Paul Fix

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The most famous picture of the US actor Paul Fix, as sheriff in the series West of Santa Fé

Paul Fix (born January 13, 1901 in Dobbs Ferry , New York , † October 14, 1983 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American theater, television and film actor and screenwriter . From 1925 to 1981, the versatile supporting actor had over 330 film and television appearances.

life and career

Paul Fix was born in 1901 as the son of master brewer Wilhelm Fix and his wife Louise Walz in a small town near New York. The parents were both German immigrants. In 1918, Paul Fix joined the Navy towards the end of World War I , after which he became an actor. He first performed in local theaters in New York before moving to Hollywood in the mid-1920s . He made his first film appearance in 1925 in the film The Perfect Clown . Well over 300 film appearances followed, making him one of the busiest actors of his generation. He was directed by Frank Borzage in a total of ten films over the decades , for example in The Seventh Commandment (1929) and in Ladies Love Brutes (1930). The versatile actor mostly played supporting roles at the side of big stars, for example as the father of Elizabeth Taylor in George Stevens ' western epic Giganten (1956) and as judge Taylor alongside Gregory Peck in the literary film Who disturbs the nightingale (1962) based on Harper Lee 's novel of the same name . In addition to his work as an actor, Fix also wrote the screenplay for three feature films, including the John Wayne western Mit Büchse und Lasso (1944).

He became friends with Clark Gable and especially with John Wayne , with whom he starred in many films. For example, in the 1930s in the B-Western The Rodeo Robbery , thirty years later in The Four Sons of Katie Elder (1964) as a sheriff and in El Dorado (1966) as a doctor. From the 1950s, Fix also had guest roles on numerous television series, including The Waltons , Battlestar Galactica , The Streets of San Francisco and Quincy . In 1966 he played the role of Dr. on Star Trek in the episode Where No Man Has Gone Before. Mark Piper. In the series High Chaparral , he played the Apache chief Cochise in two episodes . However, Fix had his most famous role in the western series West of Santa Fé , in which he played Marshal Micah Torrance in a total of 151 episodes between 1958 and 1963. Fix had his last of over 330 film and television appearances in an episode of Quincy in 1981 .

Private life

Paul Fix died of kidney failure in 1983 at the age of 82 . He was married twice; from 1922 to her divorce in 1945 with Frances Harvey and from 1949 to her death in 1979 with Beverly Pratt. From the first marriage he had the daughter Marilyn (1925-2017), who the actor Harry Carey jr. got married.

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marilyn Fix at Find A Grave
personal data
SURNAME Fix, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fix, Peter Paul (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American theater, television, and film actor and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Dobbs Ferry , New York
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1983
Place of death Los Angeles , California