uncredited) .... Kidnapper
    143. Star Reporter (1939) .... Clipper
    144. Disbarred (1939) (uncredited) .... Bomb Thrower
    145. Secrets of a Nurse (1938) (uncredited) .... Smiley, Largo's Gunman
    146. Crime Takes a Holiday (1938) .... Louie
    147. The Night Hawk (1938) .... Spider
    148. King of Alcatraz (1938) .... 'Nails' Miller
    149. Smashing the Rackets (1938) .... Maxie
    150. The Crowd Roars (1938) (uncredited) .... Joe, warehouse bodyguard on phone
    151. Crime Ring (1938) (uncredited) .... Slim
    152. The Saint in New York (1938) (uncredited) .... Phil Farrell, Doorman at the Silver Club
    153. Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938) .... Gangster
    154. When G-Men Step In (1938) .... Clip Phillips, Fred's Henchman
    155. Walking Down Broadway (1938) (uncredited) .... Man in Baccarat Club Bar
    156. Penitentiary (1938/I) (uncredited) .... Bunch
    157. The Buccaneer (1938) (uncredited) .... Dying Pirate
    158. Daughter of Shanghai (1937) (uncredited) .... Miles
    159. Mannequin (1937) (uncredited) .... Smooch Hanrahan
    160. Paid to Dance (1937) .... Nifty
    161. Conquest (1937) (uncredited) .... Dump Soldier
    162. Hot Water (1937) (uncredited) .... Horner
    163. The Game That Kills (1937) .... Dick Adams
    164. Big City (1937) (uncredited) .... Comet Night Watchman
    165. On Such a Night (1937) .... Maxie Barnes
    166. Souls at Sea (1937) .... Violinist
    167. It Can't Last Forever (1937) (uncredited) .... Mikey
    168. Border Cafe (1937) .... 'Doley' Dolson
    169. Armored Car (1937) .... Slim
    170. King of Gamblers (1937) .... Charlie
    171. Her Husband Lies (1937) (uncredited) .... Lefty Harkis
    172. Woman in Distress (1937) .... Joe Emery
    173. After the Thin Man (1936) .... Phil Byrnes, a.k.a. Ralph West
    174. The Plot Thickens (1936) .... Joe, the Chauffeur
    175. Winterset (1936) .... Joe
    176. Wanted: Jane Turner (1936) (uncredited) .... Crowley's Henchman
    177. The Accusing Finger (1936) .... John 'Twitchy' Burke
    178. Fifteen Maiden Lane (1936) (uncredited) .... Agitator
    179. Two in a Crowd (1936) .... Bonelli's Henchman
    180. Phantom Patrol (1936) .... Jo-Jo Regan
    181. Yellowstone (1936) .... Dynamite
    182. Straight from the Shoulder (1936) .... Trigger Benson
    183. 36 Hours to Kill (1936) (uncredited) .... Gangster
    184. Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936) (uncredited) .... Lefty
    185. Navy Born (1936) .... Joe Vezie
    186. The Road to Glory (1936) .... Rigaud
    187. The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936) .... Lou Pender
    188. Bridge of Sighs (1936) .... Harrison Courtney, Jr. aka Harry West
    189. The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) .... David Herold
    190. Bulldog Courage (1935) .... Bailey
    191. Millions in the Air (1935) .... Hank (the Drunk)
