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

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • Maverick

    Maverick

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Hawaiian Eye

    Hawaiian Eye

  • The Texan

    The Texan

  • Arrest and Trial

    Arrest and Trial

  • Trackdown

    Trackdown

  • M Squad

    M Squad

  • Cain's Hundred

    Cain's Hundred

  • Black Saddle

    Black Saddle

  • The 20th Century Fox Hour

    The 20th Century Fox Hour

  • 77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

  • Sugarfoot

    Sugarfoot

  • Sea Hunt

    Sea Hunt

  • Navy Log

    Navy Log

  • Counterpoint

    Counterpoint

  • Joe Dakota

    Joe Dakota

  • Bronco

    Bronco

  • I Led Three Lives

    I Led Three Lives

  • Riverboat

    Riverboat

  • Tightrope

    Tightrope

  • The Tall Man

    The Tall Man

  • Telephone Time

    Telephone Time

  • Five Guns West

    Five Guns West

  • Panic!

    Panic!

  • The Tattered Dress

    The Tattered Dress

  • Strange Lady in Town

    Strange Lady in Town

  • The Alaskans

    The Alaskans

  • Sam Benedict

    Sam Benedict

  • The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

    The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • You Are There

    You Are There

  • The White Squaw

    The White Squaw

  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Science Fiction Theatre

    Science Fiction Theatre

  • The War of the Worlds

    The War of the Worlds

  • Not of This Earth

    Not of This Earth

  • Crossroads

    Crossroads

  • Hopalong Cassidy

    Hopalong Cassidy

  • The John Forsythe Show

    The John Forsythe Show

  • Rebel Without a Cause

    Rebel Without a Cause

  • General Electric True

    General Electric True

  • Death Valley Days

    Death Valley Days

  • Death Valley Days

    Death Valley Days

  • Two Rode Together

    Two Rode Together

  • The 27th Day

    The 27th Day

  • The Spirit of St. Louis

    The Spirit of St. Louis

  • The Court of Last Resort

    The Court of Last Resort

  • Man Without a Star

    Man Without a Star

  • Cannonball

    Cannonball

  • Portrait in Black

    Portrait in Black

  • The Glory Guys

    The Glory Guys

  • A Covenant with Death

    A Covenant with Death

  • Day the World Ended

    Day the World Ended

  • Gunman's Walk

    Gunman's Walk

  • Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

    Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

  • Adventure

    Adventure

  • The Gun Runners

    The Gun Runners

  • Ride Clear of Diablo

    Ride Clear of Diablo

  • Gun for a Coward

    Gun for a Coward

  • Cattle Queen of Montana

    Cattle Queen of Montana

  • Queen of Outer Space

    Queen of Outer Space

  • Welcome to Hard Times

    Welcome to Hard Times

  • Apache Woman

    Apache Woman

  • Assignment: Paris

    Assignment: Paris

  • Wild Heritage

    Wild Heritage

  • Everything But the Truth

    Everything But the Truth

  • The Raiders

    The Raiders

  • Gunmen from Laredo

    Gunmen from Laredo

  • A Public Affair

    A Public Affair

  • The Beast with a Million Eyes

    The Beast with a Million Eyes

  • Too Soon to Love

    Too Soon to Love

  • When Gangland Strikes

    When Gangland Strikes

  • The Family Nobody Wanted

    The Family Nobody Wanted

  • The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm

    The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm

  • The World Was His Jury

    The World Was His Jury

  • The Fighting Chance

    The Fighting Chance