Edward Binns (1916–1990) |
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Gravel-voiced, authoritative American character actor, a reliable presence on screen for more than four decades. Edward Thomas Binns was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Esther (Bracken) and Edward Thoms Binns. His family were Quakers. He was a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and first learned his trade as an apprentice at the ...
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Actor (180 credits)
Actor (180 credits)
1986
The Equalizer
(TV Series)
Father Martin O'Donohugh
Father Martin O'Donohugh
- Shades of Darkness
(1986)
... Father Martin O'Donohugh
1984
The Leatherstocking Tales
(TV Mini-Series)
Sergeant Durnham
Sergeant Durnham
- Episode #1.4
... Sergeant Durnham
1977
The Rockford Files
(TV Series)
Everet Alton Benson
Everet Alton Benson
- The Mayor's Committee from Deer Lick Falls
(1977)
... Everet Alton Benson
1975-1976
Police Story
(TV Series)
Lieutenant O'Brien / Sergeant Dobson
Lieutenant O'Brien / Sergeant Dobson
- Monster Manor
(1976)
... Sergeant Dobson
- Year of the Dragon: Part 2
(1975)
... Lieutenant O'Brien
- Year of the Dragon: Part 1
(1975)
... Lieutenant O'Brien
1974
McCloud
(TV Series)
Wild Bill Hickok
Wild Bill Hickok
- The Gang That Stole Manhattan
(1974)
... Wild Bill Hickok
1973
The Brian Keith Show
(TV Series)
Sgt. Marshall Clark
Sgt. Marshall Clark
- The Generation Gap
(1973)
... Sgt. Marshall Clark
1971
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
(TV Series)
Jim Lynch
Jim Lynch
- An Absence of Loneliness
(1971)
... Jim Lynch
1970
The Bold Ones: The Senator
(TV Series)
Arthur Beresford
Arthur Beresford
- A Continual Roar of Musketry: Part 2
(1970)
... Arthur Beresford
- A Continual Roar of Musketry: Part 1
(1970)
... Arthur Beresford
1964-1970
The Virginian
(TV Series)
Dr. Benjamin Kinkaid / Pa McRae / Mike McCormick / ...
Dr. Benjamin Kinkaid / Pa McRae / Mike McCormick / ...
- The Price of the Hanging
(1970)
... Dr. Benjamin Kinkaid
- Sue Ann
(1967)
... Pa McRae
- Ring of Silence
(1965)
... Mike McCormick
- A Gallows for Sam Horn
(1964)
... Colonel John Briscoe
1969-1970
It Takes a Thief
(TV Series)
Wally Powers
Wally Powers
- Project "X"
(1970)
... Wally Powers
- An Evening with Alistair Mundy
(1970)
... Wally Powers
- The Suzie Simone Caper
(1970)
... Wally Powers
- Touch of Magic
(1970)
... Wally Powers
- The Steal-Driving Man
(1970)
... Wally Powers
1969-1970
NBC Experiment in Television
(TV Series)
Narrator
Narrator
- This Is Al Capp
(1970)
... Narrator (voice)
- This Is Sholom Aleichem
(1969)
... Narrator (voice)
1968-1970
The F.B.I.
