Paul Birch

Paul Birch

1912-01-13

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.

Also appears in

The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds

6.8

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

7.8

Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause

7.5

The Spirit of St. Louis

The Spirit of St. Louis

6.6

Man Without a Star

Man Without a Star

6.5

Two Rode Together

Two Rode Together

6.4

Day the World Ended

Day the World Ended

5.0

Cattle Queen of Montana

Cattle Queen of Montana

5.6

The 27th Day

The 27th Day

6.2

The Glory Guys

The Glory Guys

6.5

Gunman’s Walk

Gunman’s Walk

6.7

Queen of Outer Space

Queen of Outer Space

4.8

The Beast with a Million Eyes

The Beast with a Million Eyes

3.7

Adventure

Adventure

6.2

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

5.1

Joe Dakota

Joe Dakota

5.5

Five Guns West

Five Guns West

4.2

Not of This Earth

Not of This Earth

5.5

Gunmen from Laredo

Gunmen from Laredo

4.7

Counterpoint

Counterpoint

6.2