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 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
Credits
- 1967 · Counterpoint as
- 1967 · Welcome to Hard Times as Mr. Fee
- 1967 · A Covenant with Death as Governor
- 1966 · Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round as Bill Simpson (uncredited)
- 1965 · The John Forsythe Show as
- 1965 · The Glory Guys as Commanding General
- 1963 · The Raiders as Paul King
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Police Captain Carpenter
- 1963 · Arrest and Trial as
- 1962 · General Electric True as
- 1962 · The Virginian as Sheriff Halsey
- 1962 · The Virginian as Carl Bruner
- 1962 · The Virginian as Ben Carter
- 1962 · The Virginian as John Carver
- 1962 · The Virginian as Mack Lewis
- 1962 · Sam Benedict as
- 1962 · The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Mayor Winder
- 1962 · A Public Affair as Malcomb Hardy
- 1961 · Cain's Hundred as Sheriff Rainey
- 1961 · Two Rode Together as Judge Edward Purcell
- 1960 · The Tall Man as
- 1960 · Portrait in Black as Detective lieutenant
- 1960 · Too Soon to Love as
- 1959 · Hawaiian Eye as
- 1959 · The Alaskans as
- 1959 · Riverboat as Sergeant Major Carmody
- 1959 · Tightrope as
- 1959 · Gunmen from Laredo as Marshal Matt Crawford
- 1959 · Black Saddle as Mr. Simpson
- 1958 · 77 Sunset Strip as
- 1958 · Cannonball as "Cannonball" Mike Malone
- 1958 · The Texan as
- 1958 · Bronco as
- 1958 · Queen of Outer Space as Prof. Konrad
- 1958 · The Gun Runners as Sy Phillips
- 1958 · Wild Heritage as Jake Breslin
- 1958 · Gunman's Walk as Bob Selkirk
- 1958 · Sea Hunt as
- 1958 · The World Was His Jury as Martin Ranker
- 1957 · Joe Dakota as Frank Weaver
- 1957 · Trackdown as
- 1957 · The Court of Last Resort as
- 1957 · Maverick as
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Security Officer Frank Crawford
- 1957 · M Squad as Police Lt. Ruddy
- 1957 · Wagon Train as Gen. Ulysses Simpson 'Sam' Grant
- 1957 · Wagon Train as Sam Benson
- 1957 · Sugarfoot as Emmett Clark
- 1957 · The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm as Banker
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as
- 1957 · The Spirit of St. Louis as Blythe (uncredited)
- 1957 · The Tattered Dress as Prosecutor Frank Mitchell
- 1957 · Panic! as
- 1957 · Not of This Earth as Paul Johnson
- 1957 · The 27th Day as Admiral
- 1956 · Gun for a Coward as Andy Niven
- 1956 · Everything But the Truth as Sen. Winter
- 1956 · The White Squaw as
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sheriff Cutler
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sheriff
- 1956 · Telephone Time as
- 1956 · When Gangland Strikes as Sheriff Mack McBride
- 1955 · The Fighting Chance as Auctioneer
- 1955 · Day the World Ended as Jim Madison
- 1955 · Rebel Without a Cause as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
- 1955 · Crossroads as Chief Crane
- 1955 · The 20th Century Fox Hour as
- 1955 · Cheyenne as
- 1955 · Navy Log as
- 1955 · Apache Woman as Sherrif
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Boss
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Jessie
- 1955 · The Beast with a Million Eyes as Allan Kelley
- 1955 · Five Guns West as J.C. Haggard
- 1955 · Strange Lady in Town as Sheriff
- 1955 · Man Without a Star as Mark Toliver
- 1954 · Cattle Queen of Montana as Col. Carrington
- 1954 · Ride Clear of Diablo as Fred Kenyon
- 1953 · The War of the Worlds as Alonzo Hogue (uncredited)
- 1953 · You Are There as
- 1953 · I Led Three Lives as
- 1952 · Death Valley Days as Mike Walsh
- 1952 · Death Valley Days as Jim Davidson
- 1952 · Hopalong Cassidy as
- 1952 · Assignment: Paris as Colonel Mannix (uncredited)
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Secretary of Agriculture
- 1950 · The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Police Desk Sergeant
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Doctor
- 1948 · Studio One as Big George
- 1945 · Adventure as First Mate (uncredited)