Secrets Of TV’s The Rifleman: More Than Just Guns And Good Times

Play It Again, Paul

Apparently, there was an industry shortage in the 1950s of men who could play cowboys on TV. An actor named Paul Fix, who later played the part of Marshal Micah Torrance on the show, had an uncredited role in “The Sharpshooter” episode as a kindly doctor who patches up Hopper’s character. Also interesting is the next fact.