    192. Miss Pacific Fleet (1935) (scenes deleted) .... Sailor
    193. Bar 20 Rides Again (1935) .... Henchman Gila
    194. Valley of Wanted Men (1935) .... Mike Masters
    195. The Eagle's Brood (1935) .... Steve
    196. The Throwback (1935) .... Spike Travis
    197. His Fighting Blood (1935) .... Phil Elliott (Tom's Brother)
    198. Don't Bet on Blondes (1935) (uncredited) .... Man betting $2500 on Caprice
    199. Men Without Names (1935) .... The Kid
    200. Let 'em Have It (1935) .... Sam
    201. The Desert Trail (1935) .... Jim
    202. Reckless (1935) (uncredited) .... Man on Mechanical Horse
    203. Living on Velvet (1935) (scenes deleted) .... Intern
    204. Mutiny Ahead (1935) .... Teeter
    205. The Crimson Trail (1935) .... Paul
    206. The Westerner (1934) (uncredited) .... Rustler who confesses
    207. Flirtation Walk (1934) (scenes deleted) .... Soldier
    208. The World Accuses (1934) .... John Weymouth
    209. Rocky Rhodes (1934) .... Joe Hilton
    210. The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) (uncredited) .... Angry Citizen
    211. Little Man, What Now? (1934) .... Lauderback
    212. The Crosby Case (1934) .... Engineer
    213. Fargo Express (1933) .... Mort Dayton, posing as Mort Clark
    214. The Mad Game (1933)
    215. The Devil's Mate (1933) .... Maloney
    216. The Avenger (1933) .... Vickers
    217. The Important Witness (1933) .... Tony
    218. Emergency Call (1933) (uncredited) .... Dr. Mason
    219. The Sphinx (1933) (uncredited) .... Dave Werner
    220. Somewhere in Sonora (1933) .... Bart Leadly
    221. Zoo in Budapest (1933) .... Heinie
    222. The Woman Who Dared (1933)
    223. Gun Law (1933) .... Tony Andrews
    224. The Racing Strain (1932) .... King Kelly
    225. The Night of June 13th (1932) (uncredited) .... Reporter
    226. Life Begins (1932) (uncredited) .... Anxious Expectant Father
    227. Back Street (1932) .... Hugo Hack
    228. The Last Mile (1932) .... Werer, Cell 8
    229. Scarface (1932) (uncredited) .... Hood with Gaffney
    230. Dancers in the Dark (1932) .... Benny
    231. The Big Timer (1932) (uncredited) .... Fighter
    232. South of the Rio Grande (1932) .... Juan Olivarez
    233. Sky Devils (1932)
    234. Free Eats (1932) .... Elvira, 'wife' of the head of the family of thieves
    235. Bad Girl (1931) .... Nervous Expectant Father
    236. Young as You Feel (1931) (uncredited) .... Desk Clerk
    237. The Good Bad Girl (1931) .... Roach
    238. The Fighting Sheriff (1931) .... Jack Cameron, alias Jack Smith
    239. Three Girls Lost (1931) (uncredited) .... Tony Halcomb
    240. The Avenger (1931) (uncredited) .... Juan Murietta
    241. Man Trouble (1930) (uncredited) .... The Kid, a Gunman
    242. Ladies Love Brutes (1930) .... Slip
    243. Lucky Star (1929) .... Joe
    244. The First Kiss (1928) .... Ezra Talbot
    245. Hoodoo Ranch (1926)
    246. The Perfect Clown (1925) (uncredited) .... Bellhop


