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Paul Birch
Actor
Died May 24, 1969 (57 years)
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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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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Filmography
| 1979 | The Horror Show · as Cast |
| 1971 | The American West of John Ford · as Actor 'the Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | Welcome to Hard Times · as Mr. Fee |
| 1967 | A Covenant with Death · as Governor |
| 1966 | Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round · as Bill Simpson (uncredited) |
| 1965 | A Man Called Shenandoah (TV Series) · as Farrell |
| 1965 | The Glory Guys · as Commanding General |
| 1964 | Broadside (TV Series) · as Capt. Blackwell |
| 1964 | Peyton Place (TV Series) · as Parole Board Chairman |
| 1964 | Destry (TV Series) · as Sam Hannibal |
| 1963 | The Raiders · as Paul King |
| 1963 | It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World · as Policeman |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) · as 2nd Judge |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure (TV Series) · as Webster |
| 1963 | Temple Houston (TV Series) · as Matt Clendennon |
| 1963 | The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Police Captain Carpenter |
| 1963 | Breaking Point (TV Series) · as Marty Costello |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial (TV Series) |
| 1963 | The Fugitive · as Captain Carpenter |
| 1962 | Stoney Burke (TV Series) · as Mcallister |
| 1962 | Empire (TV Series) · as Sam Fowler |
| 1962 | The Wide Country (TV Series) · as Grady |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Mack Lewis |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict (TV Series) |
| 1962 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance · as Mayor Winder |
| 1961 | Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) · as Mitch Mitchell |
| 1961 | The New Breed (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1961 | Ripcord (TV Series) · as Bill Dean |
| 1961 | The Dick Powell Show (TV Series) · as Mark Holly |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred (TV Series) · as Sheriff Rainey |
| 1961 | Two Rode Together · as Judge Edward Purcell |
| 1960 | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs · as Jonah Mills |
| 1960 | The Law and Mr. Jones (TV Series) · as Mr. Snider |
| 1960 | My Three Sons (TV Series) · as August Rhinehart |
| 1960 | National Velvet (TV Series) · as Edgar Torrance |
| 1960 | Checkmate (TV Series) · as Ed Stoner |
| 1960 | The Tall Man (TV Series) |
| 1960 | Portrait in Black · as Detective Lieutenant |
| 1960 | Pay or Die! · as Mayor |
| 1960 | |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye (TV Series) |
| 1959 | The Alaskans (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Laramie (TV Series) · as Major Stanton |
| 1959 | Riverboat (TV Series) · as Sergeant Major Carmody |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Tightrope (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Gunmen from Laredo · as Marshal Matt Crawford |
| 1959 | The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Capt. Jess Brownlee |
| 1959 | Black Saddle (TV Series) · as Mr. Simpson |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Cannonball (TV Series) · as "cannonball" Mike Malone |
| 1958 | The Texan (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Bronco (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Queen of Outer Space · as Prof. Konrad |
| 1958 | The Gun Runners · as Sy Phillips |
| 1958 | Wild Heritage · as Jake Breslin |
| 1958 | Gunman's Walk · as Bob Selkirk |
| 1958 | Sea Hunt (TV Series) |
| 1958 | The World Was His Jury · as Martin Ranker |
| 1957 | Joe Dakota · as Frank Weaver |
| 1957 | The Court of Last Resort (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Trackdown (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Suspicion (TV Series) · as Big George |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun (TV Series) · as Gen. William Gilford |
| 1957 | Maverick (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Security Officer Frank Crawford |
| 1957 | The Thin Man (TV Series) · as Harry Benson |
| 1957 | M Squad (TV Series) · as Police Lt. Ruddy |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Sam Benson |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot (TV Series) · as Emmett Clark |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) |
| 1957 | The Spirit of St. Louis · as Blythe (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Sheriff Maxon |
| 1957 | The Tattered Dress · as Prosecutor Frank Mitchell |
| 1957 | Panic (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Not of This Earth · as Paul Johnson |
| 1957 | O. Henry Playhouse (TV Series) · as Col. Coltrane |
| 1957 | The 27th Day · as Admiral |
| 1956 | Gun for a Coward · as Andy Niven |
| 1956 | Everything But the Truth · as Sen. Winter |
| 1956 | |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Sheriff |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1956 | Broken Arrow (TV Series) · as Colonel Scott |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (TV Series) · as General |
| 1956 | The Fastest Gun Alive · as Yellowfork Sheriff Bill Toledo |
| 1956 | Telephone Time (TV Series) |
| 1956 | When Gangland Strikes · as Sheriff Mack Mcbride |
| 1955 | Day the World Ended · as Jim Madison |
| 1955 | Rebel Without a Cause · as Police Lieutenant (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Crossroads (1955) (TV Series) · as Chief Crane |
| 1955 | The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Screen Directors Playhouse (TV Series) · as Doc |
| 1955 | Cheyenne (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Navy Log (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Apache Woman · as Sherrif |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Jessie |
| 1955 | The Mickey Mouse Club (TV Series) · as Banker |
| 1955 | The Beast with a Million Eyes · as Allan Kelley |
| 1955 | Man Without a Star · as Mark Toliver |
| 1955 | Five Guns West · as J.c. Haggard |
| 1955 | Strange Lady in Town · as Sheriff |
| 1955 | Science Fiction Theatre (TV Series) · as Dr. Raymond Michaels |
| 1955 | The Millionaire (TV Series) · as Mailman |
| 1954 | Cattle Queen of Montana · as Col. Carrington |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Sheriff Jim Wilson |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV Series) · as President Grant |
| 1954 | Medic (TV Series) · as Dr. Charles Bowden |
| 1954 | Ride Clear of Diablo · as Fred Kenyon |
| 1954 | Public Defender (TV Series) · as Deputy Sheriff |
| 1953 | The Eddie Cantor Story · as Cast |
| 1953 | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (TV Series) · as Sgt. Rafferty |
| 1953 | The War of the Worlds · as Alonzo Hogue (uncredited) |
| 1953 | The System · as Police Lt. Gordon |
| 1953 | You Are There (TV Series) |
| 1953 | I Led 3 Lives (TV Series) |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1952 | Hopalong Cassidy (TV Series) |
| 1952 | Bonzo Goes to College · as Coach Duff |
| 1952 | Assignment: Paris · as Colonel Mannix (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Jim Davidson |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Secretary Of Agriculture |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Ernie Frick |
| 1950 | Racket Squad (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV Series) · as Police Desk Sergeant |
| 1950 | Ashley Banjo’s Big Town Dance (TV Series) · as Mr. Carling |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Doctor |
| 1950 | The Web (1950) (TV Series) · as Sgt. Jeffers |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger (TV Series) · as Sheriff |
| 1949 | The Third Man · as Military Policeman |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Big George |
| 1948 | Check Your Guns · as Member The Plainsmen |
| 1946 | Till the End of Time · as Marine Wanting Farm |
| 1945 | The Fighting Guardsman · as Sergeant |
| 1945 | Adventure · as First Mate (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Daltons Ride Again · as Wilkins Henchman |
| 1945 | The Royal Mounted Rides Again · as Highwayman #2 |