Edward Binns
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Edward Binns (September 12, 1916 – December 4, 1990) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He had a wide-spanning career in film and television, often portraying competent, hard working, and purposeful characters in his various roles. Binns was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of the first members of the newly formed Actors Studio, Binns began studying with Elia Kazanin the fall of 1947. After appearing in a number of Broadway plays, Binns began appearing in films in the early 1950s. Some of his notable roles include playing Juror #6 in 12 Angry Men and Lieutenant GeneralWalter Bedell Smith in the Academy Award-winning film Patton (1970). Binns featured in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest as a police detective. He played a key role as bomber pilot Colonel Grady in the 1964 film Fail-Safe. Binns also appeared in dozens of television programs including NBC's legal drama Justice, Rod Cameron's syndicated State Trooper, the syndicated adventure series Whirlybirds, the ABC/Warner Brotherswestern series, The Dakotas, the ABC rodeo drama, Stoney Burke, and ABC's war drama 12 O'Clock High. He was cast in CBS's Richard Diamond, Private Detective (as Larrabee in the 1958 episode "Pension Plan"), The Investigators and Thriller (U.S. TV series). Binns appeared as Colonel Robert Baldwin with June Allyson as his screen wife, Eleanor Baldwin, in the 1961 episode "Without Fear" of Allyson's CBS anthology series, The DuPont Show with June Allyson. Also that year he made two guest appearances on Perry Mason, first as Lloyd Castle in "The Case of the Angry Dead Man," then as Charles Griffin in "The Case of the Malicious Mariner," and in an episode of The Asphalt Jungle. He had a leading role in Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone in the 1960 episode "I Shot an Arrow into the Air". Binns also appeared in two episodes of ABC's The Untouchables as gunman Steve Ballard and in a later episode as a doctor. He was a cast member of CBS's The Nurses from 1962 through 1964. He appeared in an episode of the ABC espionage drama Blue Light early in 1966, and in ABC's It Takes a Thief (1969–1970) with Robert Wagner. Binns also appeared in one episode of the ABC series A Man Called Shenandoah, with Robert Horton, as General Korshak on CBS's M*A*S*H, in an episode of NBC's The Brian Keith Show, and in three episodes of ABC's The Fugitive. His distinctive voice was also heard in hundreds of radio and television commercials. Binns died from a heart attack at the age of seventy-four while traveling from New York City to his home inConnecticut. His ashes were scattered at his residence.
Acted in
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2000
as Self (archive footage)
After School
1988
as Monsignor Frank Barrett
The Equalizer
1985
as Father Martin O'Donohugh
The Verdict
1982
as Bishop Brophy
The Pilot
1980
as Larry Zanoff
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980
as General 'Pa' Watson
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
1980
as Allan Battles
The Man You Loved to Hate
1979
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Power Within
1979
as Gen. Tom Darrow
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978
as Red
Oliver's Story
1978
as Phil Cavilleri
Lucan
1977
Just an Old Sweet Song
1976
as Mr. Claypool
Alice
1976
Diary of the Dead
1976
as Mr. McNulty
Night Moves
1975
as Joey Ziegler
The Rockford Files
1974
as Everet Alton Benson
Police Woman
1974
as John Solvana
The Manhunter
1974
Lovin' Molly
1974
as Mr. Frye
Police Story
1973
Hunter
1973
as Owen Larkdale
M*A*S*H
1972
as General Korshak
The Brian Keith Show
1972
Fireball Forward
1972
as Corps Commander
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
1971
as Pedro
Cannon
1971
The Sheriff
1971
as Paulsen
The Tell-Tale Heart
1971
The Bold Ones: The Senator
1970
as Arthur Beresford
McCloud
1970
Patton
1970
as Major General Walter Bedell Smith
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Mills
Chubasco
1968
as Judge North
It Takes a Thief
1968
as Wally Powers
Judd for the Defense
1967
Ironside
1967
as Charlie Culver
This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage
1967
as Narration
Captain Nice
1967
The Price of a Life
1967
as Narrator
Tarzan
1966
Blue Light
1966
The F.B.I.
1965
as Bill Hollis
The F.B.I.
1965
as Barney Simms
The Loner
1965
as Manet
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Colonel Roper
Laredo
1965
Run for Your Life
1965
as Colonel Delaney
The Americanization of Emily
1964
as Admiral Thomas Healy
Fail Safe
1964
as Col. Jack Grady
Daniel Boone
1964
as Seth Jennings
The Fugitive
1963
as George Savano
The Fugitive
1963
as Josh Kovaks
The Fugitive
1963
as Angstrom
The Dakotas
1963
Stoney Burke
1962
The Nurses
1962
as Dr. Anson Kiley
The Virginian
1962
as Colonel John Briscoe
The Virginian
1962
as Mike McCormick
The Virginian
1962
as Pa McRae
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
1962
as Brakeman
A Public Affair
1962
as Sen. Fred Baines
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961
as Senator Burkette
The New Breed
1961
as Crafts
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Ben Laney
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Peter De Gravio
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Capt. Ernest Lemoyne
The Defenders
1961
as Victor Fergusson
The Defenders
1961
as District Attorney Wolf
The Asphalt Jungle
1961
Desire in the Dust
1960
as Luke Connett
Route 66
1960
Outlaws
1960
Checkmate
1960
as Harl Stoner
The Aquanauts
1960
as Ed Barron
Thriller
1960
as Lt. Giddeon
Heller in Pink Tights
1960
as Sheriff Ed McClain
The Detectives
1959
The Untouchables
1959
as Dr. Samuels
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Bob Donlin
The Twilight Zone
1959
as General Walters
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Colonel Baldwin
North by Northwest
1959
as Captain Junket
The Man in the Net
1959
as State Police Capt. Green
Brenner
1959
Curse of the Undead
1959
as Sheriff
Compulsion
1959
as Tom Daly
One Step Beyond
1959
as Fred Graham
The Rifleman
1958
Young and Dangerous
1957
as Dr. Price
Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Captain Posen
Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Major Robert Fielding
Perry Mason
1957
as Lloyd Castle
Perry Mason
1957
as Charles Griffin
The Thin Man
1957
M Squad
1957
as Wally Gardner
Wagon Train
1957
as Sheriff Bill Strode
Wagon Train
1957
as Jud Steele
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Portland Exposé
1957
as George Madison
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Lieutenant Larrabee
12 Angry Men
1957
as Juror 6
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Abel McHugh
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sam Tompkins
State Trooper
1956
as Frederick Walden
State Trooper
1956
as Harley Bender
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956
as Lt. Kennedy
Telephone Time
1956
The Scarlet Hour
1956
as Sgt. Allen
Patterns
1956
as Elevator Starter
Tragedy in a Temporary Town
1956
as Anderson
Matinee Theater
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Mr. Brown
Navy Log
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
as Bill Strapp
Climax!
1954
as Lieutenant Lewis
Inner Sanctum
1954
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Governor Jim Pierson
Vice Squad
1953
as Al Barkis
General Electric Theater
1953
as Harry Wilson
Without Warning!
1952
as Lt. Pete Hamilton
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Red
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Daniels
Teresa
1951
as Sgt. Brown
Halls of Montezuma
1951
as First Soldier in Final Tracking Shot (uncredited)
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Silas
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Prosecutor
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Dan Thompson
Suspense
1949
Studio One
1948
as Joe Doyle
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Kraft Television Theatre
1947