    Writer
    1. The Notorious Mr. Monks (1958) (story)
    2. Ring of Fear (1954)
    3. Tall in the Saddle (1944) (screenplay) (as Paul P. Fix)


    Notable TV Guest Appearances
    1. "Battlestar Galactica" playing "Commander Kronus" in episode: "Take the Celestra" (episode # 1.23) 1 April 1979
    2. "The Rockford Files" playing "Joseph Tooley" in episode: "The House on Willis Avenue" (episode # 4.21) 24 February 1978
    3. "Barnaby Jones" playing "Jack Tattnal" in episode: "Double Vengeance" (episode # 4.8) 7 November 1975
    4. "The Streets of San Francisco" playing "Dr. White" in episode: "River of Fear" (episode # 3.20) 13 February 1975
    5. "Emergency!" playing "Maxwell Hart" in episode: "Kidding" (episode # 4.17) 18 January 1975
    6. "Barnaby Jones" playing "Alfred Sturmer" in episode: "Death on Deposit" (episode # 3.11) 3 December 1974
    7. "The Waltons" playing "Lucas Avery" in episode: "The Conflict" (episode # 3.1) 12 September 1974
    8. "Doc Elliot" in episode: "The Pharmacist" (episode # 1.14) 1 May 1974
    9. "Barnaby Jones" playing "Amos Barringer" in episode: "Dark Legacy" (episode # 2.21) 3 March 1974
    10. "The F.B.I." in episode: "The Big Job" (episode # 9.1) 16 September 1973
    11. "Alias Smith and Jones" playing "Bronc" in episode: "Only Three to a Bed" (episode # 3.12) 13 January 1973
    12. "Emergency!" playing "Pop Williams" in episode: "Fuzz Lady" (episode # 2.7) 4 November 1972
    13. "Mannix" playing "Johnny Gunnarson" in episode: "Scapegoat" (episode # 5.23) 1 March 1972
    14. "Longstreet" playing "Dan Schirmer" in episode: "Wednesday's Child" (episode # 1.9) 11 November 1971
    15. "Alias Smith and Jones" playing "Clarence Bowles" in episode: "Night of the Red Dog" (episode # 2.8) 4 November 1971
    16. "Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law" playing "Dr. Mel Woodruff" in episode: "Make no Mistake" (episode # 1.5) 14 October 1971
    17. "Alias Smith and Jones" playing "Prosecutor" in episode: "The Day They Hanged Kid Curry" (episode # 2.1) 16 September 1971
    18. "Storefront Lawyers" in episode: "Let the Dier Beware" (episode # 1.19) 17 March 1971
    19. "Disneyland" playing "Cap'n Pierre" in episode: "Bayou Boy: Part 2" (episode # 17.19) 14 February 1971
    20. "Disneyland" playing "Cap'n Pierre" in episode: "Bayou Boy: Part 1" (episode # 17.18) 7 February 1971
    21. "Bonanza" playing "Buford Sturgis" in episode: "For a Young Lady" (episode # 12.14) 3 January 1971
    22. "The F.B.I." playing "Matt Williams" in episode: "Incident in the Desert" (episode # 6.13) 20 December 1970
    23. "The Young Lawyers" playing "Judge Benjamin" in episode: "Are You Running with Me, Jimmy?" (episode # 1.10) 23 November 1970
    24. "The Virginian" playing "Boyle" in episode: "Lady at the Bar" (episode # 9.8) 4 November 1970
    25. "Family Affair" playing "Ted Patterson" in episode: "Grandpa, Sir" (episode # 4.15) 8 January 1970
    26. "The F.B.I." playing "Chester Cranford" in episode: "The Prey" (episode # 5.13) 7 December 1969
    27. "Disneyland" playing "Vern Padgett" in episode: "Secrets of Pirates Inn: Part 2" (episode # 16.9) 30 November 1969
    28. "Disneyland" playing "Vern Padgett" in episode: "Secrets of Pirates Inn: Part 1" (episode # 16.8) 23 November 1969
    29. "Here Come the Brides" in episode: "The Legend of Big Foot" (episode # 2.8) 14 November 1969
    30. "The Name of the Game" playing "Judge O'Donnell" in episode: "Chains of Command" (episode # 2.5) 17 October 1969
    31. "The Outcasts" playing "Old Man" in episode: "The Thin Edge" (episode # 1.17) 17 February 1969
    32. "Daniel Boone" playing "Chief Great Bear" in episode: "Three Score and Ten" (episode # 5.16) 6 February 1969
    33. "Land of the Giants" playing "Dr. Brulle" in episode: "Deadly Lodestone" (episode # 1.17) 2 February 1969
    34. "The Big Valley" playing "Ben Abbott" in episode: "Top of the Stairs" (episode # 4.13) 6 January 1969
    35. "Land of the Giants" playing "Dr. Brulle" in episode: "The Creed" (episode # 1.9) 1 December 1968
    36. "The Guns of Will Sonnett" playing "Buck Cobb" in episode: "Pariah" (episode # 2.4) 18 October 1968
