Edward Binns
Acting
Born: September 12, 1916 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: December 4, 1990 (aged 74)
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
Known for
12 Angry Men
1957
North by Northwest
1959
Patton
1970
The Twilight Zone
1959
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961
M*A*S*H
1972
The Verdict
1982
Fail Safe
1964
Night Moves
1975
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Compulsion
1959
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Photos (2)
Movies (46)
12 Angry Men
Juror 6
North by Northwest
Captain Junket
Patton
Major General Walter Bedell Smith
Judgment at Nuremberg
Senator Burkette
The Verdict
Bishop Brophy
Night Moves
Joey Ziegler
Fail Safe
Col. Jack Grady
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Lt. Kennedy
The Americanization of Emily
Admiral Thomas Healy
Compulsion
Tom Daly
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Brakeman
Vice Squad
Al Barkis
Lovin' Molly
Mr. Frye
The Plainsman
Lattimer
Halls of Montezuma
First Soldier in Final Tracking Shot (uncredited)
Oliver's Story
Phil Cavilleri
The Scarlet Hour
Sgt. Allen
Curse of the Undead
Sheriff
The Man in the Net
State Police Capt. Green
Heller in Pink Tights
Sheriff Ed McClain
Desire in the Dust
Luke Connett
The Sheriff
Paulsen
The Pilot
Larry Zanoff
The Power Within
Gen. Tom Darrow
Teresa
Sgt. Brown
Fireball Forward
Corps Commander
Diary of the Dead
Mr. McNulty
After School
Monsignor Frank Barrett
Patterns
Elevator Starter
Without Warning!
Lt. Pete Hamilton
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
Allan Battles
Tragedy in a Temporary Town
Anderson
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
Pedro
Chubasco
Judge North
Young and Dangerous
Dr. Price
Just an Old Sweet Song
Mr. Claypool
F.D.R.: The Last Year
General 'Pa' Watson
A Public Affair
Sen. Fred Baines
Whatever it Takes
Mr. Kingsley
Portland Exposé
George Madison
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Red
The Price of a Life
Narrator
Hunter
Owen Larkdale
This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage
Narration
The First Woman President
Joe Tumulty
The Tell-Tale Heart
1971
TV Shows (92)
Perry Mason
Lloyd Castle · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Charles Griffin · 1 eps
Ironside
Charlie Culver · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Mills · 1 eps
M*A*S*H
General Korshak · 1 eps
Alice
1 eps
The Rifleman
Keely Thompson · 1 eps
The Fugitive
George Savano · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Josh Kovaks · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Angstrom · 1 eps
The Rockford Files
Everet Alton Benson · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Sheriff Bill Strode · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Jud Steele · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Major Starbuck · 1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
Dan Thompson · 1 eps
The Virginian
Colonel John Briscoe · 1 eps
The Virginian
Mike McCormick · 1 eps
The Virginian
Pa McRae · 1 eps
The Wild Wild West
Colonel Roper · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Bob Donlin · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
General Walters · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
1 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
3 eps
Dr. Kildare
Ben Laney · 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
Peter De Gravio · 3 eps
Climax!
Lieutenant Lewis · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Dr. Samuels · 1 eps
Daniel Boone
Seth Jennings · 1 eps
Cannon
1 eps
Matinee Theater
2 eps
The Equalizer
Father Martin O'Donohugh · 1 eps
Studio One
Joe Doyle · 1 eps
The Name of the Game
Dan Borden · 1 eps
Tarzan
2 eps
Route 66
2 eps
The F.B.I.
Bill Hollis · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Barney Simms · 1 eps
Thriller
Lt. Giddeon · 1 eps
Run for Your Life
Colonel Delaney · 1 eps
Police Woman
John Solvana · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Bill Strapp · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mr. Brown · 1 eps
One Step Beyond
Fred Graham · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Abel McHugh · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sam Tompkins · 1 eps
Telephone Time
1 eps
The Defenders
Victor Fergusson · 1 eps
The Defenders
District Attorney Wolf · 3 eps
Kraft Television Theatre
2 eps
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Lieutenant Larrabee · 1 eps
McCloud
1 eps
Omnibus
Bitter ex-beau · 1 eps
Omnibus
2 eps
Suspense
3 eps
Police Story
1 eps
Judd, for the Defense
2 eps
The Detectives
1 eps
It Takes a Thief
Wally Powers · 3 eps
It Takes a Thief
Wallie Powers · 24 eps
Stoney Burke
1 eps
Checkmate
Harl Stoner · 1 eps
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Colonel Baldwin · 1 eps
Laredo
1 eps
M Squad
Wally Gardner · 1 eps
Outlaws
1 eps
The Investigators
Jim Corbin · 1 eps
Alcoa Theatre
Captain Posen · 1 eps
Alcoa Theatre
Major Robert Fielding · 1 eps
Navy Log
2 eps
The Thin Man
1 eps
The Nurses
Dr. Anson Kiley · 97 eps
Inner Sanctum
4 eps
The New Breed
Crafts · 1 eps
The Manhunter
1 eps
Captain Nice
1 eps
Cain's Hundred
Capt. Ernest Lemoyne · 1 eps
The Loner
Manet · 1 eps
The Aquanauts
Ed Barron · 1 eps
The Dakotas
1 eps
The Brian Keith Show
1 eps
Lucan
1 eps
General Electric Theater
Harry Wilson · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Governor Jim Pierson · 1 eps
The Bold Ones: The Senator
Arthur Beresford · 1 eps
The Asphalt Jungle
1 eps
Blue Light
1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Daniels · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
2 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Red · 1 eps
Brenner
Roy Brenner · 17 eps
