8.2
8.2
Everything But the Truth
1956
as Sen. Winter
Paul Birch
Acting
Born:January 13, 1912
Died:May 24, 1969(aged 57)
Birthplace:Atmore, Alabama, USA
Nationality:United States
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CommunityBiography
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 (38 movies)
7.8
7.8
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Mayor Winder
6.8
6.8
The War of the Worlds
1953
as Alonzo Hogue (uncredited)
6.6
6.6
Gunman's Walk
1958
as Bob Selkirk
6.6
6.6
The White Squaw
1956
6.6
6.6
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
as Blythe (uncredited)
6.5
6.5
The Glory Guys
1965
as Commanding General
6.4
6.4
Man Without a Star
1955
as Mark Toliver
6.3
6.3
Joe Dakota
1957
as Frank Weaver
6.3
6.3
Two Rode Together
1961
as Judge Edward Purcell
6.3
6.3
The 27th Day
1957
as Admiral
6.1
6.1
Counterpoint
1967
6.0
6.0
The Gun Runners
1958
as Sy Phillips
5.9
5.9
The World Was His Jury
1958
as Martin Ranker
5.8
5.8
Ride Clear of Diablo
1954
as Fred Kenyon
5.6
5.6
Not of This Earth
1957
as Paul Johnson
5.6
5.6
Gun for a Coward
1956
as Andy Niven
5.6
5.6
Cattle Queen of Montana
1954
as Col. Carrington
5.5
5.5
Portrait in Black
1960
as Detective lieutenant
5.5
5.5
Assignment: Paris
1952
as Colonel Mannix (uncredited)
5.2
5.2
The Tattered Dress
1957
as Prosecutor Frank Mitchell
4.9
4.9
Day the World Ended
1955
as Jim Madison
4.8
4.8
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
as Mr. Fee
4.7
4.7
Gunmen from Laredo
1959
as Marshal Matt Crawford
4.7
4.7
Apache Woman
1955
as Sherrif
4.7
4.7
A Covenant with Death
1967
as Governor
4.6
4.6
Queen of Outer Space
1958
as Prof. Konrad
4.5
4.5
Strange Lady in Town
1955
as Sheriff
4.5
4.5
Wild Heritage
1958
as Jake Breslin
4.3
4.3
The Raiders
1963
as Paul King
4.1
4.1
Five Guns West
1955
as J.C. Haggard
4.0
4.0
The Fighting Chance
1955
as Auctioneer
3.7
3.7
The Beast with a Million Eyes
1955
as Allan Kelley
3.5
3.5
Too Soon to Love
1960
The Family Nobody Wanted
1956
A Public Affair
1962
as Malcomb Hardy
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm
1957
as Banker
When Gangland Strikes
1956
as Sheriff Mack McBride
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