- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 13, 1912
- Place of Birth
- Atmore, Alabama, USA
- Died
- May 24, 1969
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…
Filmography
movieCounterpoint
1967
movieWelcome to Hard Times
1967 · Mr. Fee
movieA Covenant with Death
1967 · Governor
movieDead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
1966 · Bill Simpson (uncredited)
The John Forsythe Show
tvThe John Forsythe Show
1965
movieThe Glory Guys
1965 · Commanding General
movieThe Raiders
1963 · Paul King
tvThe Fugitive
1963 · Police Captain Carpenter
tvArrest and Trial
1963
tvGeneral Electric True
1962
tvThe Virginian
1962 · Sheriff Halsey, Carl Bruner, Ben Carter, John Carver, Mack Lewis
tvSam Benedict
1962
movieThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 · Mayor Winder
movieA Public Affair
1962 · Malcomb Hardy
tvCain's Hundred
1961 · Sheriff Rainey
movieTwo Rode Together
1961 · Judge Edward Purcell
tvThe Tall Man
1960
moviePortrait in Black
1960 · Detective lieutenant
movieToo Soon to Love
1960
tvHawaiian Eye
1959
tvThe Alaskans
1959
tvRiverboat
1959 · Sergeant Major Carmody
tvTightrope
1959
movieGunmen from Laredo
1959 · Marshal Matt Crawford
tvBlack Saddle
1959 · Mr. Simpson
tv77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Zachary Latimer
tvCannonball
1958 · "Cannonball" Mike Malone
tvThe Texan
1958
tvBronco
1958
movieQueen of Outer Space
1958 · Prof. Konrad
movieThe Gun Runners
1958 · Sy Phillips
movieWild Heritage
1958 · Jake Breslin
movieGunman's Walk
1958 · Bob Selkirk
tvSea Hunt
1958
movieThe World Was His Jury
1958 · Martin Ranker
movieJoe Dakota
1957 · Frank Weaver
tvTrackdown
1957
The Court of Last Resort
tvThe Court of Last Resort
1957
tvMaverick
1957
tvPerry Mason
1957 · Security Officer Frank Crawford
tvM Squad
1957 · Police Lt. Ruddy
tvWagon Train
1957 · Gen. Ulysses Simpson 'Sam' Grant, Sam Benson
tvSugarfoot
1957 · Emmett Clark
movieThe Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm
1957 · Banker
tvHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
movieThe Spirit of St. Louis
1957 · Blythe (uncredited)
movieThe Tattered Dress
1957 · Prosecutor Frank Mitchell
tvPanic!
1957
movieNot of This Earth
1957 · Paul Johnson
movieThe 27th Day
1957 · Admiral
movieGun for a Coward
1956 · Andy Niven
movieThe Family Nobody Wanted
1956
movieEverything But the Truth
1956 · Sen. Winter
movieThe White Squaw
1956
tvDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Sheriff Cutler
movieThe Fastest Gun Alive
1956 · Sheriff Bill Toledo (Yellowfork)
tvTelephone Time
1956
movieWhen Gangland Strikes
1956 · Sheriff Mack McBride
movieThe Fighting Chance
1955 · Auctioneer
movieDay the World Ended
1955 · Jim Madison
movieRebel Without a Cause
1955 · Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
tvCrossroads
1955 · Chief Crane
tvThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
tvCheyenne
1955
tvNavy Log
1955
movieApache Woman
1955 · Sherrif
tvGunsmoke
1955 · Boss, Jessie
movieThe Beast with a Million Eyes
1955 · Allan Kelley
movieFive Guns West
1955 · J.C. Haggard
movieStrange Lady in Town
1955 · Sheriff
tvScience Fiction Theatre
1955
movieMan Without a Star
1955 · Mark Toliver
movieCattle Queen of Montana
1954 · Col. Carrington
movieRide Clear of Diablo
1954 · Fred Kenyon
movieThe War of the Worlds
1953 · Alonzo Hogue (uncredited)
tvYou Are There
1953
tvI Led Three Lives
1953
tvDeath Valley Days
1952 · Mike Walsh, Jim Davidson
tvHopalong Cassidy
1952
movieAssignment: Paris
1952 · Colonel Mannix (uncredited)
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Secretary of Agriculture
tvThe George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950 · Police Desk Sergeant
Lux Video Theatre
tvLux Video Theatre
1950 · Doctor
tvStudio One
1948 · Big George
movieAdventure
1945 · First Mate (uncredited)