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| Actor: | Paul Fix |
| Series: | TOS |
| Episode: | "Where No Man Has Gone Before" |
| Character: | Doctor Mark Piper |
| Born: | 13 March 1901 |
| Birthplace: | Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA |
| Died: | 14 October 1983 |
| Location: | Los Angeles, California, USA. (kidney failure) |
Paul Fix (13 March 1901 – 14 October 1983; age 82), was an American actor born in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He appeared in TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before" as Doctor Mark Piper.
Fix is one of only two Star Trek actors verified as a veteran of the First World War, where he served in the US Navy. The other is Ian Wolfe.
Following the Navy, Fix became an incredibly busy character actor who got his start in local productions around his New York home. By the 20s he had moved to Hollywood and performed in the first of almost 350 movie and television appearances. In the 30s, he became friends with John Wayne, coaching him in acting, and eventually appearing in about twenty-five of his films. Many of his early characters were scoundrels of one sort or the other; as he matured, he took on more benevolent, avuncular roles (such as Doctor Piper). He is most well known as Micah Torrence from the ABC series The Rifleman, appearing for the show's entire run.
Other television credits included The Adventures of Superman (1953-1954, with Anthony Caruso, Joseph Mell, and Elisha Cook, Jr.), recurring appearances as District Attorney Hale on Perry Mason (1957-1963), The Twilight Zone (1964), The F.B.I. (1965-1973, with Marj Dusay, Clint Howard, Steve Ihnat, Paul Carr and series-regular Stephen Brooks), The Time Tunnel (1966, with James Darren, Whit Bissell, Lee Meriwether and Paul Carr), Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1966), The Wild Wild West (1966-1967, with Sarah Marshall, Michael Dunn and Anthony Caruso), Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1971, with DeForest Kelley) and Mannix (1972, with Rex Holman and Byron Morrow). He appeared in the Battlestar Galactica episode "Take the Celestra" as Commander Kronus (1979). He again appeared with DeForest Kelley in the movie Night of the Lepus (1972).
Fix died in Los Angeles, California, as a result of kidney failure.
External links
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- Paul Fix at Battlestar Wiki