(TV Series)
Barney Simms / Bill Hollis
Barney Simms / Bill Hollis
- The Dealer
(1970)
... Barney Simms
- The Tunnel
(1968)
... Bill Hollis
1969
Judd for the Defense
(TV Series)
Ambrose Liston
Ambrose Liston
- The Holy Ground: The Killers - Part 2
(1969)
... Ambrose Liston (as Ed Binns)
- The Holy Ground: The Killing - Part 1
(1969)
... Ambrose Liston (as Ed Binns)
1969
The Wild Wild West
(TV Series)
Colonel Roper
Colonel Roper
- The Night of the Pistoleros
(1969)
... Colonel Roper
1967-1968
Insight
(TV Series)
Lou
Lou
- Confrontation
(1968)
- The 34th Hour
(1968)
- The Dog That Bit You
(1967)
... Lou
1967
Tarzan
(TV Series)
Pedro
Pedro
- The Perils of Charity Jones: Part 2
(1967)
... Pedro
- The Perils of Charity Jones: Part 1
(1967)
... Pedro (as Ed Binns)
1967
Laredo
(TV Series)
Sgt. Llewellyn Durgom
Sgt. Llewellyn Durgom
- The Small Chance Ghost
(1967)
... Sgt. Llewellyn Durgom
1967
Run for Your Life
(TV Series)
Colonel Delaney
Colonel Delaney
- A Rage for Justice: Part 2
(1967)
... Colonel Delaney
1961-1966
Dr. Kildare
(TV Series)
Peter De Gravio / Ben Laney
Peter De Gravio / Ben Laney
- Strange Sort of Accident
(1966)
... Peter De Gravio
- I Can Hear the Ice Melting
(1966)
... Peter De Gravio
- Some Tales for Halloween
(1966)
... Peter De Gravio
- A Few Hearts, a Few Flowers
(1966)
... Peter De Gravio
- Holiday Weekend
(1961)
... Ben Laney
1963-1965
The Fugitive
(TV Series)
George Savano / Josh Kovaks / Angstrom
George Savano / Josh Kovaks / Angstrom
- Set Fire to a Straw Man
(1965)
... George Savano
- Cry Uncle
(1964)
... Josh Kovaks
- Glass Tightrope
(1963)
... Angstrom
1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
(TV Series)
Walter Bryce
Walter Bryce
- The Ghost of Moby Dick
(1964)
... Walter Bryce
1964
Slattery's People
(TV Series)
Representative Paul Carlson
Representative Paul Carlson
- Question: Which One Has the Privilege?
(1964)
... Representative Paul Carlson (as Edwared Binns)
1959-1964
Brenner
(TV Series)
Roy Brenner
Roy Brenner
- Charlie Paradise: The Tragic Flute
(1964)
... Roy Brenner
- The Plain Truth
(1964)
... Roy Brenner
- Unwritten Law
(1964)
... Roy Brenner
- Crisis
(1964)
... Roy Brenner
- Episode #2.6
(1964)
... Roy Brenner
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
(TV Series)
Captain Sloane
Captain Sloane
- The Command
(1964)
... Captain Sloane
1961-1964
Wagon Train
(TV Series)
Major Starbuck / Jud Steele / Sheriff Bill Strode
Major Starbuck / Jud Steele / Sheriff Bill Strode
- The Santiago Quesada Story
(1964)
... Major Starbuck
- The Jud Steele Story
(1962)
... Jud Steele
- The Earl Packer Story
(1961)
... Sheriff Bill Strode
1961-1964
The Defenders
(TV Series)
District Attorney Wolf / Victor Fergusson
District Attorney Wolf / Victor Fergusson
- The Pill Man
(1964)
... District Attorney Wolf
- The Weeping Baboon
(1963)
... District Attorney Wolf
- A Taste for Vengeance
(1963)
... District Attorney Wolf
- The Treadmill
(1961)
... Victor Fergusson
1963-1964
The Doctors and the Nurses
(TV Series)
Dr. Anson Kiley / Dr. Anson Kelly
Dr. Anson Kiley / Dr. Anson Kelly
- The Intern Syndrome
(1964)
... Dr. Anson Kiley
- Ordeal
(1963)
... Dr. Anson Kiley
- A Question of Mercy
(1963)
... Dr. Anson Kelly
1960-1964
The Twilight Zone
(TV Series)
General Walters / Col. Bob Donlin
General Walters / Col. Bob Donlin
- The Long Morrow
(1964)
... General Walters
- I Shot an Arrow into the Air
(1960)
... Col. Bob Donlin
1963
The Untouchables
(TV Series)
Dr. Samuels / Steve Ballard
Dr. Samuels / Steve Ballard
- A Taste for Pineapple
(1963)
... Dr. Samuels
- Junk Man
(1963)
... Steve Ballard
1963
The Dick Powell Theatre
(TV Series)
Deke Barron / Matthew Connors
Deke Barron / Matthew Connors
- The Old Man and the City
(1963)
... Deke Barron
- The Judge
(1963)
... Matthew Connors
1960-1963
Route 66
(TV Series)
Donald McTaggart / Fred Durant
Donald McTaggart / Fred Durant
