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Paul Birch

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Birch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal information

Birthday

1912-01-13

Birth Place

Atmore, Alabama, USA

Movies and TV shows :

poster

77 Sunset Strip

1958

6.7

TV
A Covenant with Death

A Covenant with Death

1967

5.0

Movie
A Public Affair

A Public Affair

1962

0.0

Movie
Adventure

Adventure

1945

6.2

Movie
Apache Woman

Apache Woman

1955

4.7

Movie
poster

Arrest and Trial

1963

7.0

TV
Assignment: Paris

Assignment: Paris

1952

5.5

Movie
poster

Black Saddle

1959

6.0

TV
poster

Bronco

1958

4.8

TV
poster

Cain's Hundred

1961

4.7

TV
poster

Cannonball

1958

5.0

TV
Cattle Queen of Montana

Cattle Queen of Montana

1954

5.6

Movie
poster

Cheyenne

1955

5.8

TV
Counterpoint

Counterpoint

1967

6.2

Movie
poster

Crossroads

1955

5.0

TV
Day the World Ended

Day the World Ended

1955

5.0

Movie
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

1966

5.1

Movie
poster

Death Valley Days

1952

6.4

TV
poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

5.5

TV
Everything But the Truth

Everything But the Truth

1956

8.2

Movie
Five Guns West

Five Guns West

1955

4.2

Movie
poster

General Electric True

1962

0.0

TV
Gun for a Coward

Gun for a Coward

1956

5.6

Movie
Gunman's Walk

Gunman's Walk

1958

6.7

Movie
Gunmen from Laredo

Gunmen from Laredo

1959

4.7

Movie
poster

Gunsmoke

1955

6.5

TV
poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

8.7

TV
poster

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

7.4

TV
poster

Hawaiian Eye

1959

5.2

TV
poster

Hopalong Cassidy

1952

6.0

TV
poster

I Led Three Lives

1953

0.0

TV
Joe Dakota

Joe Dakota

1957

5.5

Movie
poster

Lux Video Theatre

1950

6.0

TV
poster

M Squad

1957

5.2

TV
Man Without a Star

Man Without a Star

1955

6.5

Movie
poster

Maverick

1957

6.8

TV
poster

Navy Log

1955

4.5

TV
Not of This Earth

Not of This Earth

1957

5.5

Movie
poster

Panic!

1957

0.0

TV
poster

Perry Mason

1957

7.7

TV
Portrait in Black

Portrait in Black

1960

5.7

Movie
Queen of Outer Space

Queen of Outer Space

1958

4.8

Movie
Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause

1955

7.5

Movie
Ride Clear of Diablo

Ride Clear of Diablo

1954

5.7

Movie
poster

Riverboat

1959

6.2

TV
poster

Sam Benedict

1962

6.0

TV
poster

Sea Hunt

1958

6.5

TV
Strange Lady in Town

Strange Lady in Town

1955

4.5

Movie
poster

Studio One

1948

4.7

TV
poster

Sugarfoot

1957

4.8

TV
poster

Telephone Time

1956

6.3

TV
poster

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

5.2

TV
The 27th Day

The 27th Day

1957

6.2

Movie
poster

The Alaskans

1959

5.5

TV
The Beast with a Million Eyes

The Beast with a Million Eyes

1955

3.7

Movie
poster

The Court of Last Resort

1957

0.0

TV
The Fighting Chance

The Fighting Chance

1955

4.0

Movie
poster

The Fugitive

1963

7.2

TV
poster

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

1950

6.8

TV
The Glory Guys

The Glory Guys

1965

6.5

Movie
The Gun Runners

The Gun Runners

1958

6.0

Movie
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm

The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm

1957

0.0

Movie
poster

The John Forsythe Show

1965

5.0

TV
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962

7.8

Movie
The Raiders

The Raiders

1963

4.5

Movie
The Spirit of St. Louis

The Spirit of St. Louis

1957

6.6

Movie
poster

The Tall Man

1960

6.3

TV
The Tattered Dress

The Tattered Dress

1957

5.6

Movie
poster

The Texan

1958

5.5

TV
poster

The Virginian

1962

6.4

TV
The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds

1953

6.8

Movie
The White Squaw

The White Squaw

1956

6.4

Movie
The World Was His Jury

The World Was His Jury

1958

5.9

Movie
poster

Tightrope

1959

5.5

TV
Too Soon to Love

Too Soon to Love

1960

3.8

Movie
poster

Trackdown

1957

6.4

TV
Two Rode Together

Two Rode Together

1961

6.4

Movie
poster

Wagon Train

1957

6.4

TV
Welcome to Hard Times

Welcome to Hard Times

1967

5.0

Movie
When Gangland Strikes

When Gangland Strikes

1956

0.0

Movie
Wild Heritage

Wild Heritage

1958

4.5

Movie
poster

You Are There

1953

5.7

TV