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.
Filmography
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Welcome to Hard Times
as Mr. Fee
Welcome to Hard Times
as Mr. Fee
A Covenant with Death
as Governor
A Covenant with Death
as Governor
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
as Bill Simpson (uncredited)
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
as Bill Simpson (uncredited)
The Glory Guys
as Commanding General
The Glory Guys
as Commanding General
The Raiders
as Paul King
The Raiders
as Paul King
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Mayor Winder
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Mayor Winder
A Public Affair
as Malcomb Hardy
A Public Affair
as Malcomb Hardy
Two Rode Together
as Judge Edward Purcell
Two Rode Together
as Judge Edward Purcell
Portrait in Black
as Detective lieutenant
Portrait in Black
as Detective lieutenant
Too Soon to Love
Too Soon to Love
Gunmen from Laredo
as Marshal Matt Crawford
Gunmen from Laredo
as Marshal Matt Crawford
Queen of Outer Space
as Prof. Konrad
Queen of Outer Space
as Prof. Konrad
The Gun Runners
as Sy Phillips
The Gun Runners
as Sy Phillips
Wild Heritage
as Jake Breslin
Wild Heritage
as Jake Breslin
Gunman's Walk
as Bob Selkirk
Gunman's Walk
as Bob Selkirk
The World Was His Jury
as Martin Ranker
The World Was His Jury
as Martin Ranker
Joe Dakota
as Frank Weaver
Joe Dakota
as Frank Weaver
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm
as Banker
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm
as Banker
The Spirit of St. Louis
as Blythe (uncredited)
The Spirit of St. Louis
as Blythe (uncredited)
The Tattered Dress
as Prosecutor Frank Mitchell
The Tattered Dress
as Prosecutor Frank Mitchell
Not of This Earth
as Paul Johnson
Not of This Earth
as Paul Johnson
The 27th Day
as Admiral
The 27th Day
as Admiral
Gun for a Coward
as Andy Niven
Gun for a Coward
as Andy Niven
The Family Nobody Wanted
The Family Nobody Wanted
Everything But the Truth
as Sen. Winter
Everything But the Truth
as Sen. Winter
The White Squaw
The White Squaw
The Fastest Gun Alive
as Sheriff Bill Toledo (Yellowfork)
The Fastest Gun Alive
as Sheriff Bill Toledo (Yellowfork)
When Gangland Strikes
as Sheriff Mack McBride
When Gangland Strikes
as Sheriff Mack McBride
The Fighting Chance
as Auctioneer
The Fighting Chance
as Auctioneer
Day the World Ended
as Jim Madison
Day the World Ended
as Jim Madison
Rebel Without a Cause
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Rebel Without a Cause
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Apache Woman
as Sherrif
Apache Woman
as Sherrif
The Beast with a Million Eyes
as Allan Kelley
The Beast with a Million Eyes
as Allan Kelley
Five Guns West
as J.C. Haggard
Five Guns West
as J.C. Haggard
Strange Lady in Town
as Sheriff
Strange Lady in Town
as Sheriff
Man Without a Star
as Mark Toliver
Man Without a Star
as Mark Toliver
Cattle Queen of Montana
as Col. Carrington
Cattle Queen of Montana
as Col. Carrington
Ride Clear of Diablo
as Fred Kenyon
Ride Clear of Diablo
as Fred Kenyon
The War of the Worlds
as Alonzo Hogue (uncredited)
The War of the Worlds
as Alonzo Hogue (uncredited)
Assignment: Paris
as Colonel Mannix (uncredited)
Assignment: Paris
as Colonel Mannix (uncredited)
Adventure
as First Mate (uncredited)
Adventure
as First Mate (uncredited)