Cast & creator
Paul Birch
Best known for Perry Mason, Wagon Train, Wagon Train
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.
42
film credits
52
television credits
94
1945–1967 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (94)
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Perry Mason
Security Officer Frank Crawford
1957
Wagon Train
Gen. Ulysses Simpson 'Sam' Grant
1957Wagon Train
Sam Benson
1957
The Fugitive
Police Captain Carpenter
1963The Fugitive
1963
Maverick
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Virginian
Sheriff Halsey
1962The Virginian
Carl Bruner
1962The Virginian
John Carver
1962The Virginian
Ben Carter
1962The Virginian
Mack Lewis
1962
Studio One
Big George
1948
Cheyenne
1955
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sheriff Cutler
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sheriff
1956
Gunsmoke
Boss
1955Gunsmoke
Jessie
1955
Hawaiian Eye
1959
77 Sunset Strip
Zachary Latimer
1958
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Police Desk Sergeant
1950
The Texan
1958
Bronco
1958
Sugarfoot
Emmett Clark
1957
M Squad
Police Lt. Ruddy
1957
Sea Hunt
1958
Trackdown
1957
Telephone Time
1956
Navy Log
1955
The Tall Man
1960Lux Video Theatre
Doctor
1950
Arrest and Trial
1963
Riverboat
Sergeant Major Carmody
1959
Black Saddle
Mr. Simpson
1959
Sam Benedict
1962
You Are There
1953
Tightrope
1959
The Alaskans
1959
Cain's Hundred
Sheriff Rainey
1961
Crossroads
Chief Crane
1955
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
I Led Three Lives
1953
Panic!
1957
General Electric True
1962
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
The War of the Worlds
Alonzo Hogue (uncredited)
1953
Rebel Without a Cause
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
1955
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Mayor Winder
1962
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Secretary of Agriculture
1951The John Forsythe Show
1965The Court of Last Resort
1957
The 27th Day
Admiral
1957
Death Valley Days
Mike Walsh
1952Death Valley Days
Jim Davidson
1952
Cannonball
"Cannonball" Mike Malone
1958
The Spirit of St. Louis
Blythe (uncredited)
1957
Man Without a Star
Mark Toliver
1955
Welcome to Hard Times
Mr. Fee
1967
Gunman's Walk
Bob Selkirk
1958
The Fastest Gun Alive
Sheriff Bill Toledo (Yellowfork)
1956
Cattle Queen of Montana
Col. Carrington
1954
Ride Clear of Diablo
Fred Kenyon
1954
Not of This Earth
Paul Johnson
1957
Gun for a Coward
Andy Niven
1956
Two Rode Together
Judge Edward Purcell
1961
The Glory Guys
Commanding General
1965
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Bill Simpson (uncredited)
1966
The Beast with a Million Eyes
Allan Kelley
1955
Adventure
First Mate (uncredited)
1945
Portrait in Black
Detective Lieutenant
1960
Counterpoint
1967
Day the World Ended
Jim Madison
1955
Strange Lady in Town
Sheriff
1955
Five Guns West
J.C. Haggard
1955
Assignment: Paris
Colonel Mannix (uncredited)
1952
Joe Dakota
Frank Weaver
1957
The Gun Runners
Sy Phillips
1958
Queen of Outer Space
Prof. Konrad
1958
The Raiders
Paul King
1963
Too Soon to Love
1960
Gunmen from Laredo
Marshal Matt Crawford
1959
The Tattered Dress
Prosecutor Frank Mitchell
1957
The White Squaw
1956
A Covenant with Death
Governor
1967
Everything But the Truth
Sen. Winter
1956
The World Was His Jury
Martin Ranker
1958
A Public Affair
Malcomb Hardy
1962
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm
Banker
1957
Apache Woman
Sherrif
1955
The Family Nobody Wanted
1956
Wild Heritage
Jake Breslin
1958
When Gangland Strikes
Sheriff Mack McBride
1956
The Fighting Chance
Auctioneer
1955