Name
Edward Binns
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1916-09-12
Deathday
1990-12-04 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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- 1959 North by Northwest as Captain Junket
- 1964 Fail Safe as Col. Jack Grady
- 1961 Judgment at Nuremberg as Senator Burkette
- 1956 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt as Lt. Kennedy
- 1970 Patton as Major General Walter Bedell Smith
- 1982 The Verdict as Bishop Brophy
- 1975 Night Moves as Joey Ziegler
- 1952 Without Warning! as Lt. Pete Hamilton
- 1959 Compulsion as Tom Daly
- 1964 The Americanization of Emily as Admiral Thomas Healy
- 1960 Heller in Pink Tights as Sheriff Ed McClain
- 1957 Portland Exposé as George Madison
- 1959 The Man in the Net as State Police Capt. Green
- 1956 The Scarlet Hour as Sgt. Allen
- 1953 Vice Squad as Al Barkis
- 1980 The Pilot as Larry Zanoff
- 1967 This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage as Narration
- 2020 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War as Self (archive footage)
- 1959 Curse of the Undead as Sheriff
- 1978 Oliver's Story as Phil Cavilleri
- 1957 Young and Dangerous as Dr. Price
- 1974 Lovin' Molly as Mr. Frye
- 1951 Teresa as Sgt. Brown
- 1988 After School as Monsignor Frank Barrett
- 1979 The Man You Loved to Hate as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1968 Chubasco as Judge North
- 1980 The Murder That Wouldn't Die as Allan Battles
- 1951 Halls of Montezuma as First Soldier in Final Tracking Shot (uncredited)
- 1962 A Public Affair as Sen. Fred Baines
- 1971 The Tell-Tale Heart
- 1967 The Price of a Life as Narrator
- 1980 F.D.R.: The Last Year as General 'Pa' Watson
- 1960 Desire in the Dust as Luke Connett
- 1978 Stubby Pringle's Christmas as Red
- 1971 Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones as Pedro
- 1956 Tragedy in a Temporary Town as Anderson
- 1971 The Sheriff as Paulsen
- 1979 The Power Within as Gen. Tom Darrow
- 1976 Just an Old Sweet Song as Mr. Claypool
- 1976 Diary of the Dead as Mr. McNulty
- 1957 12 Angry Men as Juror 6
- 1972 Fireball Forward as Corps Commander
- 1956 Patterns as Elevator Starter
- 1962 Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man as Brakeman
- 1973 Hunter as Owen Larkdale
- 1966 The Plainsman as Lattimer
- 1974 The First Woman President as Joe Tumulty
- 1986 Whatever it Takes as Mr. Kingsley
- 1976 Alice ( 1 episode )
- 1972 M*A*S*H ( 1 episode ) as General Korshak
- 1961 Cain's Hundred ( 1 episode ) as Capt. Ernest Lemoyne
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Bill Hollis
- 1968 Hawaii Five-O ( 1 episode ) as Mills
- 1960 Route 66 ( 2 episodes )
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Lloyd Castle
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Bill Strapp
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Joe Doyle
- 1985 The Equalizer ( 1 episode ) as Father Martin O'Donohugh
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Harry Wilson
- 1971 Cannon ( 1 episode )
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 2 episodes )
- 1959 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Bob Donlin
- 1959 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as General Walters
- 1965 Laredo ( 1 episode )
- 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Brown
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as George Savano
- 1960 Outlaws ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Have Gun, Will Travel ( 1 episode )
- 1965 Run for Your Life ( 1 episode ) as Colonel Delaney
- 1964 Daniel Boone ( 1 episode ) as Seth Jennings
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Josh Kovaks
- 1973 Police Story ( 1 episode )
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Colonel John Briscoe
- 1960 Thriller ( 1 episode ) as Lt. Giddeon
- 1977 Lucan ( 1 episode )
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Silas
- 1960 The Aquanauts ( 1 episode ) as Ed Barron
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode )
- 1970 McCloud ( 1 episode )
- 1957 The Thin Man ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective ( 1 episode ) as Lieutenant Larrabee
- 1959 One Step Beyond ( 1 episode ) as Fred Graham
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Lieutenant Lewis
- 1957 M Squad ( 1 episode ) as Wally Gardner
- 1967 Judd, for the Defense ( 2 episodes )
- 1955 Matinee Theater ( 2 episodes )
- 1966 Tarzan ( 2 episodes )
- 1948 The Philco Television Playhouse ( 3 episodes )
- 1955 Navy Log ( 2 episodes )
- 1958 The Rifleman ( 1 episode ) as Keely Thompson
- 1963 The Dakotas ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Alcoa Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Captain Posen
- 1967 Captain Nice ( 1 episode )
- 1961 The New Breed ( 1 episode ) as Crafts
- 1959 The Detectives ( 1 episode )
- 1972 The Brian Keith Show ( 1 episode )
- 1962 The Nurses ( 97 episodes ) as Dr. Anson Kiley
- 1949 Suspense ( 3 episodes )
- 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents ( 1 episode )
- 1974 The Manhunter ( 1 episode )
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Abel McHugh
- 1954 Inner Sanctum ( 4 episodes )
- 1962 Stoney Burke ( 1 episode )
- 1961 Dr. Kildare ( 1 episode ) as Ben Laney
- 1956 Telephone Time ( 1 episode )
- 1961 The Defenders ( 1 episode ) as Victor Fergusson
- 1961 The Defenders ( 3 episodes ) as District Attorney Wolf
- 1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson ( 1 episode ) as Colonel Baldwin
- 1961 The Asphalt Jungle ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Brenner ( 17 episodes ) as Roy Brenner
- 1953 Letter to Loretta ( 1 episode ) as Governor Jim Pierson
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Angstrom
- 1966 Blue Light ( 1 episode )
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Prosecutor
- 1961 Dr. Kildare ( 3 episodes ) as Peter De Gravio
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Barney Simms
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Mike McCormick
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Pa McRae
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Daniels
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Sam Tompkins
- 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents ( 1 episode ) as Dan Thompson
- 1956 State Trooper ( 1 episode ) as Frederick Walden
- 1960 Checkmate ( 1 episode ) as Harl Stoner
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Charles Griffin
- 1965 The Wild Wild West ( 1 episode ) as Colonel Roper
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Red
- 1968 It Takes a Thief ( 3 episodes ) as Wally Powers
- 1967 Ironside ( 1 episode ) as Charlie Culver
- 1965 The Loner ( 1 episode ) as Manet
- 1974 The Rockford Files ( 1 episode ) as Everet Alton Benson
- 1957 Wagon Train ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff Bill Strode
- 1959 The Untouchables ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Samuels
- 1957 Wagon Train ( 1 episode ) as Jud Steele
- 1947 Kraft Television Theatre ( 2 episodes )
- 1974 Police Woman ( 1 episode ) as John Solvana
- 1957 Alcoa Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Major Robert Fielding
- 1970 The Bold Ones: The Senator ( 1 episode ) as Arthur Beresford
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Captain Sloane
- 1952 Omnibus ( 1 episode ) as Bitter ex-beau
- 1952 Omnibus ( 2 episodes )
- 1956 State Trooper ( 1 episode ) as Harley Bender
- 1968 It Takes a Thief ( 24 episodes ) as Wallie Powers
- 1957 Wagon Train ( 1 episode ) as Major Starbuck
- 1961 The Investigators ( 1 episode ) as Jim Corbin
- 1968 The Name of the Game ( 1 episode ) as Dan Borden
- 1956 Conflict ( 1 episode )
