Paul Birch

Paul Birch was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Birch's earliest roles were in film, including the Audie Murphy western "Ride Clear of Diablo" (1954), "Cattle Queen of Montana" (1954) and the western "Apache Woman" (1955) with Lloyd Bridges. He also appeared in "Five Guns West" (1955) with John Lund, the adaptation "Man Without a Star" (1955) with Kirk Douglas and the James Dean drama "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955). He kept working in film throughout the fifties, starring in "The Day the World Ended" (1956), the Glenn Ford western "The Fastest Gun Alive" (1956) and the Maureen O'Hara comedy "Everything But the Truth" (1956). He also appeared in the western "A Gun For a Coward" (1957) with Fred MacMurray. In the latter part of his career, he continued to act in "The World Was His Jury" (1958), the Audie Murphy adventure "The Gun Runners" (1958) and "Pay or Die" (1960). He also appeared in "Portrait in Black" (1960) with Lana Turner and "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" (1960) with Robert Preston. Birch more recently acted in "Welcome to Hard Times" (1967). Birch passed away in May 1969 at the age of 57.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

A Covenant With Death (1967)

Governor

Welcome to Hard Times (1967)

Mr. Fee

The Raiders (1964)

Paul King

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

Patrolmen

A Public Affair (1962)

Malcomb Hardy

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

Mayor Winder

Two Rode Together (1961)

Edward Purcell

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)

Jonah Mills

Pay or Die (1960)

Mayor George B. McClellan

Portrait in Black (1960)

Detective

Gunmen from Laredo (1959)

Matt Crawford

Gunman's Walk (1958)

Bob Selkirk

Queen of Outer Space (1958)

Konrad

The Gun Runners (1958)

Sy Phillips

The World Was His Jury (1958)

The Tattered Dress (1957)

Frank Mitchell

The 27th Day (1957)

Admiral

Gun for a Coward (1957)

Andy Niven

Not of This Earth (1957)

Paul Johnson

The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)

Blythe

The White Squaw (1956)

Thad Arnold

Everything but the Truth (1956)

Senator Winter

The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)

Sheriff Bill Toledo

Day the World Ended (1956)

Jim Maddison

When Gangland Strikes (1956)

Sheriff McBride

The Beast with a Million Eyes (1956)

Allan Kelly

Apache Woman (1955)

Sheriff

Man Without a Star (1955)

Mark Toliver

Five Guns West (1955)

J. C. Haggard

The Fighting Chance (1955)

Auctioneer

Strange Lady in Town (1955)

Sheriff

Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

Police chief

The Eddie Cantor Story (1954)

Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)

Fred Kenyon

Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)

Colonel Carrington

The War of the Worlds (1953)

Alonzo Hogue

The System (1953)

Lt. Gordon

Bonzo Goes to College (1952)

Coach Duff

Life Events

Photo Collections

Not of This Earth - Lobby Cards

Here are several Lobby Cards from Allied Artists' Not of This Earth (1957), starring Beverly Garland and directed by Roger Corman. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.