    37. "The High Chaparral" playing "Cochise" in episode: "The Peacemaker" (episode # 1.25) 3 March 1968
    38. "The Andy Griffith Show" playing "Mr. McCabe" in episode: "Barney Hosts a Summit Meeting" (episode # 8.21) 29 January 1968
    39. "Judd for the Defense" playing "Judge House" in episode: "Everybody Loved Harlan Except His Wife" (episode # 1.16) 29 December 1967
    40. "Bonanza" playing "Barney" in episode: "The Gold Detector" (episode # 9.14) 24 December 1967
    41. "The High Chaparral" playing "Cochise" in episode: "A Hanging Offense" (episode # 1.11) 12 November 1967
    42. "The Wild Wild West" playing "Judge Blake" in episode: "The Night of the Hangman" (episode # 3.7) 20 October 1967
    43. "Gunsmoke" playing "Sheriff Sloan" in episode: "Vengeance: Part 2" (episode # 13.5) 9 October 1967
    44. "Gunsmoke" playing "Sheriff Sloan" in episode: "Vengeance: Part 1" (episode # 13.4) 2 October 1967
    45. "The Guns of Will Sonnett" playing "Olenhaussen" in episode: "The Guns of Will Sonnett" (episode # 1.1) 8 September 1967
    46. "Gunsmoke" playing "Doc Lacey" in episode: "Fandango" (episode # 12.21) 11 February 1967
    47. "The Virginian" playing "Dr. Hinton" in episode: "The Modoc Kid" (episode # 5.19) 1 February 1967
    48. "The Big Valley" playing "Brahma" in episode: "The Stallion" (episode # 2.20) 30 January 1967
    49. "Death Valley Days" playing "Doc" in episode: "One Fast Injun" (episode # 15.9) 21 December 1966
    50. "The Wild Wild West" playing "Old Chief" in episode: "The Night of the Green Terror" (episode # 2.10) 18 November 1966
    51. "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" playing "Burke" in episode: "The Terrible Toys" (episode # 3.5) 16 October 1966
    52. "The Time Tunnel" playing "Henderson" in episode: "End of the World" (episode # 1.3) 23 September 1966
    53. "Daniel Boone" playing "Quonabi" in episode: "The Allegiances" (episode # 3.2) 22 September 1966
    54. "Star Trek" playing "Dr. Mark Piper" in episode: "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (episode # 1.3) 22 September 1966
    55. "A Man Called Shenandoah" playing "Sam Winters" in episode: "Plunder" (episode # 1.25) 7 March 1966
    56. "The Farmer's Daughter" in episode: "Lo, the Smart Indian" (episode # 3.21) 11 February 1966
    57. "Death Valley Days" playing "Doc Lathrop" in episode: "A Picture of a Lady" (episode # 14.14) 30 December 1965
    58. "The F.B.I." playing "Willard Oberley" in episode: "How to Murder an Iron Horse" (episode # 1.13) 12 December 1965
    59. "The Big Valley" playing "D. A. Greene" in episode: "The Murdered Party" (episode # 1.10) 17 November 1965
    60. "Run for Your Life" playing "Farrell" in episode: "This Town for Sale" (episode # 1.9) 15 November 1965
    61. "Gunsmoke" playing "Mr. Greenwood, Thad's Father" in episode: "Clayton Thaddeus Greenwood" (episode # 11.3) 2 October 1965
    62. "Lassie" playing "Jake Palmer" in episode: "Long Ears" (episode # 11.31) 28 April 1965
    63. "Profiles in Courage" in episode: "Andrew Johnson" (episode # 1.16) 28 February 1965
    64. "The Fugitive" playing "Dan Morgan" in episode: "Ballad for a Ghost" (episode # 2.15) 29 December 1964
    65. "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" playing "Hap Collins" in episode: "Out on the Outskirts of Town" (episode # 2.6) 6 November 1964
    66. "Wagon Train" playing "Sean Bannon" in episode: "The Brian Conlin Story" (episode # 8.6) 25 October 1964
    67. "Slattery's People" playing "Jonas Ewing" in episode: "Question: What Are You Doing Out There, Waldo?" (episode # 1.5) 19 October 1964
    68. "Gunsmoke" playing "Sam Bartell" in episode: "The Other Half" (episode # 9.35) 30 May 1964
    69. "The Twilight Zone" playing "Colbey" in episode: "I am the Night - Color Me Black" (episode # 5.26) 27 March 1964
    70. "The Virginian" playing "Ebberly Packis" in episode: "Rope of Lies" (episode # 2.25) 25 March 1964
    71. "The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters" playing "Sheriff" in episode: "The Day of the Picnic" (episode # 1.22) 16 February 1964
