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Paul Birch (born January 13, 1912, Atmore, Alabama – died May 24, 1969, St. George's, Grenada) was an American actor of stage and film.
1957
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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Gender
Male
Birthday
January 13, 1912
Died
May 24, 1969
Birthplace
Atmore, Alabama, USA
Day the World Ended
1955
Two Rode Together
1961
Gun for a Coward
1956
Adventure
1945
Wild Heritage
1958
Joe Dakota
1957
The Tattered Dress
1957
Cattle Queen of Montana
1954
Queen of Outer Space
1958
The 27th Day
1957
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
Gunman's Walk
1958
Ride Clear of Diablo
1954
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
The War of the Worlds
1953
Apache Woman
1955
Not of This Earth
1957
Strange Lady in Town
1955
The White Squaw
1956
The Family Nobody Wanted
1956
+ 21 more movies
The Fugitive
1963
The Fugitive
1963
Perry Mason
1957
Wagon Train
1957
Wagon Train
1957
The Virginian
1962
The Virginian
1962
The Virginian
1962
The Virginian
1962
The Virginian
1962
Maverick
1957
Cheyenne
1955
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Studio One
1948
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Crossroads
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Arrest and Trial
1963
+ 32 more TV shows