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Paul Birch (I) (1912–1969)

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Paul Birch, born Paul Smith in Atmore, Alabama, died on Saturday, May 24, 1969, in St. George, Grenada. Stocky, barrel-chested, and gifted with a resonant baritone speaking voice, Birch was a veteran of 39 movies, 50 stage dramas and an untold number of television shows including the Hallmark Hall of Fame... See full bio »

Born:

Paul Smith
in Atmore, Alabama, USA

Died:

(age 57) in St. George, Grenada
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1967 Counterpoint
 
1967 Welcome to Hard Times
Mr. Fee
 
1967 A Covenant with Death
Governor
 
1966 Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Bill Simpson (uncredited)
 
1966 A Man Called Shenandoah (TV series)
Farrell
– The Clown (1966) … Farrell
 
1966 The John Forsythe Show (TV series)
General Pierce
– Engagement, Italian Style (1966) … General Pierce
 
1962-1966 The Virginian (TV series)
Ben Carter / Carl Bruner / John Carver / …
– Morgan Starr (1966) … Mack Lewis
– Six Graves at Cripple Creek (1965) … John Carver
– Big Image... Little Man (1964) … Ben Carter
– A Bride for Lars (1964) … Carl Bruner
– 50 Days to Moose Jaw (1962) … Sheriff Halsey
 
1959-1966 Bonanza (TV series)
Luther Kent / Porter / Tregallis
– The Dublin Lad (1966) … Porter
– Gift of Water (1962) … Luther Kent
– The Phillip Diedesheimer Story (1959) … Tregallis
 
1965 The Glory Guys
Commanding General
 
1963-1965 The Fugitive (TV series)
Captain Carpenter
– Corner of Hell (1965) … Captain Carpenter
– The End Is But the Beginning (1965) … Captain Carpenter
– Escape into Black (1964) … Captain Carpenter
– Nemesis (1964) … Captain Carpenter
– World's End (1964) … Captain Carpenter
See all 13 episodes »
 
1964 Peyton Place (TV series)
Parole Board Chairman
– Episode #1.31 (1964) … Parole Board Chairman
– Episode #1.30 (1964) … Parole Board Chairman (uncredited)
 
1964 Destry (TV series)
Sam Hannibal
– Go Away, Little Sheba (1964) … Sam Hannibal
 
1964 The Great Adventure (TV series)
– The Pathfinder (1964)
 
1964 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
Motel Owner
– Funny Man with a Monkey (1964) … Motel Owner
 
1963 The Raiders
Paul King
 
1959-1963 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Jim Davidson / Mike Walsh / Sheriff Lick
– The Red Ghost of Eagle Creek (1963) … Jim Davidson
– Sponge Full of Vinegar (1962) … Sheriff Lick
– Hang 'Em High (1959) … Mike Walsh
 
1963 Temple Houston (TV series)
Matt Clendennon
– Jubilee (1963) … Matt Clendennon
 
1963 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Policeman (uncredited)
 
1960-1963 Wagon Train (TV series)
Dan Clayton / Gen. Ulysses Simpson 'Sam' Grant / Henry Weeker / …
– The Gus Morgan Story (1963) … Sam Benson
– The Lonnie Fallon Story (1962) … Henry Weeker
– Path of the Serpent (1961) … Sgt. Bart Huntington
– The Colter Craven Story (1960) … Gen. Ulysses Simpson 'Sam' Grant
– The Lita Foladaire Story (1960) … Dan Clayton
 
1961-1963 The Untouchables (TV series)
Capt. Jess Brownlee / Frank Argos / Police Lt. Willard
– The Charlie Argos Story (1963) … Frank Argos
– The Gang War (1962) … Capt. Jess Brownlee
– Murder Under Glass (1961) … Police Lt. Willard
 
1963 Sam Benedict (TV series)
Captain Boyd
– Sugar and Spice and Everything... (1963) … Captain Boyd
 
1963 G.E. True (TV series)
Sheriff
– Firebug (1963) … Sheriff
 
1963 The Wide Country (TV series)
Grady
– Don't Cry for Johnny Devlin (1963) … Grady
 
1958-1962 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Jenkins / Sheriff Scanlon / Warden Bullock
– Marshal of Sweetwater (1962) … Jenkins
– The Chase (1959) … Sheriff Scanlon
– The Hanging of Roy Carter (1958) … Warden Bullock
 
