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

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Hawaiian Eye

    Hawaiian Eye

  • The Texan

    The Texan

  • 77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

  • Sea Hunt

    Sea Hunt

  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

  • 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

  • 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

  • Black Saddle

    Black Saddle

  • Joe Dakota

    Joe Dakota

  • The Court of Last Resort

    The Court of Last Resort

  • Counterpoint

    Counterpoint

  • I Led Three Lives

    I Led Three Lives

  • General Electric True

    General Electric True

  • Wild Heritage

    Wild Heritage

  • You Are There

    You Are There

  • Tightrope

    Tightrope

  • The Alaskans

    The Alaskans

  • Crossroads

    Crossroads

  • Rebel Without a Cause

    Rebel Without a Cause

  • Panic!

    Panic!

  • The Raiders

    The Raiders

  • Hopalong Cassidy

    Hopalong Cassidy

  • Two Rode Together

    Two Rode Together

  • Science Fiction Theatre

    Science Fiction Theatre

  • Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

    Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

  • The War of the Worlds

    The War of the Worlds

  • Queen of Outer Space

    Queen of Outer Space

  • Cattle Queen of Montana

    Cattle Queen of Montana

  • Too Soon to Love

    Too Soon to Love

  • Adventure

    Adventure

  • Death Valley Days

    Death Valley Days

  • Death Valley Days

    Death Valley Days

  • The Spirit of St. Louis

    The Spirit of St. Louis

  • Assignment: Paris

    Assignment: Paris

  • Ride Clear of Diablo

    Ride Clear of Diablo

  • The Gun Runners

    The Gun Runners

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Gunman's Walk

    Gunman's Walk

  • Apache Woman

    Apache Woman

  • Everything But the Truth

    Everything But the Truth

  • Man Without a Star

    Man Without a Star

  • Cannonball

    Cannonball

  • The White Squaw

    The White Squaw

  • Not of This Earth

    Not of This Earth

  • Strange Lady in Town

    Strange Lady in Town

  • Welcome to Hard Times

    Welcome to Hard Times

  • Portrait in Black

    Portrait in Black

  • A Covenant with Death

    A Covenant with Death

  • The John Forsythe Show

    The John Forsythe Show

  • Day the World Ended

    Day the World Ended

  • Five Guns West

    Five Guns West

  • The Family Nobody Wanted

    The Family Nobody Wanted

  • Gun for a Coward

    Gun for a Coward

  • When Gangland Strikes

    When Gangland Strikes

  • The World Was His Jury

    The World Was His Jury

  • The Beast with a Million Eyes

    The Beast with a Million Eyes

  • The Tattered Dress

    The Tattered Dress

  • The 27th Day

    The 27th Day

  • The Glory Guys

    The Glory Guys

  • Gunmen from Laredo

    Gunmen from Laredo

  • The Fighting Chance

    The Fighting Chance

  • A Public Affair

    A Public Affair

  • The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm

    The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm