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Paul Birch

Paul Birch

Acting

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

Filmography Movies

Acting

Poster for Rebel Without a Cause
MOVIE

Rebel Without a Cause

7.5(1.8K)
Rebel Without a Cause
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Poster for The 27th Day
MOVIE

The 27th Day

6.3(0.0K)
The 27th Day
Admiral
Poster for Not of This Earth
MOVIE

Not of This Earth

5.7(0.1K)
Not of This Earth
Paul Johnson
Poster for The Beast with a Million Eyes
MOVIE

The Beast with a Million Eyes

3.8(0.0K)
The Beast with a Million Eyes
Allan Kelley
Poster for Day the World Ended
MOVIE

Day the World Ended

5.0(0.1K)
Day the World Ended
Jim Madison
Poster for The Fighting Chance
MOVIE

The Fighting Chance

5.5(0.0K)
The Fighting Chance
Auctioneer
Poster for Gunman's Walk
MOVIE

Gunman's Walk

6.7(0.1K)
Gunman's Walk
Bob Selkirk
Poster for Queen of Outer Space
MOVIE

Queen of Outer Space

4.7(0.0K)
Queen of Outer Space
Prof. Konrad
Poster for Portrait in Black
MOVIE

Portrait in Black

5.6(0.0K)
Portrait in Black
Detective lieutenant
Poster for When Gangland Strikes
MOVIE

When Gangland Strikes

6.0(0.0K)
When Gangland Strikes
Sheriff Mack McBride

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