Paul Fix

Actor

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Also Known As

Paul Peter Morrison

Birth Place

Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA

Born

March 13, 1901

Died

October 14, 1983

Biography

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Prolific, gentle-mannered, wry-faced character player in films from the early 1920s usually as lawmen, gangsters and taxi-drivers. Fix often appeared in Westerns and co-starred as the sheriff on TV's "The Rifleman" (1958-63)....

Filmography

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A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)

Dialogue Director

Pittsburgh (1942)

Dialogue Director

Wanda Nevada (1979)

Just Me and You (1978)

Grayeagle (1978)

The City (1977)

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Sea Chase, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) No Daydreaming

Kid Glove Killer, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Sorry I Had To Slug You

Family & Companions

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Beverly Fix

Wife

Born in 1923; died in 1979.

Biography

Prolific, gentle-mannered, wry-faced character player in films from the early 1920s usually as lawmen, gangsters and taxi-drivers. Fix often appeared in Westerns and co-starred as the sheriff on TV's "The Rifleman" (1958-63).

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)

Dialogue Director

Pittsburgh (1942)

Dialogue Director

Cast (Feature Film)

Wanda Nevada (1979)

Just Me and You (1978)

Grayeagle (1978)

The City (1977)

Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case (1975)

Set This Town on Fire (1973)

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)

Cahill, U.S. Marshal (1973)

Night of the Lepus (1972)

something big (1971)

Chief Yellow Sun

Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)

Chief Crazy Blanket

Zabriskie Point (1970)

Young Billy Young (1969)

The Undefeated (1969)

Gen. Joe Masters

Day of the Evil Gun (1968)

The Ballad of Josie (1968)

El Dorado (1967)

Welcome to Hard Times (1967)

Nevada Smith (1966)

Sheriff Bonnell

Incident at Phantom Hill (1966)

An Eye for an Eye (1966)

Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)

Shenandoah (1965)

Dr. Witherspoon

The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)

Sheriff Billy Wilson

Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965)

The Outrage (1964)

Mail Order Bride (1964)

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Guns, Girls and Gangsters (1958)

The Notorious Mr. Monks (1958)

Lafayette Escadrille (1958)

The Devil's Hairpin (1957)

Man in the Shadow (1957)

Jet Pilot (1957)

Night Passage (1957)

Stagecoach to Fury (1956)

Dr. Horace Lynnton

Star in the Dust (1956)

Mike ["Mac"] MacNamara

The Bad Seed (1956)

Toward the Unknown (1956)

Lt. Gen. Bryan Shelby

Santiago (1956)

Man in the Vault (1956)

Top of the World (1955)

Maj. George French

Blood Alley (1955)

The Sea Chase (1955)

Johnny Guitar (1954)

The High and the Mighty (1954)

Devil's Canyon (1953)

Fair Wind to Java (1953)

Ride the Man Down (1953)

Island in the Sky (1953)

Star of Texas (1953)

What Price Glory (1952)

Denver & Rio Grande (1952)

Engineer Monyhan

Bullfighter and the Lady (1951)

The Great Missouri Raid (1951)

California Passage (1950)

Surrender (1950)

The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)

Fighting Man of the Plains (1949)

Force of Evil (1949)

Hellfire (1949)

Red River (1948)

Angel in Exile (1948)

Wake of the Red Witch (1948)

Antonio "Ripper" Arrezo

The Plunderers (1948)

Angel and the Badman (1947)

Grissly's Millions (1945)

Back to Bataan (1945)

Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)

The Fighting Seabees (1944)

Tall in the Saddle (1944)

Bombardier (1943)

In Old Oklahoma (1943)

The Cherokee Kid

Captive Wild Woman (1943)

Hitler--Dead or Alive (1943)

Joe "The Book" Conway

Unknown Guest (1943)

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943)

Petticoat Larceny (1943)

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942)

That Other Woman (1942)

Youth on Parade (1942)

