
Edward Binns
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ear...
Known For
Filmography

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
2020
as Self (archive footage)

After School
1988
as Monsignor Frank Barrett

Whatever it Takes
1986
as Mr. Kingsley

The Equalizer
1985
as Father Martin O'Donohugh

The Verdict
1982
as Bishop Brophy

The Pilot
1980
as Larry Zanoff

The Murder That Wouldn't Die
1980
as Allan Battles

F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980
as General 'Pa' Watson

The Man You Loved to Hate
1979
as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Power Within
1979
as Gen. Tom Darrow

Oliver's Story
1978
as Phil Cavilleri

Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978
as Red

Lucan
1977

Just an Old Sweet Song
1976
as Mr. Claypool

Diary of the Dead
1976
as Mr. McNulty

Alice
1976

Night Moves
1975
as Joey Ziegler

Lovin' Molly
1974
as Mr. Frye

The First Woman President
1974
as Joe Tumulty

The Manhunter
1974

The Rockford Files
1974
as Everet Alton Benson

Police Woman
1974
as John Solvana

Hunter
1973
as Owen Larkdale

Police Story
1973

Fireball Forward
1972
as Corps Commander

M*A*S*H
1972
as General Korshak

The Brian Keith Show
1972

The Tell-Tale Heart
1971

Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
1971
as Pedro

The Sheriff
1971
as Paulsen

Cannon
1971

Patton
1970
as Major General Walter Bedell Smith

McCloud
1970

The Bold Ones: The Senator
1970
as Arthur Beresford

Hawaii Five-O
1969
as Mills

Chubasco
1968
as Judge North

It Takes a Thief
1968
as Wally Powers

It Takes a Thief
1968
as Wallie Powers

The Name of the Game
1968
as Dan Borden

This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage
1967
as Narration

The Price of a Life
1967
as Narrator

Judd, for the Defense
1967

Captain Nice
1967

Ironside
1967
as Charlie Culver

The Plainsman
1966
as Lattimer

Tarzan
1966

Blue Light
1966

The F.B.I.
1965
as Bill Hollis

Laredo
1965

Run for Your Life
1965
as Colonel Delaney

The F.B.I.
1965
as Barney Simms

The Wild Wild West
1965
as Colonel Roper

The Loner
1965
as Manet

Fail Safe
1964
as Col. Jack Grady

The Americanization of Emily
1964
as Admiral Thomas Healy

Daniel Boone
1964
as Seth Jennings

The Fugitive
1963
as George Savano

The Fugitive
1963
as Josh Kovaks

The Dakotas
1963

The Fugitive
1963
as Angstrom
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Captain Sloane

A Public Affair
1962
as Sen. Fred Baines

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962
as Brakeman

The Virginian
1962
as Colonel John Briscoe

The Nurses
1962
as Dr. Anson Kiley

Stoney Burke
1962

The Virginian
1962
as Mike McCormick

The Virginian
1962
as Pa McRae

Judgment at Nuremberg
1961
as Senator Burkette

Cain's Hundred
1961
as Capt. Ernest Lemoyne

The New Breed
1961
as Crafts

Dr. Kildare
1961
as Ben Laney

The Defenders
1961
as Victor Fergusson

The Defenders
1961
as District Attorney Wolf

The Asphalt Jungle
1961

Dr. Kildare
1961
as Peter De Gravio

The Investigators
1961
as Jim Corbin

Heller in Pink Tights
1960
as Sheriff Ed McClain

Desire in the Dust
1960
as Luke Connett

Route 66
1960

Outlaws
1960

Thriller
1960
as Lt. Giddeon

The Aquanauts
1960
as Ed Barron

Checkmate
1960
as Harl Stoner

North by Northwest
1959
as Captain Junket

Compulsion
1959
as Tom Daly

The Man in the Net
1959
as State Police Capt. Green

Curse of the Undead
1959
as Sheriff

The Twilight Zone
1959
as Bob Donlin

The Twilight Zone
1959
as General Walters

One Step Beyond
1959
as Fred Graham

The Detectives
1959

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Colonel Baldwin

Brenner
1959
as Roy Brenner

The Untouchables
1959
as Dr. Samuels

The Rifleman
1958
as Keely Thompson

Portland Exposé
1957
as George Madison

Young and Dangerous
1957
as Dr. Price

12 Angry Men
1957
as Juror 6

Perry Mason
1957
as Lloyd Castle

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

The Thin Man
1957

Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Lieutenant Larrabee

M Squad
1957
as Wally Gardner

Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Captain Posen

Perry Mason
1957
as Charles Griffin

Wagon Train
1957
as Sheriff Bill Strode

Wagon Train
1957
as Jud Steele

Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Major Robert Fielding

Wagon Train
1957
as Major Starbuck

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956
as Lt. Kennedy

The Scarlet Hour
1956
as Sgt. Allen

Tragedy in a Temporary Town
1956
as Anderson

Patterns
1956
as Elevator Starter

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Abel McHugh

Telephone Time
1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sam Tompkins
State Trooper
1956
as Frederick Walden
State Trooper
1956
as Harley Bender
Conflict
1956

Gunsmoke
1955
as Bill Strapp

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Mr. Brown

Matinee Theater
1955

Navy Log
1955

Climax!
1954
as Lieutenant Lewis

Inner Sanctum
1954

Vice Squad
1953
as Al Barkis

General Electric Theater
1953
as Harry Wilson

Letter to Loretta
1953
as Governor Jim Pierson

Without Warning!
1952
as Lt. Pete Hamilton

Omnibus
1952
as Bitter ex-beau

Omnibus
1952

Teresa
1951
as Sgt. Brown

Halls of Montezuma
1951
as First Soldier in Final Tracking Shot (uncredited)

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Daniels

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Red
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Silas

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Prosecutor

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Dan Thompson

Suspense
1949

Studio One
1948
as Joe Doyle

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948

Kraft Television Theatre
1947