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Paul Fix
Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA
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 wester…
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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.
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1979
Wanda Nevada
Movie Texas Curly
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1979
The Rebels
TV show Officer
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1979
Hanging by a Thread
TV show Rogers
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1978
Battlestar Galactica
TV show Commander Kronus
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1978
Just Me and You
Movie The Old Man
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1977
Grayeagle
Movie Running Wolf
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1977
How the West Was Won
TV show Portagee
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1977
The City
Movie Jed Haynes
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1976
Quincy, M.E.
TV show Jason Randall
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1975
Ellery Queen
TV show Capt. Benjamin Blake
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1975
Switch
TV show Sheriff
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1974
The Rockford Files
TV show Joe Tooley
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1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV show Joe Taylor
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1973
Doc Elliot
TV show Gus Turners
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1973
Cahill: United States Marshal
Movie Old Man
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1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Movie Pete Maxwell
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1973
Barnaby Jones
TV show Amos Barringer
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1973
Set This Town on Fire
Movie Sen. Porter
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1972
Night of the Lepus
Movie Sheriff Cody
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1972
The Streets of San Francisco
TV show Wade Tillman
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1972
The Waltons
TV show Senator Lucas Avery
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1972
Emergency!
TV show Maxwell Hart
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1971
Something Big
Movie Chief Yellow Sun
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1971
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
TV show Dr. Mel Woodruff
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1971
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
Movie Tom Hansen
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1971
Shoot Out
Movie Brakeman
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1971
The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou
Movie Cap'n Pierre
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1971
Alias Smith and Jones
TV show
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1970
Dirty Dingus Magee
Movie Crazy Blanket
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1970
Zabriskie Point
Movie Cafe Owner
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1970
House on Greenapple Road
Movie Orvie
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1969
Secrets of the Pirate's Inn
Movie Vern Padgett
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1969
Young Billy Young
Movie Charlie
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1969
The Undefeated
Movie General Joe Masters
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1968
The Doris Day Show
TV show Senator George Bergson
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1968
Here's Lucy
TV show Indian Chief
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1968
The Outcasts
TV show
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1968
Land of the Giants
TV show Dr. Brulle
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1968
The Name of the Game
TV show Old Bob
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1968
Day of the Evil Gun
Movie Sheriff Kelso