Kid Glove Killer (1942)

Mug Town (1942)

Alias Boston Blackie (1942)

Jail House Blues (1942)

Pittsburgh (1942)

Escape from Crime (1942)

Highways by Night (1942)

South of Santa Fe (1942)

Sleepytime Gal (1942)

Roar of the Press (1941)

Sparrow McGraun

Down Mexico Way (1941)

Citadel of Crime (1941)

Public Enemies (1941)

A Missouri Outlaw (1941)

Hold That Ghost (1941)

Unfinished Business (1941)

Mob Town (1941)

Virginia City (1940)

Murrell's henchman

Trail of the Vigilantes (1940)

Outside the 3-Mile Limit (1940)

The Great Plane Robbery (1940)

Black Friday (1940)

The Fargo Kid (1940)

Dr. Cyclops (1940)

Glamour for Sale (1940)

Triple Justice (1940)

Black Diamonds (1940)

The Crooked Road (1940)

Strange Cargo (1940)

Queen of the Mob (1940)

The Ghost Breakers (1940)

Disbarred (1939)

They All Come Out (1939)

News Is Made at Night (1939)

Mutiny on the Blackhawk (1939)

Heritage of the Desert (1939)

The Girl and the Gambler (1939)

Star Reporter (1939)

Code of the Streets (1939)

Those High Grey Walls (1939)

Behind Prison Gates (1939)

The Buccaneer (1938)

Smashing the Rackets (1938)

Crime Takes a Holiday (1938)

The Night Hawk (1938)

Penitentiary (1938)

When G-Men Step In (1938)

Crime Ring (1938)

Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)

Daughter of Shanghai (1938)

Secrets of a Nurse (1938)

King of Alcatraz (1938)

Walking Down Broadway (1938)

Man in Baccarat Club bar

The Crowd Roars (1938)

Joe, warehouse bodyguard

Big City (1937)

Conquest (1937)

King of Gamblers (1937)

Mannequin (1937)

Smooth Hanrahan

On Such a Night (1937)

Border Cafe (1937)

The Game That Kills (1937)

Woman in Distress (1937)

Paid to Dance (1937)

Souls at Sea (1937)

Hot Water (1937)

Armored Car (1937)

It Can't Last Forever (1937)

Her Husband Lies (1937)

Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)

Navy Born (1936)

The Accusing Finger (1936)

John ["Twitchy"] Burke

Yellowstone (1936)

The Road to Glory (1936)

Bridge of Sighs (1936)

Straight from the Shoulder (1936)

"Trigger" Benson

The Plot Thickens (1936)

Phantom Patrol (1936)

The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

Wanted! Jane Turner (1936)

After the Thin Man (1936)

Two in a Crowd (1936)

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)

Winterset (1936)

15 Maiden Lane (1936)

36 Hours to Kill (1936)

Millions in the Air (1935)

Sunset Range (1935)

The Eagle's Brood (1935)

Bar 20 Rides Again (1935)

Valley of Wanted Men (1935)

Mutiny Ahead (1935)

The Throwback (1935)

The Crimson Trail (1935)

His Fighting Blood (1935)

Bulldog Courage (1935)

The Desert Trail (1935)

Miss Pacific Fleet (1935)

Don't Bet on Blondes (1935)

Men Without Names (1935)

Let 'Em Have It (1935)

Living on Velvet (1935)

The World Accuses (1934)

Rocky Rhodes (1934)

The Westerner (1934)

Flirtation Walk (1934)

Little Man, What Now? (1934)

The Mad Game (1933)

The Avenger (1933)

The Sphinx (1933)

The Woman Who Dared (1933)

Somewhere in Sonora (1933)

The Important Witness (1933)

Zoo in Budapest (1933)

Devil's Mate (1933)

Emergency Call (1933)

Dancers in the Dark (1932)

South of the Rio Grande (1932)

The Last Mile (1932)