    72. "Perry Mason" playing "District Attorney Hale" in episode: "The Case of the Potted Planter" (episode # 6.27) 9 May 1963
    73. "Sam Benedict" playing "Jason Hewitt" in episode: "Read No Evil" (episode # 1.26) 16 March 1963
    74. "Have Gun - Will Travel" playing "Sheriff" in episode: "The Burning Tree" (episode # 6.22) 9 February 1963
    75. "Wagon Train" playing "Amos Billings" in episode: "The Amos Billings Story" (episode # 5.24) 14 March 1962
    76. "Wagon Train" in episode: "The Charley Shutup Story" (episode # 5.23) 7 March 1962
    77. "Ripcord" playing "Josh Parker" in episode: "Jump to a Blind Alley"
    78. "Perry Mason" playing "Prosecutor" in episode: "The Case of the Roving River" (episode # 5.15) 30 December 1961
    79. "Perry Mason" playing "Prosecutor Hale" in episode: "The Case of the Barefaced Witness" (episode # 4.20) 18 March 1961
    80. "The DuPont Show with June Allyson" playing "Dr. Abel" in episode: "The Haven" (episode # 2.23) 6 March 1961
    81. "Zane Grey Theater" playing "Burkett" in episode: "Cry Hope! Cry Hate!" (episode # 5.3) 20 October 1960
    82. "Riverboat" in episode: "That Taylor Affair" (episode # 2.2) 26 September 1960
    83. "Law of the Plainsman" playing "Mr. Coleman" in episode: "Toll Road" (episode # 1.13) 24 December 1959
    84. "Rawhide" playing "Ellis Williams" in episode: "Incident of the Thirteenth Man" (episode # 2.5) 23 October 1959
    85. "Lawman" playing "Pop Marraday" in episode: "Riding Shotgun" (episode # 1.29) 19 April 1959
    86. "Zane Grey Theater" playing "Rufus Stewart" in episode: "Medal for Valor" (episode # 3.12) 25 December 1958
    87. "Northwest Passage" playing "Joe Waters" in episode: "Vengeance Trail" (episode # 1.14) 21 December 1958
    88. "Tales of Wells Fargo" playing "Senator Claymore" in episode: "The Killer" (episode # 3.12) 1 December 1958
    89. "Bronco" playing "Tom McNally" in episode: "The Long Ride Back" (episode # 1.5) 18 November 1958
    90. "The Texan" playing "Bert Gorman" in episode: "A Tree for Planting" (episode # 1.7) 10 November 1958
    91. "Perry Mason" playing "District Attorney Hale" in episode: "The Case of the Buried Clock" (episode # 2.6) 1 November 1958
    92. "Broken Arrow" in episode: "Old Enemy" (episode # 2.32) 6 May 1958
    93. "Sugarfoot" playing "Bandit" in episode: "Hideout" (episode # 1.15) 1 April 1958
    94. "Colt .45" playing "Frank Wilson Sr." in episode: "The Golden Gun" (episode # 1.20) 28 February 1958
    95. "Wagon Train" playing "Jake" in episode: "The Mark Hanford Story" (episode # 1.23) 26 February 1958
    96. "The Court of Last Resort" playing "Warden Avery" in episode: "The John Smith Case" (episode # 1.12) 20 December 1957
    97. "Tales of Wells Fargo" in episode: "The General" (episode # 2.15) 16 December 1957
    98. "The Restless Gun" playing "Old Man Burnett" in episode: "Jody" (episode # 1.7) 4 November 1957
    99. "Perry Mason" playing "District Attorney Hale" in episode: "The Case of the Angry Mourner" (episode # 1.7) 2 November 1957
    100. "Playhouse 90" playing "Dr. Shaw" in episode: "Clipper Ship" (episode # 1.27) 4 April 1957
    101. "Cavalcade of America" in episode: "Don Marshall's Brat" (episode # 5.23) 19 March 1957
    102. "Gunsmoke" playing "McCready" in episode: "Cholera" (episode # 2.14) 29 December 1956
    103. "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" in episode: "A Tale of Wells Fargo" (episode # 6.9) 14 December 1956
    104. "The Ford Television Theatre" playing "Franklin" in episode: "A Set of Values" (episode # 4.13) 29 December 1955
    105. "Adventures of Superman" playing "Fingers" in episode: "Semi-Private Eye" (episode # 2.18) 16 January 1954
    106. "Adventures of Superman" playing "Gangster in Montage" (archive footage) in episode: "Crime Wave" (episode # 1.24) 27 February 1953
    107. "Adventures of Superman" playing "Ollie" in episode: "Czar of the Underworld" (episode # 1.22) 13 February 1953
    108. "Racket Squad" playing "Charles Cooper" in episode: "The Strange Case of James Doyle" (episode # 2.47) 7 August 1952
    109. "The Lone Ranger" playing "Silk, Gang Leader" in episode: "Million Dollar Wallpaper" (episode # 2.1) 14 September 1950


