About

Known credits:
5
Birthday:
1915-02-23
Place of birth:
Quincy, Illinois, U.S.
Website:
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Paul Tibbets

Overview

Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. (February 23, 1915 – November 1, 2007) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the aircraft captain who flew the B-29 Superfortress known as the Enola Gay (named after his mother) when it dropped a Little Boy, the first of two atomic bombs used in warfare, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

Known for

Acting

2022 A Compassionate Spy Actor Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 59
Average
1995 Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie Actor Self (archive footage) 60
Fair
1989 General Paul Tibbets: Reflections on Hiroshima Actor N/A
N/A
1989 Death in Focus Actor Pilot & aircraft commander 59
Average
1982 The Atomic Cafe Actor Self (archive footage) 60
Fair