Acting credits
80
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Paul Birch
Acting
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Movies: 41Series: 39
TMDB ID: 98450
IMDb ID: nm0083280
Known for: Acting
Born: January 13, 1912
Died: May 24, 1969
Age: 57
Place of birth: Atmore, Alabama, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1945 - 1967
Years active: 23
Average TMDB rating: 6.17
Wikidata: Q7149372
Biography
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Paul Birch.
6.0
Counterpoint
1967 Movie
5.1
Welcome to Hard Times
as Mr. Fee
1967 Movie
4.7
A Covenant with Death
as Governor
1967 Movie
5.7
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
as Bill Simpson (uncredited)
1966 Movie
6.5
The Glory Guys
as Commanding General
1965 Movie
4.3
The Raiders
as Paul King
1963 Movie
7.8
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Mayor Winder
1962 Movie
A Public Affair
as Malcomb Hardy
1962 Movie
6.4
Two Rode Together
as Judge Edward Purcell
1961 Movie
5.5
Portrait in Black
as Detective lieutenant
1960 Movie
4.1
Too Soon to Love
1960 Movie
4.7
Gunmen from Laredo
as Marshal Matt Crawford
1959 Movie
4.6
Queen of Outer Space
as Prof. Konrad
1958 Movie
6.0
The Gun Runners
as Sy Phillips
1958 Movie
4.5
Wild Heritage
as Jake Breslin
1958 Movie
6.6
Gunman's Walk
as Bob Selkirk
1958 Movie
5.9
The World Was His Jury
as Martin Ranker
1958 Movie
6.3
Joe Dakota
as Frank Weaver
1957 Movie
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm
as Banker
1957 Movie
6.7
The Spirit of St. Louis
as Blythe (uncredited)
1957 Movie
5.2
The Tattered Dress
as Prosecutor Frank Mitchell
1957 Movie
5.7
Not of This Earth
as Paul Johnson
1957 Movie
6.3
The 27th Day
as Admiral
1957 Movie
5.6
Gun for a Coward
as Andy Niven
1956 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Paul Birch.
7.2
The Fugitive
as Police Captain Carpenter • 12 eps
1963 Series
7.7
Arrest and Trial
1 eps
1963 Series
General Electric True
1 eps
1962 Series
6.4
The Virginian
as Sheriff Halsey • 1 eps
1962 Series
6.0
Sam Benedict
1 eps
1962 Series
4.7
Cain's Hundred
as Sheriff Rainey • 1 eps
1961 Series
6.3
The Tall Man
1 eps
1960 Series
5.2
Hawaiian Eye
1 eps
1959 Series
5.5
The Alaskans
1 eps
1959 Series
6.2
Riverboat
as Sergeant Major Carmody • 1 eps
1959 Series
5.5
Tightrope
1 eps
1959 Series
6.0
Black Saddle
as Mr. Simpson • 1 eps
1959 Series
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
as Zachary Latimer • 2 eps
1958 Series
5.0
Cannonball
as "Cannonball" Mike Malone • 38 eps
1958 Series
5.5
The Texan
1 eps
1958 Series
5.9
Bronco
1 eps
1958 Series
6.6
Sea Hunt
1 eps
1958 Series
6.4
Trackdown
1 eps
1957 Series
6.9
Maverick
1 eps
1957 Series
7.7
Perry Mason
as Security Officer Frank Crawford • 1 eps
1957 Series
5.2
M Squad
as Police Lt. Ruddy • 1 eps
1957 Series
6.6
Wagon Train
as Gen. Ulysses Simpson 'Sam' Grant • 1 eps
1957 Series
4.8
Sugarfoot
as Emmett Clark • 1 eps
1957 Series
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
3 eps
1957 Series