    Watch Paul Fix Full Movies, Clips and Trailers in:-


    Paul's Video Gallery


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    Roar of the Press


    Roar of the Press

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 11 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Paul Fix, along with Ward Bond and Yakima Canutt,were Duke's early friends,
    and, indeed, became a lifelong friends
    It is said in many quarters, that Duke learned how to talk and walk from Paul!
    He was a small part of the
    John Ford Stock Company,
    but remained with Duke throughput his life and became a regular of the
    John Wayne Stock Company


    Paul made 26 films, with Duke


    Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973) .... Old Man, Outlaw
    The Undefeated (1969) .... Gen. Joe Masters
    El Dorado (1966) .... Dr. Miller
    The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) .... Sheriff Billy Wilson
    Jet Pilot (1957) .... Maj. Rexford
    Blood Alley (1955) .... Mr. Tso
    The Sea Chase (1955) .... Max Heinz
    The High and the Mighty (1954) .... Frank Briscoe
    Hondo (1953) .... Major Sherry
    Island in the Sky (1953) .... Wally Miller
    Big Jim McLain (1952) (uncredited) .... Voice of Chauncey
    She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) (uncredited) .... Gun-runner
    The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) .... Beau Merritt
    Wake of the Red Witch (1948) .... Antonio 'Ripper' Arrezo
    Red River(1948) .... Teeler Yacey
    Tycoon (1947) .... Joe
    Angel and the Badman (1947) (uncredited) .... Mouse Marr
    Dakota (1945) .... Carp
    Back to Bataan (1945) .... Bindle Jackson
    Flame of Barbary Coast (1945) .... Calico Jim
    Tall in the Saddle (1944) .... Bob Clews
    The Fighting Seabees (1944) .... Ding Jacobs
    In Old Oklahoma (1943) .... Cherokee Kid
    The Desert Trail (1935) .... Jim
    Somewhere in Sonora (1933)....Bart Leadly
    Three Girls Lost (1931) (uncredited) .... Tony Halcomb



    He was a former stage director and playwright tuned actor.
    Paul would often stand behind the camera, when Duke was working,
    and offer suggestions, between takes.
    Duke learned how to deliver lines from Paul, and under his guidance helped
    Duke to develop that unusual, delivery of lines


    Harry Carey Jr. who married Paul's daughter quoted,

    Quote

    Paul was the man, who gave Duke his first insight, into his screen persona..
    He was the first man, to put the John Wayne image,into John Wayne's head.
    And he literally, taught John Wayne, what he knew about acting.

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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  • Hi


    It was this trait that annoyed John Ford. He knew that someone was coaching Duke and he had a pretty good idea that it was paul Fix but could never catch him at it. Ford solved the problem in Ford's own inimitable way.
    In the scene in She Wore A Yellow Ribbon where the renegades a captured by the Indians Ford wanted Fix to fall out of the wagon and walked barefooted over the ground. Fix looking at the rock strewn surface refused.


    Ford never used him again. Problem solved Duke's coach was removed from the set.


    However Wayne continued to use him to great effect in Wake of the Red Witch Island in the Sky Hondo, and The Sons of Katie Elder being just a few.


    Regards


    Arthur

    Walk Tall - Talk Low

  • Paul Fix was originally "fixed" in mind from the movie The Sons of Katie Elder as Billy, the sheriff. From that point on, he was easily identifiable for me.


    He has a "comforting" demeanor to me :rolleyes: .


    Here are some interesting sites -


    http://www.filmsofthegoldenage.com/foga/19...7/paulfix.shtml
    http://rifleman-branded.com/Paul%20Fix.htm
    http://www.jwayne.com/costars/fix.shtml
    http://www.dougmacaulay.com/kingspud/sel_b...&actor_last=Fix
    http://www.cybernation.com/quotationcenter...=author&id=3053 (MANY sites came up regarding this particular quote)
    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5783


    Mrs. C :angel1:

  • Hey Keith and Mrs. C,


    This is really good. I didn’t know all that. I seem to learn more and more everyday.


    Cheers B)



    Quote

    "When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it"

    - John Wayne quote

  • Paul Fis ix my favorite Character Actor. I don't know how many things I have seen him in but, what I did see him in was made all the better more enjoyable JUST because of his appearance. I noticed he is listed as having done 26 movies w/ Duke and I guess that gives him top place of those who were in Duke movies.

    I got my first "fix" of Paul Fix, as the Sheriff in The Rifleman.

    Es Ist Verboten Mit Gefangenen In Einzelhaft Zu Sprechen..

  • I was watching The Undefeated the other day, and there was Paul Fix as General Masters, and suddenly I remembered that once upon a time Paul Fix had been a young man -- and quite attractive! Here is how audiences saw him in 1929, in the wonderful Frank Borzage film Lucky Star:


    (That's Charles Farrell on the right.)