Paul Birch (born January 13, 1912, Atmore, Alabama – died May 24, 1969, St. George's, Grenada) was an American actor of stage and film.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Counterpoint
Character:
Release Date:22/12/1967
Welcome to Hard Times
Character:Mr. Fee
Release Date:30/04/1967
A Covenant with Death
Character:Governor
Release Date:15/02/1967
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Character:Bill Simpson (uncredited)
Release Date:12/10/1966
The Glory Guys
Character:Commanding General
Release Date:07/07/1965
The Raiders
Character:Paul King
Release Date:01/12/1963
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Character:Mayor Winder
Release Date:13/04/1962
A Public Affair
Character:Malcomb Hardy
Release Date:03/03/1962
Two Rode Together
Character:Judge Edward Purcell
Release Date:24/05/1961
Portrait in Black
Character:Detective lieutenant
Release Date:27/07/1960
Too Soon to Love
Character:
Release Date:01/02/1960
Gunmen from Laredo
Character:Marshal Matt Crawford
Release Date:01/03/1959
Queen of Outer Space
Character:Prof. Konrad
Release Date:07/09/1958
The Gun Runners
Character:Sy Phillips
Release Date:01/08/1958
Wild Heritage
Character:Jake Breslin
Release Date:23/07/1958
Gunman's Walk
Character:Bob Selkirk
Release Date:15/07/1958
The World Was His Jury
Character:Martin Ranker
Release Date:01/01/1958
Joe Dakota
Character:Frank Weaver
Release Date:27/10/1957
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm
Character:Banker
Release Date:15/09/1957
The Spirit of St. Louis
Character:Blythe (uncredited)
Release Date:01/04/1957
The Tattered Dress
Character:Prosecutor Frank Mitchell
Release Date:14/03/1957
Not of This Earth
Character:Paul Johnson
Release Date:10/02/1957
The 27th Day
Character:Admiral
Release Date:07/01/1957
Gun for a Coward
Character:Andy Niven
Release Date:30/12/1956
The Family Nobody Wanted
Character:
Release Date:20/12/1956
Everything But the Truth
Character:Sen. Winter
Release Date:01/12/1956
The White Squaw
Character:
Release Date:01/11/1956
When Gangland Strikes
Character:Sheriff Mack McBride
Release Date:15/03/1956
The Fighting Chance
Character:Auctioneer
Release Date:15/12/1955
Day the World Ended
Character:Jim Madison
Release Date:01/12/1955
Rebel Without a Cause
Character:Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Release Date:27/10/1955
Apache Woman
Character:Sherrif
Release Date:15/09/1955
The Beast with a Million Eyes
Character:Allan Kelley
Release Date:15/06/1955
Five Guns West
Character:J.C. Haggard
Release Date:15/04/1955
Strange Lady in Town
Character:Sheriff
Release Date:12/04/1955
Man Without a Star
Character:Mark Toliver
Release Date:24/03/1955
Cattle Queen of Montana
Character:Col. Carrington
Release Date:18/11/1954
Ride Clear of Diablo
Character:Fred Kenyon
Release Date:10/02/1954
The War of the Worlds
Character:Alonzo Hogue (uncredited)
Release Date:03/04/1953
Assignment: Paris
Character:Colonel Mannix (uncredited)
Release Date:04/09/1952
Adventure
Character:First Mate (uncredited)
Release Date:28/12/1945
Television Appearances
The John Forsythe Show
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The Fugitive
Character:Police Captain Carpenter
The Fugitive
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Arrest and Trial
Character:
General Electric True
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The Virginian
Character:Sheriff Halsey
The Virginian
Character:Carl Bruner
The Virginian
Character:Ben Carter
The Virginian
Character:John Carver
The Virginian
Character:Mack Lewis
Sam Benedict
Character:
Cain's Hundred
Character:Sheriff Rainey
The Tall Man
Character:
Hawaiian Eye
Character:
The Alaskans
Character:
Riverboat
Character:Sergeant Major Carmody
Tightrope
Character:
Black Saddle
Character:Mr. Simpson
77 Sunset Strip
Character:Zachary Latimer
Cannonball
Character:"Cannonball" Mike Malone
The Texan
Character:
Bronco
Character:
Sea Hunt
Character:
Trackdown
Character:
The Court of Last Resort
Character:
Maverick
Character:
Perry Mason
Character:Security Officer Frank Crawford
M Squad
Character:Police Lt. Ruddy
Wagon Train
Character:Gen. Ulysses Simpson 'Sam' Grant
Wagon Train
Character:Sam Benson
Sugarfoot
Character:Emmett Clark
Have Gun, Will Travel
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Panic!
Character:
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Sheriff Cutler
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Sheriff
Telephone Time
Character:
Crossroads
Character:Chief Crane
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Character:
Cheyenne
Character:
Navy Log
Character:
Gunsmoke
Character:Boss
Gunsmoke
Character:Jessie
Science Fiction Theatre
Character:
You Are There
Character:
I Led Three Lives
Character:
Death Valley Days
Character:Mike Walsh
Death Valley Days
Character:Jim Davidson
Hopalong Cassidy
Character:
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Secretary of Agriculture
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Character:Police Desk Sergeant
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Doctor
Studio One
Character:Big George
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