Paul Birch
Born
January 13, 1912
Died
May 24, 1969 (57 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Atmore, Alabama, USA
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
Counterpoint
1967
Welcome to Hard Times
Mr. Fee
1967
A Covenant with Death
Governor
1967
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Bill Simpson (uncredited)
1966
The John Forsythe Show
(1 episode)
1965
The Glory Guys
Commanding General
1965
The Raiders
Paul King
1963
The Fugitive
Police Captain Carpenter · (12 episodes)
1963
The Fugitive
(30 episodes)
1963
Arrest and Trial
(1 episode)
1963
General Electric True
(1 episode)
1962
The Virginian
Sheriff Halsey · (1 episode)
1962
The Virginian
Carl Bruner · (1 episode)
1962
The Virginian
Ben Carter · (1 episode)
1962
The Virginian
John Carver · (1 episode)
1962
The Virginian
Mack Lewis · (1 episode)
1962
Sam Benedict
(1 episode)
1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Mayor Winder
1962
A Public Affair
Malcomb Hardy
1962
Cain's Hundred
Sheriff Rainey · (1 episode)
1961
Two Rode Together
Judge Edward Purcell
1961
The Tall Man
(1 episode)
1960
Portrait in Black
Detective lieutenant
1960
Too Soon to Love
1960
Hawaiian Eye
(1 episode)
1959
The Alaskans
(1 episode)
1959
Riverboat
Sergeant Major Carmody · (1 episode)
1959
Tightrope
(1 episode)
1959
Gunmen from Laredo
Marshal Matt Crawford
1959
Black Saddle
Mr. Simpson · (1 episode)
1959
77 Sunset Strip
(2 episodes)
1958
Cannonball
"Cannonball" Mike Malone · (38 episodes)
1958
The Texan
(1 episode)
1958
Bronco
(1 episode)
1958
Queen of Outer Space
Prof. Konrad
1958
The Gun Runners
Sy Phillips
1958
Wild Heritage
Jake Breslin
1958
Gunman's Walk
Bob Selkirk
1958
Sea Hunt
(1 episode)
1958
The World Was His Jury
Martin Ranker
1958
Joe Dakota
Frank Weaver
1957
Trackdown
(1 episode)
1957
The Court of Last Resort
(1 episode)
1957
Maverick
(1 episode)
1957
Perry Mason
Security Officer Frank Crawford · (1 episode)
1957
M Squad
Police Lt. Ruddy · (1 episode)
1957
Wagon Train
Gen. Ulysses Simpson 'Sam' Grant · (1 episode)
1957
Wagon Train
Sam Benson · (1 episode)
1957
Sugarfoot
Emmett Clark · (1 episode)
1957
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm
Banker
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
(3 episodes)
1957
The Spirit of St. Louis
Blythe (uncredited)
1957
The Tattered Dress
Prosecutor Frank Mitchell
1957
Panic!
(1 episode)
1957
Not of This Earth
Paul Johnson
1957
The 27th Day
Admiral
1957
Gun for a Coward
Andy Niven
1956
Everything But the Truth
Sen. Winter
1956
The White Squaw
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sheriff Cutler · (1 episode)
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sheriff · (2 episodes)
1956
Telephone Time
(1 episode)
1956
When Gangland Strikes
Sheriff Mack McBride
1956
The Fighting Chance
Auctioneer
1955
Day the World Ended
Jim Madison
1955
Rebel Without a Cause
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
1955
Crossroads
Chief Crane · (1 episode)
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
(2 episodes)
1955
Cheyenne
(1 episode)
1955
Navy Log
(1 episode)
1955
Apache Woman
Sherrif
1955
Gunsmoke
Boss · (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Jessie · (1 episode)
1955
The Beast with a Million Eyes
Allan Kelley
1955
Five Guns West
J.C. Haggard
1955
Strange Lady in Town
Sheriff
1955
Man Without a Star
Mark Toliver
1955
Cattle Queen of Montana
Col. Carrington
1954
Ride Clear of Diablo
Fred Kenyon
1954
The War of the Worlds
Alonzo Hogue (uncredited)
1953
You Are There
(1 episode)
1953
I Led Three Lives
(1 episode)
1953
Death Valley Days
Mike Walsh · (1 episode)
1952
Death Valley Days
Jim Davidson · (1 episode)
1952
Hopalong Cassidy
(1 episode)
1952
Assignment: Paris
Colonel Mannix (uncredited)
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Secretary of Agriculture · (1 episode)
1951
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Police Desk Sergeant · (1 episode)
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Doctor · (1 episode)
1950
Studio One
Big George · (2 episodes)
1948
Adventure
First Mate (uncredited)
1945