Paul Birch

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

93

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-01-13

Day of death

1969-05-24 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Atmore, Alabama, USA

Paul Birch

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Birch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • Maverick

    Maverick

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Hawaiian Eye

    Hawaiian Eye

  • The Texan

    The Texan

  • 77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

  • Sea Hunt

    Sea Hunt

  • Sugarfoot

    Sugarfoot

  • Bronco

    Bronco

  • M Squad

    M Squad

  • Navy Log

    Navy Log

  • Trackdown

    Trackdown

  • Sam Benedict

    Sam Benedict

  • The 20th Century Fox Hour

    The 20th Century Fox Hour

  • Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

    Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

  • The Beast with a Million Eyes

    The Beast with a Million Eyes

  • The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

    The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

  • Arrest and Trial

    Arrest and Trial

  • The Tall Man

    The Tall Man

  • Cain's Hundred

    Cain's Hundred

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Telephone Time

    Telephone Time

  • Riverboat

    Riverboat

  • Too Soon to Love

    Too Soon to Love

  • Black Saddle

    Black Saddle

  • The Court of Last Resort

    The Court of Last Resort

  • I Led Three Lives

    I Led Three Lives

  • General Electric True

    General Electric True

  • Counterpoint

    Counterpoint

  • You Are There

    You Are There

  • Tightrope

    Tightrope

  • The Alaskans

    The Alaskans

  • Joe Dakota

    Joe Dakota

  • Crossroads

    Crossroads

  • Panic!

    Panic!

  • The Raiders

    The Raiders

  • Rebel Without a Cause

    Rebel Without a Cause

  • Hopalong Cassidy

    Hopalong Cassidy

  • A Covenant with Death

    A Covenant with Death

  • Science Fiction Theatre

    Science Fiction Theatre

  • Man Without a Star

    Man Without a Star

  • The War of the Worlds

    The War of the Worlds

  • Everything But the Truth

    Everything But the Truth

  • Wild Heritage

    Wild Heritage

  • Two Rode Together

    Two Rode Together

  • Assignment: Paris

    Assignment: Paris

  • The Spirit of St. Louis

    The Spirit of St. Louis

  • Death Valley Days

    Death Valley Days

  • Death Valley Days

    Death Valley Days

  • Cattle Queen of Montana

    Cattle Queen of Montana

  • Adventure

    Adventure

  • Queen of Outer Space

    Queen of Outer Space

  • Ride Clear of Diablo

    Ride Clear of Diablo

  • Day the World Ended

    Day the World Ended

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Cannonball

    Cannonball

  • The World Was His Jury

    The World Was His Jury

  • When Gangland Strikes

    When Gangland Strikes

  • Portrait in Black

    Portrait in Black

  • Welcome to Hard Times

    Welcome to Hard Times

  • Apache Woman

    Apache Woman

  • Gunman's Walk

    Gunman's Walk

  • The John Forsythe Show

    The John Forsythe Show

  • The Gun Runners

    The Gun Runners

  • The Family Nobody Wanted

    The Family Nobody Wanted

  • Strange Lady in Town

    Strange Lady in Town

  • Gun for a Coward

    Gun for a Coward

  • Not of This Earth

    Not of This Earth

  • Five Guns West

    Five Guns West

  • The White Squaw

    The White Squaw

  • The Tattered Dress

    The Tattered Dress

  • The 27th Day

    The 27th Day

  • The Glory Guys

    The Glory Guys

  • The Fighting Chance

    The Fighting Chance

  • Gunmen from Laredo

    Gunmen from Laredo

  • A Public Affair

    A Public Affair

  • The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm

    The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm