How did Trek manage to snag this esteemed character actor? And why didn't they keep him?
Paul Fix
- Thread starter A beaker full of death
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I'm with you beaker, while I'm glad that they got Kelley for McCoy, it's a shame that they couldn't have found some recurring role for Fix. Thirty or forty years too early for that I guess though. I loved the guy and would have liked to have seen more of him.
I'm with you beaker, while I'm glad that they got Kelley for McCoy, it's a shame that they couldn't have found some recurring role for Fix. Thirty or forty years too early for that I guess though. I loved the guy and would have liked to have seen more of him.
I am not familiar with his other work, but I am EXTREMELY familiar with WNMHGB (my all-time favorite episode) and thought he was the weakest element in it. Maybe he just didn't have a grasp on the SF concept or what his role was about, but he came off (to me) like a typical day-player and not a potential 3rd lead.
No problem Kryton, it's just that I thought Fix did a really good job in a lot of his other roles and would have been an asset to Trek. But, as I said, he came from the wrong era for for a recurring role. 'Tis sad because he could have been an interesting counterpart to McCoy as another StarFleet CMO or someone from StarFleet Medical. Or hell, even as an evil Commodore or something.
I just thought the guy did some good work in pretty much every job he ever had. I can't think of a single bad Paul Fix performance. He was one of those consummate character actors from the 50's and 60's.
I just thought the guy did some good work in pretty much every job he ever had. I can't think of a single bad Paul Fix performance. He was one of those consummate character actors from the 50's and 60's.
First off - Fix probably wasn't expecting this to be a recurring role. He may have moved on immediately (common for character actors).
Secondly - I don't know if the ship's doctor was originally intended to be that important of a character at that point. Remember how small of a part it was in WNMHGB.
Yes, the doctor (John Hoyt) in The Cage was an important part, but that was a different story (literally) and a mostly different cast was involved in it. With all of the changes, Roddenberry may not have decided on the doctor's part when developing WNMHGB...
Secondly - I don't know if the ship's doctor was originally intended to be that important of a character at that point. Remember how small of a part it was in WNMHGB.
Yes, the doctor (John Hoyt) in The Cage was an important part, but that was a different story (literally) and a mostly different cast was involved in it. With all of the changes, Roddenberry may not have decided on the doctor's part when developing WNMHGB...
It has been pretty much established that Roddenberry wanted Kelley for WNMHGB, but NBC did not want him because of his rep as a 'baddie' in the movies. It was only after Dee had been in Gene's "Police Story" pilot as a very McCoy-like lab tech, and had got good test reactions, that Roddenberry was able to sell them on Kelley when Trek was picked up.
I do not think Piper was ever meant to be a 'permanent' character - Paul was definitely a temporary 'fix'...
btw..Police Story is where they got Grace Lee Whitney from also...and Steve (Garth) Inhat was the nominal star of the pilot. somebody will get smart someday, and package both Police Story and Roddenberry's OTHER 1965 pilot, The Long Hunt of April Savage on a DVD....not to mention THE LIEUTENANT....The rights to all of these can't cost very much!
I do not think Piper was ever meant to be a 'permanent' character - Paul was definitely a temporary 'fix'...
btw..Police Story is where they got Grace Lee Whitney from also...and Steve (Garth) Inhat was the nominal star of the pilot. somebody will get smart someday, and package both Police Story and Roddenberry's OTHER 1965 pilot, The Long Hunt of April Savage on a DVD....not to mention THE LIEUTENANT....The rights to all of these can't cost very much!
I took a shit this morning that would have played a more interesting Dr. Piper than Paul Fix. Man that guy just snoozed through his scene like a big fat fuck sorely out of his element. He looked like he would have been happier sodomizing Festus on Gunsmoke than he was on the Enterprise.
I'm more surprised they got John Hoyt for The Cage to be honest
Admiral James Kirk, is that kind of post really necessary? Just say you didn't like his performance. That'll do. Really.
I rather like the "fix" that several of the novels and comics have done: that Piper is relieving for McCoy, who'd already signed aboard and was taking over as CMO from Piper, but had to take urgent leave to attend to Joanna McCoy's graduation from nursing studies.
I rather like the "fix" that several of the novels and comics have done: that Piper is relieving for McCoy, who'd already signed aboard and was taking over as CMO from Piper, but had to take urgent leave to attend to Joanna McCoy's graduation from nursing studies.
I did.
Some actors don't count their lines.
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Therin of Andor said:
Some actors don't count their lines.
True, and I can only assume that 60s actors were a bit more forgiving about getting an uninspiring part as long as the paycheck was good. But I expect producers to make a rational deliberation about the kind of actors to hire for certain parts.
If Paul Fix was as good as he's made out to be in this thread (and to be honest, I haven't seen him in anything else), I wouldn't 'waste' him on a part that could've been played by just about any other male actor with a pulse.
GodThingFormerly
A Different Kind of Asshole
The Time Travelers, and the fact that Hoyt was willing to play a cuckolded scientist in Flesh Gordon demonstrates that he was not overly picky about his acting roles.
Even a pulse was optional judging by this screencap.
TGT
Therin of Andor said:
Some actors don't count their lines.
Not counting lines is unheard of in TOS.
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