[Eddie] Werner--cell 8

The Racing Strain (1932)

Fargo Express (1932)

Back Street (1932)

The Good Bad Girl (1931)

Three Girls Lost (1931)

The Fighting Sheriff (1931)

Ladies Love Brutes (1930)

Lucky Star (1929)

The First Kiss (1928)

Writer (Feature Film)

Ring of Fear (1954)

Tall in the Saddle (1944)

Cast (Special)

The Indian (1959)

Micah Torrance (Guest)

Cast (Short)

Free Eats (1932)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

The Rebels (1979)

Hanging by a Thread (1979)

Life Events

1958

Co-starred as Marshal Micah Torrance on "The Rifleman"

Photo Collections

The Bad Seed - Lobby Card Set

Here is a set of Lobby Cards from The Bad Seed (1956), directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.

To Kill a Mockingbird - Lobby Card Set

Here is a set of lobby cards from Universal Pictures' To Kill a Mockingbird (1963), starring Gregory Peck. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.

Night of the Lepus - Pressbook

Here is the original campaign book (pressbook) for Night of the Lepus (1972). Pressbooks were sent to exhibitors and theater owners to aid them in publicizing the film's run in their theater.

Videos

Sea Chase, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) No Daydreaming Moored off a South Pacific island to collect wood to fuel their way to Chile, German steamer officers Kirchner and Schmidt (Lyle Bettger, John Qualen) are interrupted by captain Ehrlich (John Wayne), who has special instructions regarding their sexy spy passenger (Lana Turner), who is in turn impressed by his consideration for old soldier Schmidt (Paul Fix), in The Sea Chase, 1955.

Kid Glove Killer, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Sorry I Had To Slug You Taking the investigation into their own hands, directed by Fred Zinnemann in his feature debut, pathologist McKay (Van Heflin) and assistant Jane (Marsha Hunt) try out their clues on suspects, chef Spyro (Leon Belasco) and crook Stacy (Paul Fix), in MGM’s Kid Glove Killer, 1942.

Zabriskie Point (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Potential Revolutionaries At a nameless California campus, director Michelangelo Antonioni drifts through a meeting of radicals, some emphasis on the score largely composed and performed by Pink Floyd, no particular story emerging, opening Zabriskie Point, 1970, camera by Tonino Guerra, and Sam Shepard among the screenwriters.

Zabriskie Point (1970) -- (Movie Clip) The Law Is For Peacetime Protagonist “Mark” Frechette, after friends were arrested at a campus uprising, visits an L-A gun shop, then director Michelangelo Antonioni visits an agency producing plenty weird ads, then G.D. Spradlin and a fellow professional discuss the news, in the deliberately disjointed Zabriskie Point, 1970.

Prisoner Of Shark Island, The (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Old Abe's All Right First scene for title character Warner Baxter as Marylander Dr. Samuel Mudd, Gloria Stuart his wife, both unaware that President Lincoln has been shot, and that their guests (Francis McDonald as John Wilkes Booth, Paul Fix his cohort) are culpable, early in John Ford’s The Prisoner Of Shark Island, 1936.

Blood Alley (1955) -- (Movie Clip) God's Footsteps Sprung from a "Red" Chinese prison and escorted by Big Han (Mike Mazurki), American ship captain Wilder (John Wayne) meets Tso (Paul Fix) and his liberator Cathy (Lauren Bacall), in Blood Alley, 1955, from director Andrew V. McLaglen.

Blood Alley (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Eat It, Comrade! Paused for boat repairs, Cathy (Lauren Bacall), herself a semi-captive of the Chinese authorities, warns Captain Tom (John Wayne) that members of a communist-sympathizing family may have poisoned the other refugees' food supply, in Blood Alley, 1955, directed by Andrew V. McLaglen.

