Paul Birch
Known for Acting · 85 credits
- Born
- 1912-01-13
- Died
- 1969-05-24
- Place of birth
- 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).
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Known For
TV Shows (43)
Perry Mason
1957
as Security Officer Frank Crawford
The Fugitive
1963
as Police Captain Carpenter
Wagon Train
1957
as Gen. Ulysses Simpson 'Sam' Grant / Sam Benson
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Maverick
1957
The Virginian
1962
as Sheriff Halsey / Carl Bruner / John Carver / Ben Carter / Mack Lewis
Cheyenne
1955
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950
as Police Desk Sergeant
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sheriff Cutler
Studio One
1948
as Big George
Gunsmoke
1955
as Boss / Jessie
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Zachary Latimer
Sea Hunt
1958
The Tall Man
1960
Hawaiian Eye
1959
The Texan
1958
Sugarfoot
1957
as Emmett Clark
M Squad
1957
as Police Lt. Ruddy
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Doctor
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Telephone Time
1956
Bronco
1958
Navy Log
1955
Trackdown
1957
Black Saddle
1959
as Mr. Simpson
Arrest and Trial
1963
Riverboat
1959
as Sergeant Major Carmody
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Sheriff Rainey
Sam Benedict
1962
Tightrope
1959
You Are There
1953
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
The Alaskans
1959
I Led Three Lives
1953
Death Valley Days
1952
as Mike Walsh / Jim Davidson
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Secretary of Agriculture
Panic!
1957
General Electric True
1962
Crossroads
1955
as Chief Crane
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
Cannonball
1958
as "Cannonball" Mike Malone
The John Forsythe Show
1965
The Court of Last Resort
1957
Movies (42)
The War of the Worlds
1953
as Alonzo Hogue (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Mayor Winder
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Counterpoint
1967
Two Rode Together
1961
as Judge Edward Purcell
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956
as Sheriff Bill Toledo (Yellowfork)
A Covenant with Death
1967
as Governor
The Tattered Dress
1957
as Prosecutor Frank Mitchell
Five Guns West
1955
as J.C. Haggard
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
as Blythe (uncredited)
Man Without a Star
1955
as Mark Toliver
Strange Lady in Town
1955
as Sheriff
Ride Clear of Diablo
1954
as Fred Kenyon
The Gun Runners
1958
as Sy Phillips
Queen of Outer Space
1958
as Prof. Konrad
Cattle Queen of Montana
1954
as Col. Carrington
The Glory Guys
1965
as Commanding General
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
as Mr. Fee
Portrait in Black
1960
as Detective lieutenant
Gunman's Walk
1958
as Bob Selkirk
Not of This Earth
1957
as Paul Johnson
Assignment: Paris
1952
as Colonel Mannix (uncredited)
The 27th Day
1957
as Admiral
Day the World Ended
1955
as Jim Madison
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
1966
as Bill Simpson (uncredited)
Joe Dakota
1957
as Frank Weaver
Gunmen from Laredo
1959
as Marshal Matt Crawford
Gun for a Coward
1956
as Andy Niven
The World Was His Jury
1958
as Martin Ranker
Apache Woman
1955
as Sherrif
Everything But the Truth
1956
as Sen. Winter
Wild Heritage
1958
as Jake Breslin
The Raiders
1963
as Paul King
The White Squaw
1956
When Gangland Strikes
1956
as Sheriff Mack McBride
Adventure
1945
as First Mate (uncredited)
Too Soon to Love
1960
The Fighting Chance
1955
as Auctioneer
The Family Nobody Wanted
1956
The Beast with a Million Eyes
1955
as Allan Kelley
A Public Affair
1962
as Malcomb Hardy
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm
1957
as Banker
About Paul Birch
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… With 85 credits spanning from 1945 to 1967, Paul Birch has appeared in 42 films and 43 TV shows.
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- The War of the Worlds (1953) — as Alonzo Hogue (uncredited)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — as Mayor Winder
- Rebel Without a Cause (1955) — as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
- Counterpoint (1967)
- Two Rode Together (1961) — as Judge Edward Purcell
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