1962 Empire (TV series)
Sam Fowler
– Long Past, Long Remembered (1962) … Sam Fowler
 
1962 Alcoa Premiere (TV series)
Mitch Mitchell
– The Long Walk Home (1962) … Mitch Mitchell
 
1962 Stoney Burke (TV series)
McAllister
– Fight Night (1962) … McAllister
 
1962 The New Breed (TV series)
– Walk This Street Lightly (1962)
 
1962 Checkmate (TV series)
Ed Stoner
– The Bold and the Tough (1962) … Ed Stoner
 
1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Mayor Winder
 
1962 A Public Affair
Malcomb Hardy
 
1961-1962 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
Myron Jones / Zachary Latimer
– Violence for Your Furs (1962) … Zachary Latimer
– The Common Denominator (1961) … Myron Jones
 
1962 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
Sheriff Maxon
– Who Lives by the Gun (1962) … Sheriff Maxon
 
1961-1962 Laramie (TV series)
Major Stanton / Sam Norris
– Justice in a Hurry (1962) … Sam Norris
– Bitter Glory (1961) … Major Stanton
 
1957-1962 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Boss / Jessie
– Coventry (1962) … Jessie
– Never Pester Chester (1957) … Boss
 
1962 National Velvet (TV series)
Edgar Torrance
– Martha's Beau (1962) … Edgar Torrance
 
1961-1962 Ripcord (TV series)
Bill Dean / Dr. Rupert Sexton
– Devil's Canyon (1962) … Bill Dean
– Top Secret (1961) … Dr. Rupert Sexton
 
1961 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Mark Holly
– Open Season (1961) … Mark Holly
 
1961 The Tall Man (TV series)
Bart Conway
– The Leopard's Spots (1961) … Bart Conway
 
1961 Cain's Hundred (TV series)
Sheriff Rainey
– King of the Mountain (1961) … Sheriff Rainey
 
1961 Two Rode Together
Judge Edward Purcell
 
1961 Perry Mason (TV series)
Sec. Officer Crawford
– The Case of the Cowardly Lion (1961) … Sec. Officer Crawford
 
1961 Bronco (TV series)
Marshal Kilgore
– The Buckbrier Trail (1961) … Marshal Kilgore
 
1961 Maverick (TV series)
Sheriff Miller, Medicine Fork
– Last Stop: Oblivion (1961) … Sheriff Miller, Medicine Fork
 
1961 Two Faces West (TV series)
Josh Wilkes
– The Avengers (1961) … Josh Wilkes
 
1961 Sea Hunt (TV series)
Dr. Bainbridge
– Point of No Return (1961) … Dr. Bainbridge
 
1957-1960 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Sheriff / Sheriff Cutler
– A Gun for Willie (1960) … Sheriff
– The Lonely Gun (1959) … Sheriff
– Episode in Darkness (1957) … Sheriff Cutler
 
1960 The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Jonah Mills - Rancher (uncredited)
 
1960 The Texan (TV series)
Sheriff Benson
– 24 Hours to Live (1960) … Sheriff Benson
 
1960 Portrait in Black
Detective Lieutenant
 
1960 Pay or Die
 
1960 Hawaiian Eye (TV series)
John Kramer
– Little Blalah (1960) … John Kramer
 
1960 The Alaskans (TV series)
Dan Byers
– Heart of Gold (1960) … Dan Byers
 
1960 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Sheriff Jim Wilson
– Elfego Baca: Gus Tomlin Is Dead (1960) … Sheriff Jim Wilson
 