- The Cruelest Sea of All
(1963)
... Donald McTaggart
- The Beryllium Eater
(1960)
... Fred Durant
1962
Cain's Hundred
(TV Series)
Capt. Ernest Lemoyne
Capt. Ernest Lemoyne
- Quick Brown Fox
(1962)
... Capt. Ernest Lemoyne
1962
General Electric Theater
(TV Series)
Harry Wilson
Harry Wilson
- A Very Special Girl
(1962)
... Harry Wilson
1961
Perry Mason
(TV Series)
Charles Griffin / Lloyd Castle
Charles Griffin / Lloyd Castle
- The Case of the Malicious Mariner
(1961)
... Charles Griffin
- The Case of the Angry Dead Man
(1961)
... Lloyd Castle
1961
The Asphalt Jungle
(TV Series)
Sgt. George Costello
Sgt. George Costello
- The McMasters Story
(1961)
... Sgt. George Costello
1961
Stagecoach West
(TV Series)
Reverend Hallett
Reverend Hallett
- A Place of Still Waters
(1961)
... Reverend Hallett
1958-1961
Zane Grey Theater
(TV Series)
Sam Tompkins / Abel McHugh
Sam Tompkins / Abel McHugh
- The Atoner
(1961)
... Sam Tompkins
- Wire
(1958)
... Abel McHugh
1961
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
(TV Series)
Col. Robert Baldwin
Col. Robert Baldwin
- Without Fear
(1961)
... Col. Robert Baldwin
1957-1960
Alcoa Theatre
(TV Series)
Major Robert Fielding / Captain Posen
Major Robert Fielding / Captain Posen
- The Last Flight Out
(1960)
... Major Robert Fielding
- On Edge
(1957)
... Captain Posen
1957-1960
Goodyear Theatre
(TV Series)
Major Robert Fielding / Rangler
Major Robert Fielding / Rangler
- The Last Flight Out
(1960)
... Major Robert Fielding
- Lost and Found
(1957)
... Rangler
1959
Special Agent 7
(TV Series)
Gruman
Gruman
- The Prussian Jewel Case
(1959)
... Gruman
- The Gold-Plated People
(1959)
... Gruman
1959
State Trooper
(TV Series)
Harley Bender / Frederick Walden
Harley Bender / Frederick Walden
- Prettiest Dress in Goldfield
(1959)
... Harley Bender
- What's Mine Is Mine
... Frederick Walden
1958
The Loretta Young Show
(TV Series)
Governor Jim Pierson
Governor Jim Pierson
- For Better or for Worse
(1958)
... Governor Jim Pierson
1953-1958
Kraft Theatre
(TV Series)
Bull Maddox
Bull Maddox
- Cop Killer
(1958)
- Vengeance
(1957)
... Bull Maddox
- The Night Watcher
(1955)
- The Written Word
(1955)
- The Barn
(1954)
1957-1958
Suspicion
(TV Series)
Ben Silcox / Perry Slavins
Ben Silcox / Perry Slavins
- Death Watch
(1958)
... Ben Silcox
- Doomsday
(1957)
... Perry Slavins
1957-1958
Whirlybirds
(TV Series)
Doug Jessop / Lt. Ericson
Doug Jessop / Lt. Ericson
- Time Out of Mind
(1958)
... Doug Jessop
- Boy on the Roof
(1957)
... Lt. Ericson
1958
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
(TV Series)
Lieutenant Larrabee
Lieutenant Larrabee
- Pension Plan
(1958)
... Lieutenant Larrabee (as Ed Binns)
1958
The Court of Last Resort
(TV Series)
Melvin Cressler
Melvin Cressler
- The Peter Stevens Case
(1958)
... Melvin Cressler
1957
Have Gun - Will Travel
(TV Series)
Nathaniel Beecher
Nathaniel Beecher
- The Hanging Cross
(1957)
... Nathaniel Beecher
1955-1957
Navy Log
(TV Series)
Robert J. Quinn / Zeke
Robert J. Quinn / Zeke
- Fire at Sea
(1957)
... Robert J. Quinn
- The Phantom of the Blue Angels
(1955)
... Zeke
1956-1957
The Alcoa Hour
(TV Series)
Lieutenant Marchese / Anderson
Lieutenant Marchese / Anderson
- No License to Kill
(1957)
... Lieutenant Marchese
- Tragedy in a Temporary Town
(1956)
... Anderson
1953-1955
Omnibus
(TV Series)
(segment "Jack Be Normal") / Bitter ex-beau (segment "Glory in the Flower") / (segment "The Oyster and the Pearl")
- The Royal Game
(1955)
... (segment "Jack Be Normal")
- Glory in the Flower
(1953)
... Bitter ex-beau (segment "Glory in the Flower")
- The Oyster and the Pearl
(1953)
... (segment "The Oyster and the Pearl") (as Ed Binns)
1953-1955
Repertory Theatre
(TV Series)
- The Trees
(1955)
- The Mechanical Heart
(1955)
- The Cipher
(1953)
1954-1955
The United States Steel Hour
(TV Series)
Peters / Reporter / George Moffat / ...
