Person Details

Birthday: 1912-01-13 13:14:22

Death: 1969-05-24 13:14:22

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Atmore, Alabama, U.S.

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Movie Involvements: 32

TV Involvements: 23


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.

Most Famous Work

Perry Mason
Average
8

Perry Mason

(1957) Security Officer Frank Crawford
The Fugitive
Average
7

The Fugitive

(1963) Captain Carpenter
The Virginian
Average
6

The Virginian

(1962) Mack Lewis
Lux Video Theatre
Average
5

Lux Video Theatre

(1950) Doctor
Studio One
Average
4

Studio One

(1948) Big George
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Average
5
Wagon Train
Average
7

Wagon Train

(1957) Gen. Ulysses Simpson 'Sam' Grant
Death Valley Days
Average
6

Death Valley Days

(1952) Mike Walsh

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1967 N/A
Mr. Fee
Governor
1966 Bill Simpson (uncredited)
1965 N/A
Commanding General
1963 Paul King
Captain Carpenter
N/A
1962 N/A
Ben Carter
John Carver
Mack Lewis
Sheriff Halsey
Carl Bruner
N/A
Mayor Winder
Malcomb Hardy
1961 Sheriff Rainey
Judge Edward Purcell
1960 N/A
Detective lieutenant
N/A
1959 N/A
N/A
Sergeant Major Carmody
N/A
Marshal Matt Crawford
Mr. Simpson
1958 N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Prof. Konrad
Jake Breslin
Sy Phillips
Bob Selkirk
N/A
Martin Ranker
1957 Frank Weaver
N/A
N/A
N/A
Security Officer Frank Crawford
Police Lt. Ruddy
Sam Benson
Gen. Ulysses Simpson 'Sam' Grant
Emmett Clark
N/A
Prosecutor Frank Mitchell
N/A
Paul Johnson
Admiral
1956 Andy Niven
Sen. Winter
Sheriff Cutler
Sheriff
N/A
Sheriff Mack McBride
1955 Auctioneer
Jim Madison
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Sherrif
Jessie
Boss
Allan Kelley
J.C. Haggard
Sheriff
Mark Toliver
1954 Col. Carrington
Fred Kenyon
1953 Alonzo Hogue (uncredited)
N/A
N/A
1952 Mike Walsh
Jim Davidson
N/A
Colonel Mannix (uncredited)
1951 Secretary of Agriculture
1950 Police Desk Sergeant
Doctor
1948 Big George
1945 First Mate (uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

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