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Edward Binns (1916–1990)
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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Born:in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USADied:(age 74) in Brewster, New York, USA |
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Actor (179 credits)
Actor (179 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
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
The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse
(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 Play: Peer Gynt (Revival). Written by Henrik Ibsen. Book adapted by Paul Green. Incidental music by Lan Adomian. Near East Music by Hillel and Aviva. Choreographed by Valerie Bettis. Directed by Lee Strasberg. ANTA Playhouse: 28 Jan 1951- 24 Feb 1951 (32 performances). Cast: Joseph Anthony (as "Solveig's Father/Monsieur Ballon/Dr. ... See more »Alternate Names:
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Although he played Anthony Perkins' father in Lovin' Molly (1974), he was only sixteen years his senior in real life. See more »Star Sign:
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