Actor

Paul Birch

January 13, 1912 · Atmore, Alabama, USA

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.

Notable work

7.5
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
7.8
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
as Mayor Winder
6.8
The War of the Worlds (1953)
as Alonzo Hogue (uncredited)

Often works with

James Stewart
3 titles together
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Two Rode Together, The Spirit of St. Louis
Jeanette Nolan
3 titles together
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Two Rode Together, The Virginian
Willis Bouchey
3 titles together
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Two Rode Together, Perry Mason
Dabbs Greer
3 titles together
Perry Mason, Gunsmoke, The Fugitive
William Hopper
2 titles together
Rebel Without a Cause, Perry Mason
Edward Platt
2 titles together
Rebel Without a Cause, Gunman's Walk

Full filmography · 85

The John Forsythe Show
cast
1965
The Fugitive
as Police Captain Carpenter and cast
19637.3
Arrest and Trial
cast
1963
General Electric True
cast
1962
The Virginian
as Sheriff Halsey and as Carl Bruner and as Ben Carter and as John Carver and as Mack Lewis
19626.5
Sam Benedict
cast
1962
Cain's Hundred
as Sheriff Rainey
1961
The Tall Man
cast
1960
Hawaiian Eye
cast
1959
The Alaskans
cast
1959
Riverboat
as Sergeant Major Carmody
1959
Tightrope
cast
1959