Paul Birch
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 13, 1912
- Died
- May 24, 1969 (aged 57)
- Birthplace
- Atmore, Alabama, USA
Biography
Paul Birch (born January 13, 1912, Atmore, Alabama – died May 24, 1969, St. George's, Grenada) was an American actor of stage and film. Birch was born Paul Smith in Atmore, Alabama. He was a veteran of 39 movies, 50 stage dramas and a number of television shows including the Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951). In the late 1950s he starred, along with William Campbell, in the syndicated Canadian series Cannonball (1958), a half-hour drama/adventure show about truckers. He was the original "Marlboro Man" in TV commercials and played both Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General Robert E. Lee in several historical plays. He started out as the first of the original members of the Pasadena Playhouse and his stage work included The Caine Mutiny. He also had a recurring role as Captain Carpenter, the boss of Lt. Phillip Gerard in The Fugitive starring David Janssen. He starred in some low-budget science-fiction films in the 1950s, including The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955), Day the World Ended (1955), Not of This Earth (1957) and the cult classic Queen of Outer Space (1958). Birch also had small roles in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), and Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1967). Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Birch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography
Counterpoint
Movie
A Covenant with Death
Movie · as Governor
Welcome to Hard Times
Movie · as Mr. Fee
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Movie · as Bill Simpson (uncredited)
The Glory Guys
Movie · as Commanding General
The John Forsythe Show
TV · 1 ep
The Raiders
Movie · as Paul King
Arrest and Trial
TV · 1 ep
The Fugitive
TV · as Police Captain Carpenter · 12 eps
A Public Affair
Movie · as Malcomb Hardy
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Movie · as Mayor Winder
Sam Benedict
TV · 1 ep
The Virginian
TV · as Sheriff Halsey, Carl Bruner, Ben Carter, John Carver, Mack Lewis · 1 ep
General Electric True
TV · 1 ep
Two Rode Together
Movie · as Judge Edward Purcell
Cain's Hundred
TV · as Sheriff Rainey · 1 ep
Portrait in Black
Movie · as Detective Lieutenant
Too Soon to Love
Movie
The Tall Man
TV · 1 ep
Gunmen from Laredo
Movie · as Marshal Matt Crawford
Hawaiian Eye
TV · 1 ep
The Alaskans
TV · 1 ep
Black Saddle
TV · as Mr. Simpson · 1 ep
Riverboat
TV · as Sergeant Major Carmody · 1 ep
Tightrope
TV · 1 ep
Gunman's Walk
Movie · as Bob Selkirk
Queen of Outer Space
Movie · as Prof. Konrad
The Gun Runners
Movie · as Sy Phillips
The World Was His Jury
Movie · as Martin Ranker
Wild Heritage
Movie · as Jake Breslin
77 Sunset Strip
TV · as Zachary Latimer · 2 eps
Sea Hunt
TV · 1 ep
Cannonball
TV · as "Cannonball" Mike Malone · 38 eps
Bronco
TV · 1 ep
The Texan
TV · 1 ep
The 27th Day
Movie · as Admiral
Not of This Earth
Movie · as Paul Johnson
The Tattered Dress
Movie · as Prosecutor Frank Mitchell
Joe Dakota
Movie · as Frank Weaver
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm
Movie · as Banker
The Spirit of St. Louis
Movie · as Blythe (uncredited)
Trackdown
TV · 1 ep
Perry Mason
TV · as Security Officer Frank Crawford · 1 ep
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV · 3 eps
M Squad
TV · as Police Lt. Ruddy · 1 ep
Sugarfoot
TV · as Emmett Clark · 1 ep
The Court of Last Resort
TV · 1 ep
Panic!
TV · 1 ep
Maverick
TV · 1 ep
Wagon Train
TV · as Gen. Ulysses Simpson 'Sam' Grant, Sam Benson · 1 ep
When Gangland Strikes
Movie · as Sheriff Mack McBride
The White Squaw
Movie
Gun for a Coward
Movie · as Andy Niven
Everything But the Truth
Movie · as Sen. Winter
The Family Nobody Wanted
Movie
The Fastest Gun Alive
Movie · as Sheriff Bill Toledo (Yellowfork)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Sheriff Cutler · 1 ep
Telephone Time
TV · 1 ep
Rebel Without a Cause
Movie · as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
The Beast with a Million Eyes
Movie · as Allan Kelley
Day the World Ended
Movie · as Jim Madison
The Fighting Chance
Movie · as Auctioneer
Strange Lady in Town
Movie · as Sheriff
Apache Woman
Movie · as Sherrif
Five Guns West
Movie · as J.C. Haggard
Man Without a Star
Movie · as Mark Toliver
Cheyenne
TV · 1 ep
Gunsmoke
TV · as Boss, Jessie · 1 ep
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV · 2 eps
Navy Log
TV · 1 ep
Science Fiction Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Crossroads
TV · as Chief Crane · 1 ep
Cattle Queen of Montana
Movie · as Col. Carrington
Ride Clear of Diablo
Movie · as Fred Kenyon
The War of the Worlds
Movie · as Alonzo Hogue (uncredited)
I Led Three Lives
TV · 1 ep
You Are There
TV · 1 ep
Assignment: Paris
Movie · as Colonel Mannix (uncredited)
Death Valley Days
TV · as Mike Walsh, Jim Davidson · 1 ep
Hopalong Cassidy
TV · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Secretary of Agriculture · 1 ep
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Doctor · 1 ep
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
TV · as Police Desk Sergeant · 1 ep
Studio One
TV · as Big George · 2 eps
Adventure
Movie · as First Mate (uncredited)