Paul Fix

Paul Fix
Paul Fix in The Rifleman TV series
Born	Peter Paul Fix (1901-03-13)March 13, 1901 Dobbs Ferry, New York, U.S.
Died	October 14, 1983(1983-10-14) (aged 82) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Renal failure
Resting place	Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Santa Monica
Years active	1925–81
Spouse(s)	Frances Harvey (1922–45, divorced) 1 child Beverly Pratt (1949–79, her death)
Relatives	Son-in-law Harry Carey, Jr.(May 16, 1921 – December 27, 2012)

Peter Paul Fix (March 13, 1901 – October 14, 1983) 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. Fix was best known for portraying Marshal Micah Torrance, opposite Chuck Connors's character in The Rifleman from 1958-1963. Fix later appeared with Chuck Connors in the 1966 western film Ride Beyond Vengeance.

Paul Fix was born in Dobbs Ferry, New York, to Wilhelm Fix, a brewmaster, and the former Louise C. Walz, though some sources say he was born Paul Fix Morrison His mother and father were German immigrants who had left their Black Forest home and arrived in New York City in the 1870s.

A veteran of the United States Navy during World War I, Fix became a busy character actor who obtained his start in local productions in New York. By the 1920s, he had moved to Hollywood, and performed in the first of almost 350 movie and television appearances. In the 1930s, he became friends with John Wayne. He was Wayne's acting coach and eventually appeared as a featured player in about 27 of Wayne's films.

Fix worked in early films such as Lucky Star (1929) and Ladies Love Brutes (1930), and became a regular performer for the film's director, Frank Borzage, on a further eight occasions. Fix later appeared as Richard Bravo in the 1950s cult classic, The Bad Seed (1956), The Sea Chase (1955) playing Heinz the cook, and in George Stevens' Giant (1956), playing Elizabeth Taylor's father.