Acting · Atmore, Alabama, USA · Born January 13, 1912
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.
MovieCounterpoint
1967
MovieWelcome to Hard Times
1967
as Mr. Fee
MovieA Covenant with Death
1967
as Governor
MovieDead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
1966
as Bill Simpson (uncredited)
The John Forsythe Show
1965
MovieThe Glory Guys
1965
as Commanding General
MovieThe Raiders
1963
as Paul King
TVThe Fugitive
1963
as Police Captain Carpenter
TVArrest and Trial
1963
TVGeneral Electric True
1962
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Sheriff Halsey
TVSam Benedict
1962
MovieThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Mayor Winder
MovieA Public Affair
1962
as Malcomb Hardy
TVCain's Hundred
1961
as Sheriff Rainey
MovieTwo Rode Together
1961
as Judge Edward Purcell
TVThe Tall Man
1960
MoviePortrait in Black
1960
as Detective lieutenant
MovieToo Soon to Love
1960
TVHawaiian Eye
1959
TVThe Alaskans
1959
TVRiverboat
1959
as Sergeant Major Carmody
TVTightrope
1959
MovieGunmen from Laredo
1959
as Marshal Matt Crawford
TVBlack Saddle
1959
as Mr. Simpson
TV77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Zachary Latimer
TVCannonball
1958
as "Cannonball" Mike Malone
TVThe Texan
1958
TVBronco
1958
MovieQueen of Outer Space
1958
as Prof. Konrad
MovieThe Gun Runners
1958
as Sy Phillips
MovieWild Heritage
1958
as Jake Breslin
MovieGunman's Walk
1958
as Bob Selkirk
TVSea Hunt
1958
MovieThe World Was His Jury
1958
as Martin Ranker
MovieJoe Dakota
1957
as Frank Weaver
TVTrackdown
1957
The Court of Last Resort
1957
TVMaverick
1957
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Security Officer Frank Crawford
TVM Squad
1957
as Police Lt. Ruddy
TVWagon Train
1957
as Gen. Ulysses Simpson 'Sam' Grant
TVSugarfoot
1957
as Emmett Clark
MovieThe Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm
1957
as Banker
TVHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
MovieThe Spirit of St. Louis
1957
as Blythe (uncredited)
MovieThe Tattered Dress
1957
as Prosecutor Frank Mitchell
TVPanic!
1957
MovieNot of This Earth
1957
as Paul Johnson
MovieThe 27th Day
1957
as Admiral
MovieGun for a Coward
1956
as Andy Niven
MovieThe Family Nobody Wanted
1956
MovieEverything But the Truth
1956
as Sen. Winter
MovieThe White Squaw
1956
TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sheriff Cutler
MovieThe Fastest Gun Alive
1956
as Sheriff Bill Toledo (Yellowfork)
TVTelephone Time
1956
MovieWhen Gangland Strikes
1956
as Sheriff Mack McBride
MovieThe Fighting Chance
1955
as Auctioneer
MovieDay the World Ended
1955
as Jim Madison
MovieRebel Without a Cause
1955
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
TVCrossroads
1955
as Chief Crane
TVThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
TVCheyenne
1955
TVNavy Log
1955
MovieApache Woman
1955
as Sherrif
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Boss
MovieThe Beast with a Million Eyes
1955
as Allan Kelley
MovieFive Guns West
1955
as J.C. Haggard
MovieStrange Lady in Town
1955
as Sheriff
TVScience Fiction Theatre
1955
MovieMan Without a Star
1955
as Mark Toliver
MovieCattle Queen of Montana
1954
as Col. Carrington
MovieRide Clear of Diablo
1954
as Fred Kenyon
MovieThe War of the Worlds
1953
as Alonzo Hogue (uncredited)
TVYou Are There
1953
TVI Led Three Lives
1953
TVDeath Valley Days
1952
as Mike Walsh
TVHopalong Cassidy
1952
MovieAssignment: Paris
1952
as Colonel Mannix (uncredited)
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Secretary of Agriculture
TVThe George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950
as Police Desk Sergeant
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Doctor
TVStudio One
1948
as Big George
MovieAdventure
1945
as First Mate (uncredited)