Blood Alley (1955) -- (Movie Clip) One Man Plague Mapping an escape for refugees, still speaking to imaginary friend "Baby," former Chinese-captive boat captain Wilder (John Wayne) is alerted by aid worker Cathy (Lauren Bacall) of a raid by communist troops, then hidden by Tso (Paul Fix), in Blood Alley, 1955, directed by Andrew V. McLaglen.

Tall In The Saddle (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Had No Hide Hidden Out Boozy stage driver Dave (Gabby Hayes) brings the eastern ladies (Elisabeth Risdon, Audrey Long) and mysterious Rocklin (John Wayne) the the station where Stan (Walter Baldwin) is host and Bob and the Sheriff (Paul Fix, Emory Parnell) bring trouble, early in Tall In The Saddle, 1944.

Giant (1956) -- (Movie Clip) That Sure Is A Beautiful Animal Director George Stevens opens his treatment of Edna Ferber's novel, Texan Bick (Rock Hudson) collected in 1920's Maryland by horse breeder Lynnton (Paul Fix), as dazzled by daughter Leslie (Elizabeth Taylor) as the stallion he's come to buy, in Giant, 1956, with James Dean and Carroll Baker.

Ghost Breakers, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Keep It In The Can Thrifty heiress Mary (Paulette Goddard) wraps business with the guys (Paul Lukas, Pedro De Cordoba) overseeing her inheritance of a Cuban castle, then disrobes while radio gossip-monger Larry (Bob Hope) goes a little too far for gangster Frenchy (Paul Fix), early in The Ghost Breakers, 1940.

Red River (1948) -- (Movie Clip) You'd Have Shot Him Straight from the funeral of a hand killed in a stampede, Dunson (John Wayne) looks to punish the instigator (Ivan Parry), when his number two Matt (Montgomery Clift) intervenes, a key moment in Howard Hawks' Red River, 1948.

Red River - (Re-issue Trailer) A young cowhand rebels against his rancher stepfather during a perilous cattle drive in Red River (1948), directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne, Montgomery Clift and Joanne Dru.

Night of the Lepus - (Original Trailer) Death comes hippity-hopping down the bunny trail as giant rabbits unleash The Night of the Lepus (1972).

Flirtation Walk - (Original Trailer) 42nd Street stars Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler head a musical salute to West Point in Flirtation Walk (1934).

Fighting Kentuckian, The - (Re-issue Trailer) John Wayne and a Laurel-less Oliver Hardy battle landgrabbers in the American Frontier in The Fighting Kentuckian (1950).

El Dorado -- (Original Trailer) John Wayne and Robert Mitchum take on a corrupt cattle baron in Howard Hawks' El Dorado (1967).

Bullfighter and the Lady - (Original Trailer) An American (Robert Stack) takes up bullfighting to impress the ladies but learns to respect the sport in Budd Boetticher's Bullfighter and the Lady (1951).

Sea Chase, The - (Original Trailer) A German freighter captain (John Wayne) tries to elude the British in the early days of World War II in The Sea Chase (1955).

After the Thin Man - (Original Trailer) Married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles try to clear Nora's cousin of a murder charge in After the Thin Man (1936).

To Kill a Mockingbird - (Original Trailer) A young girl grows up fast when her lawyer father defends a black man accused of raping a white woman in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) starring Gregory Peck.

Cahill, United States Marshal - (Original Trailer) John Wayne stars as a tough lawman who has to bring in his own sons for train robbery in Cahill, U.S. Marshall (1973).

Giant - (Original Trailer) A Texas ranching family fights to survive changing times in Giant (1956) starring James Dean, Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor.

What Price Glory (1952) - (Black-and-white Trailer) A marine captain (James Cagney) and his top sergeant are assigned to take their company from a small village to the brutal reality of war in the trenches in John Ford's What Price Glory (1952).

Family

Marilyn Fix

Daughter

Married to actor Harry Carey Jr on August 12, 1944.

Companions

Beverly Fix

Wife

Born in 1923; died in 1979.

Bibliography

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