Arthur Cecil Birch was the son of tailor Alfred Birch and his wife Susannah (née Griffiths).
He married Alice Maud Sparkes on 14 August 1900 at Aberdare, Wales, and was working as an assistant school master at an elementary school at the time of the 1901 and 1911 censuses.
In 1913 or 1914, he moved to Holmfirth to work as a scenarist and producer/director for Bamforth & Co. Limited and is credited with around 130 films, almost all short one-reel comedies. His final film was "Paula", which was completed in January 1916. The following month, he enlisted at Woolwich, London, and served as a gunner with the Royal Garrison Artillery. On his enlistment form, he gave his profession as "Cinema Producer".
After the war, he returned to working in education and was the author of several journal articles and books.
