1. Peter Paul Fix was an American film and television character actor who was best known for his work in Westerns.
24 Facts About Paul Fix
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Paul Fix portrayed Marshal Micah Torrance, opposite Chuck Connors's character in The Rifleman from 1958 to 1963.
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Paul Fix later appeared with Connors in the 1966 Western film Ride Beyond Vengeance.
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Paul Fix was the son of Wilhelm Paul Fix and Louise Walz, and was born March 13,1901, in Dobbs Ferry, NY.
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Paul Fix was Wayne's acting coach and eventually appeared as a featured player in about 27 of Wayne's films.
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Paul Fix worked in early films such as Lucky Star with Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell and Ladies Love Brutes, and became a regular performer for the film's director, Frank Borzage, on a further eight occasions.
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Paul Fix later appeared as Richard Bravo in the 1950s cult classic, The Bad Seed with Nancy Kelly, The Sea Chase with John Wayne and Lana Turner, playing Heinz the cook, and in George Stevens' Giant with James Dean, portraying Elizabeth Taylor's father.
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Paul Fix appeared as the presiding judge in To Kill a Mockingbird with Gregory Peck.
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Paul Fix played the sheriff in The Sons of Katie Elder with John Wayne and Dean Martin.
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Paul Fix co-wrote the screenplay for the John Wayne film Tall in the Saddle.
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Paul Fix had a recurring role as Marshal Micah Torrance on ABC's Western series The Rifleman, which was broadcast from 1958 to 1963.
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Paul Fix plays a businessman who hires a desperate man to substitute for his son in the draft, later to interfere with the man's homesteading rights when it threatens his son's political aspirations.
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Paul Fix guest-starred on the short-lived detective series, Meet McGraw; on Rory Calhoun's Western series The Texan on CBS; and on John Payne's Western series The Restless Gun on NBC.
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Paul Fix played the historical role of US President Zachary Taylor in the 1960 episode "That Taylor Affair" of the NBC Western series, Riverboat, with Darren McGavin.
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In 1961, Paul Fix appeared as Ramsey Collins in the series finale, "Around the Dark Corner", of the NBC crime drama Dante.
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Paul Fix played Dr Mark Piper in the second pilot episode of Star Trek, "Where No Man Has Gone Before".
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Paul Fix made five appearances as District Attorney Hale on Perry Mason, showing great skill as an examiner who did not ask objectionable questions unlike Hamilton Burger, who often experienced a judge's ire for asking leading questions.
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Paul Fix appeared on the NBC series Kentucky Jones as Judge Perkins in the episode "Spare the Rod".
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Paul Fix appeared as Kronus, a retired fleet commander on the original Battlestar Galactica.
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Paul Fix played the hardy pioneer James Briton "Brit" Bailey in the 1969 episode "Here Stands Bailey" of Death Valley Days.
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In 1922 Paul Fix married Frances Harvey, and the couple had one daughter.
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Paul Fix married his second wife, Beverly Pratt, on August 20,1949.
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Paul Fix died of kidney failure in Los Angeles at the age of 82.
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Paul Fix is buried beside his second wife at Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica.