Paul Birch
Paul Birch
Flinty character actor Paul Birch was strictly a Broadway performer until switching to films in 1952. It didn't take long for Birch to be typecast in science fiction films after playing one of the three "vaporized" locals at the beginning of 1953's The War of the Worlds. Birch's more memorable cinema fantastique assignments included The Beast With a Million Eyes (1955), The Day the World Ended (1956), The 27th Day (1957), and Queen of Outer Space (1958). In 1957, he played the melancholy leading role in Roger Corman's Not of This Earth (1957). Not exclusively confined to flying-saucer epics, Paul Birch was also seen in such roles as the Police Chief in Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and the Mayor in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Paul Birch:
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance with John Wayne , James Stewart , Vera Miles , Lee Marvin , Edmond O'Brien , Andy Devine , Ken Murray , John Carradine , Jeanette Nolan , John Qualen , Woody Strode , Denver Pyle , Strother Martin , Lee VanCleef , Robert F. Simon , Gertrude Astor , Willis B. Bouchey , Robert Donner , Sam Harris , William Henry , Earl Hodgins , Anna Lee , Ted Mapes , Eva Novak , Chuck Roberson , Buddy Roosevelt , Carleton G. Young , Jack Pennick
- The War of the Worlds with Gene Barry , Ann Robinson , Les Tremayne , Henry Brandon , Robert Cornthwaite , Jack Kruschen , Paul H. Frees , Cedric Hardwicke , Edgar Barrier , Cliff Clark , Ann Codee , Al Ferguson , Ned Glass , Fred Graham , Carolyn Jones , Walter Sande , David Sharpe , Dale vanSickel , Anthony Warde , Russ Bender , Alvy Moore , George Pal
- The Spirit of St. Louis with James Stewart , Murray Hamilton , Marc Connelly , Robert Cornthwaite , Arthur Space , Erville Alderson , Griff Barnett , Eugene Borden , Robert Burton , Virginia Christine , Richard Deacon , Roy Gordon , Dabbs Greer , Olin Howland , Lee Roberts , Sid Saylor , Ray W. Walker , Harlan Warde , Carleton G. Young , Chief Yowlachie , Aaron Spelling
- Silver Lode with Lizabeth Scott , Dan Duryea , Dolores Moran , Emile G. Meyer , Robert Warwick , Harry Jr. Carey , Alan Jr. Hale , Stuart Whitman , Frank Sully , Morris Ankrum , Roy Gordon , Edgar Barrier , Lane R. Chandler , Joe Devlin , John Dierkes , Byron K. Foulger , William Haade , Myron Healey , Al Hill , I. Stanford Jolley , John Payne , Gene Roth , Ralph Sanford , Margo Woode
- Rebel Without a Cause with James Dean , Natalie Wood , Corey Allen , Sal Mineo , Dennis Hopper , Jim Backus , William Hopper , Rochelle Hudson , Virginia Brissac , Ann Doran , Edward Platt , Ian Wolfe , Nick Adams , Paul Bryar , Robert Foulk , Gus Schilling , Almira Sessions , Dick Wessel , Nicholas Ray
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World with Spencer Tracy , Milton Berle , Sid Caesar , Buddy Hackett , Mickey Rooney , Ethel Merman , Phil Silvers , Dick Shawn , Jimmy Durante , Buster Keaton , Jonathan Winters , Edie Adams , Dorothy Provine , Eddie "Rochester" Anderson , Ben Blue , Alan Carney , William Demarest , Peter Falk , Paul Ford , Leo Gorcey , Edward Everett Horton , Don Knotts , Carl Reiner , Andy Devine , Sterling Holloway , Marvin Kaplan , Charles Lane , Charles McGraw , ZaSu Pitts , Madlyn Rhue , Arnold Stang , Jesse White , Lloyd Corrigan , Norman Fell , Jim Backus , Joe E. Brown , Chick Chandler , Stanley Clements , Howard DaSilva , Joe DeRita , Larry Fine , Don Harvey , Moe Howard , Allen Jenkins , Harry Lauter , Mike Mazurki , Barbara Pepper , Roy Roberts , Terry-Thomas , Doodles Weaver , Jerry Lewis , Tom Kennedy
Paul Birch Trivia
Who did Paul Birch portray in Queen of Outer Space?
Paul Birch was Prof. Konrad in Queen of Outer Space
Who did Paul Birch portray in Five Guns West?
Paul Birch was J.C. Haggard in Five Guns West
What role did Paul Birch portray in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance?
Paul Birch played Mayor Winders in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Who did Paul Birch play in The War of the Worlds?
Paul Birch was Alonzo Hogue in The War of the Worlds
Who did Paul Birch play in The Spirit of St. Louis?
Paul Birch was Blythe in The Spirit of St. Louis
Who did Paul Birch play in Silver Lode?
Paul Birch was Rev. Field in Silver Lode
Who did Paul Birch play in Rebel Without a Cause?
Paul Birch was Police Chief in Rebel Without a Cause
Who did Paul Birch portray in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World?
Paul Birch was Patrolman in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Who did Paul Birch portray in Cattle Queen of Montana?
Paul Birch was Col. Carrington in Cattle Queen of Montana
