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