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

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • Maverick

    Maverick

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Hawaiian Eye

    Hawaiian Eye

  • 77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

  • M Squad

    M Squad

  • The 20th Century Fox Hour

    The 20th Century Fox Hour

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Sugarfoot

    Sugarfoot

  • The Texan

    The Texan

  • Sea Hunt

    Sea Hunt

  • Bronco

    Bronco

  • Trackdown

    Trackdown

  • Arrest and Trial

    Arrest and Trial

  • The Tall Man

    The Tall Man

  • Navy Log

    Navy Log

  • Riverboat

    Riverboat

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Telephone Time

    Telephone Time

  • Black Saddle

    Black Saddle

  • The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

    The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

  • The Alaskans

    The Alaskans

  • Sam Benedict

    Sam Benedict

  • Cain's Hundred

    Cain's Hundred

  • Hopalong Cassidy

    Hopalong Cassidy

  • Crossroads

    Crossroads

  • The Spirit of St. Louis

    The Spirit of St. Louis

  • Tightrope

    Tightrope

  • I Led Three Lives

    I Led Three Lives

  • Panic!

    Panic!

  • When Gangland Strikes

    When Gangland Strikes

  • Strange Lady in Town

    Strange Lady in Town

  • The Gun Runners

    The Gun Runners

  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

  • You Are There

    You Are There

  • Science Fiction Theatre

    Science Fiction Theatre

  • The Beast with a Million Eyes

    The Beast with a Million Eyes

  • Death Valley Days

    Death Valley Days

  • Death Valley Days

    Death Valley Days

  • Wild Heritage

    Wild Heritage

  • General Electric True

    General Electric True

  • Queen of Outer Space

    Queen of Outer Space

  • The War of the Worlds

    The War of the Worlds

  • Cattle Queen of Montana

    Cattle Queen of Montana

  • Two Rode Together

    Two Rode Together

  • Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

    Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

  • Apache Woman

    Apache Woman

  • The World Was His Jury

    The World Was His Jury

  • Gun for a Coward

    Gun for a Coward

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Day the World Ended

    Day the World Ended

  • The Glory Guys

    The Glory Guys

  • Gunman's Walk

    Gunman's Walk

  • Not of This Earth

    Not of This Earth

  • A Covenant with Death

    A Covenant with Death

  • The John Forsythe Show

    The John Forsythe Show

  • Joe Dakota

    Joe Dakota

  • Welcome to Hard Times

    Welcome to Hard Times

  • The Court of Last Resort

    The Court of Last Resort

  • Rebel Without a Cause

    Rebel Without a Cause

  • The White Squaw

    The White Squaw

  • The Tattered Dress

    The Tattered Dress

  • Everything But the Truth

    Everything But the Truth

  • Cannonball

    Cannonball

  • Adventure

    Adventure

  • Counterpoint

    Counterpoint

  • Too Soon to Love

    Too Soon to Love

  • The Family Nobody Wanted

    The Family Nobody Wanted

  • Ride Clear of Diablo

    Ride Clear of Diablo

  • Man Without a Star

    Man Without a Star

  • The 27th Day

    The 27th Day

  • Five Guns West

    Five Guns West

  • Assignment: Paris

    Assignment: Paris

  • The Raiders

    The Raiders

  • Portrait in Black

    Portrait in Black

  • Gunmen from Laredo

    Gunmen from Laredo

  • The Fighting Chance

    The Fighting Chance

  • The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm

    The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm

  • A Public Affair

    A Public Affair