1960 Too Soon to Love
 
1960 Tightrope (TV series)
Captain Martin
– The Brave Pigeon (1960) … Captain Martin
 
1960 Black Saddle (TV series)
President Ulysses S. Grant
– Mr. Simpson (1960) … President Ulysses S. Grant
 
1959 Riverboat (TV series)
Sergeant Major Carmody
– The Face of Courage (1959) … Sergeant Major Carmody
 
1958-1959 Cannonball (TV series)
Mike Malone
– Tunnel Eyes (1959) … Mike Malone
– Racket (1959) … Mike Malone
– Ginny (1959) … Mike Malone
– Eye Witness (1959) … Mike Malone
– Driving School (1959) … Mike Malone
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1959 Gunmen from Laredo
Marshal Matt Crawford
 
1958 The Gun Runners
Sy Phillips
 
1958 Queen of Outer Space
Prof. Konrad
 
1958 Wild Heritage
Jake Breslin
 
1958 Gunman's Walk
Bob Selkirk
 
1957-1958 The Restless Gun (TV series)
General / Mayor Wheeler
– The Torn Flag (1958) … Mayor Wheeler
– General Gilford's Widow (1957) … General
 
1957-1958 The Court of Last Resort (TV series)
Erle Stanley Gardner
– The Allen Cutler Case (1958) … Erle Stanley Gardner
– The Todd-Loomis Case (1958) … Erle Stanley Gardner
– The Joel Sheldon Case (1958) … Erle Stanley Gardner
– The Mary Morales Case (1958) … Erle Stanley Gardner (uncredited)
– The Stephen Lowell Case (1958) … Erle Stanley Gardner
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1958 The World Was His Jury
Martin Ranker
 
1957 Sugarfoot (TV series)
Emmett Clark
– The Stallion Trail (1957) … Emmett Clark
 
1957 Suspicion (TV series)
Big George
– Doomsday (1957) … Big George
 
1957 Trackdown (TV series)
Sheriff
– Sweetwater, Texas (1957) … Sheriff
 
1957 M Squad (TV series)
Police Lt. Ruddy
– Pete Loves Mary (1957) … Police Lt. Ruddy
 
1957 Joe Dakota
Frank Weaver
 
1957 Navy Log (TV series)
– The Ballad of Big E (1957)
 
1957 The 27th Day
Admiral
 
1957 Cheyenne (TV series)
Col. Preston
– The Broken Pledge (1957) … Col. Preston
 
1953-1957 You Are There (TV series)
General Robert E. Lee / Gen. Robert La Follette / George Jones / …
– The Overthrow of the Tweed Ring (November 19, 1874) (1957) … George Jones
– The Fall of Fort Sumter (April 12, 1861) (1956)
– The Great Comstock Silver Strike (October 29, 1873) (1956) … James Fair
– Spindletop - The First Great Texas Oil Strike (January 10, 1901) (1955) … Homer the Barber
– Eli Whitney Invents the Cotton Gin (May 27, 1793) (1955) … Maj. Pendleton
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1957 The Spirit of St. Louis
Blythe (uncredited)
 
1957 The Tattered Dress
Prosecutor Frank Mitchell
 
1955-1957 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Doctor / Shaun Dhu
– Eileen (1957) … Shaun Dhu
– Penny Serenade (1955) … Doctor
 
1957 Panic! (TV series)
– The Prisoner (1957)
 
1957 Not of This Earth
Paul Johnson
 
1957 Gun for a Coward
Andy Niven
 
1956-1957 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)
John Albertson / Provost Marshal
– False Witness (1957) … John Albertson
– Child of the Regiment (1956) … Provost Marshal
 
1957 Broken Arrow (TV series)
Colonel Scott
– Apache Dowry (1957) … Colonel Scott
 
1956 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV series)
The Police Desk Sergeant
– Christmas in Jail (1956) … The Police Desk Sergeant
 
1956 Everything But the Truth
Sen. Winter
 
1955-1956 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV series)
President Grant
– Presidental Citation (1956) … President Grant
– Rin Tin Tin Meets Mister President (1955) … President Grant
 
