Personal Info
Paul Birch
Acting
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…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Counterpoint
Welcome to Hard Times
as Mr. Fee
A Covenant with Death
as Governor
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
as Bill Simpson (uncredited)
The Glory Guys
as Commanding General
The Raiders
as Paul King
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Mayor Winder
A Public Affair
as Malcomb Hardy
Two Rode Together
as Judge Edward Purcell
Portrait in Black
as Detective lieutenant
TV Shows
The John Forsythe Show
1 ep.
The Fugitive
30 ep.
Arrest and Trial
1 ep.
The Virginian
as Mack Lewis · 1 ep.
Sam Benedict
1 ep.
General Electric True
1 ep.
Cain's Hundred
as Sheriff Rainey · 1 ep.
The Tall Man
1 ep.
Hawaiian Eye
1 ep.
Black Saddle
as Mr. Simpson · 1 ep.