Peters / Reporter / George Moffat / ...
- Incident in an Alley
(1955)
... Peters
- Fearful Decision
(1955)
... Reporter
- The Man with the Gun
(1954)
... George Moffat
- Fearful Decision
(1954)
... Charlie Ferber
1952-1955
Studio One in Hollywood
(TV Series)
Joe Doyle / Black Dog
Joe Doyle / Black Dog
- Uncle Ed and Circumstances
(1955)
... Joe Doyle
- Treasure Island
(1952)
... Black Dog (uncredited)
1953-1955
Schlitz Playhouse
(TV Series)
Daniels
Daniels
- The Last Out
(1955)
... Daniels
- Manhattan Robin Hood
(1953)
1952-1955
Lux Video Theatre
(TV Series)
Prosecutor / Silas
Prosecutor / Silas
- The Last Confession
(1955)
... Prosecutor
- Gilia
(1952)
... Silas
1953-1955
Ponds Theater
(TV Series)
Colonel Hendricks
Colonel Hendricks
- The Ways of Courage
(1955)
... Colonel Hendricks
- Wednesday's Child
(1954)
- Rain No More
(1953)
1952-1955
Robert Montgomery Presents
(TV Series)
Dan Thompson
Dan Thompson
- N.Y. to L.A.
(1955)
... Dan Thompson
- The Greatest Man in the World
(1953)
- Appointment in Samarra
(1953)
- The Davidian Report
(1952)
1953-1955
You Are There
(TV Series)
General Gerow / General McDougall
General Gerow / General McDougall
- D-Day (June 6, 1944)
(1955)
... General Gerow
- Washington's Farewell to His Officers (December 4, 1783)
(1955)
... General McDougall
1954
Inner Sanctum
(TV Series)
Uhl / Rocky / Lacey / ...
Uhl / Rocky / Lacey / ...
- The Lonely One
(1954)
... Uhl
- Family Skeleton
(1954)
... Rocky
- Ghost Mail
(1954)
... Lacey
- Queen of Spades
(1954)
... Barney
1951-1954
Danger
(TV Series)
The Man
The Man
- The Bet
(1954)
- Night of Reckoning
(1954)
- Return Flight
(1953)
- Change Up
(1952)
- Death Among the Relics
(1952)
... The Man
1951
The Big Story
(TV Series)
George Cleveland Bullette
George Cleveland Bullette
- Cleve Bullette, Reporter
(1951)
... George Cleveland Bullette
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Stage: Appeared (as "George Washburn") in "Sundown Beach" on Broadway. Written by Bessie Breuer. Directed by Elia Kazan. Belasco Theatre: 7 Sep 1948-11 Sep 1948 (7 performances). Cast: Tom Avera, Martin Balsam (as "Merle"), Ira Cirker, Joan Copeland (as "Nadine"; Broadway debut), Ralph Cullinan, Joseph Fallon, Vivian Firko, Treva ... See more »Alternate Names:
Eddie Binns | Edwards Binns | Edwared Binns | Ed BinnsHeight:
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He appeared in four films that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: 12 Angry Men (1957), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), Patton (1970) and The Verdict (1982). Of those, only Patton (1970) is a winner in the category. See more »Star Sign:
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