1956 Telephone Time (TV series)
President
– She Also Ran (1956) … President
 
1956 The White Squaw
Thad Arnold
 
1955-1956 Science Fiction Theatre (TV series)
Dr. Raymond Michaels / Pete Lane--Convict / Sheriff
– Survival in Box Canyon (1956) … Dr. Raymond Michaels
– The Strange People at Pecos (1955) … Sheriff
– Conversation with an Ape (1955) … Pete Lane--Convict
 
1956 The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (TV series)
General
– The Plague of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956) … General
 
1956 The Fastest Gun Alive
Sheriff Bill Toledo (Yellowfork)
 
1956 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
Doc
– Partners (1956) … Doc
 
1953-1956 Big Town (TV series)
– Adult Delinquents (1956)
– Ticket Racket (1953)
 
1956 When Gangland Strikes
Sheriff Mack McBride
 
1956 Chevron Hall of Stars (TV series)
Frank
– Family Affair (1956) … Frank
 
1956 Have Camera Will Travel (TV movie)
Warden
 
1955 Day the World Ended
Jim Maddison
 
1955 Steve Donovan, Western Marshal (TV series)
Sheriff Townsend
– Napoleon's Eagle (1955) … Sheriff Townsend
 
1955 The Fighting Chance
The Auctioneer
 
1955 Medic (TV series)
Dr. Bowden
– Pray Judgment (1955) … Dr. Bowden
 
1955 Ford Star Jubilee (TV series)
Capt. Randolph Southard
– The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1955) … Capt. Randolph Southard
 
1955 Rebel Without a Cause
Police Chief (uncredited)
 
1955 Crossroads (TV series)
Chief Crane
– Shadow of God (1955) … Chief Crane
 
1955 Apache Woman
Sheriff
 
1955 The Beast with a Million Eyes
Allan Kelley
 
1955 The Public Defender (TV series)
Judge
– Condemned (1955) … Judge
 
1955 Five Guns West
J.C. Haggard
 
1955 Strange Lady in Town
Sheriff
 
1955 Man Without a Star
Mark Toliver
 
1955 Dr. Harvey W. Wiley (TV movie)
Secretary of Agriculture
 
1953-1955 The Lone Ranger (TV series)
Sheriff / Sheriff Brooks
– The School Story (1955) … Sheriff
– Tumblerock Law (1953) … Sheriff Brooks
 
1955 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
– The Cool One (1955)
 
1955 I Led 3 Lives (TV series)
Comrade Jack
– Comrade Eva (1955) … Comrade Jack
 
1954 Cattle Queen of Montana
Col. Carrington
 
1954 Ride Clear of Diablo
Fred Kenyon
 
1954 Hopalong Cassidy (TV series)
Nat Burnham
– Copper Hills (1954) … Nat Burnham
 
1953 The Eddie Cantor Story (uncredited)
 
1953 The War of the Worlds
Alonzo Hogue (uncredited)
 
1953 The System
Police Lt. Gordon (uncredited)
 
1952 Bonzo Goes to College
Coach Duff (uncredited)
 
1952 Assignment: Paris
Col. Mannix (uncredited)
 
1952 Racket Squad (TV series)
– The Con Gambit (1952)
 
1949 The Third Man
Military Policeman (uncredited)
 
1948 The Tioga Kid
Ranger/Musician (uncredited)
 
1948 The Hawk of Powder River
Member The Plainsmen (uncredited)
 
1948 The Westward Trail
Musician (uncredited)
 
1948 Tornado Range
Member The Plainsmen) (uncredited)
 
1948 Check Your Guns
Member The Plainsmen (uncredited)
 
1946 Till the End of Time
Marine Wanting Farm (uncredited)
 
1946 Cowboy Blues
Member - The Plainsmen (uncredited)
 
1946 That Texas Jamboree
Paul Smith (uncredited)
 
1946 The Scarlet Horseman
Henchman Ace (uncredited)
 
1946 The Fighting Guardsman
Sergeant (uncredited)
 
1945 The Daltons Ride Again
Wilkins Henchman (uncredited)
 
1945 The Royal Mounted Rides Again
Highwayman #2 (uncredited)
 
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1979 The Horror Show (documentary)
 
1956 Mobs, Inc.
 
1956 The Gabby Hayes Show (TV series)
 

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