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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.
Filmography
all 127
TV Shows 81
Movies 46
self 2
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'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War (2020)
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' (2000)
After School (1988)
The Equalizer (1985)
The Verdict (1982)
The Pilot (1980)
F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980)
The Murder That Wouldn't Die (1980)
The Man You Loved to Hate (1979)
The Power Within (1979)
Stubby Pringle's Christmas (1978)
Oliver's Story (1978)
Lucan (1977)
Just an Old Sweet Song (1976)
Alice (1976)
Diary of the Dead (1976)
Night Moves (1975)
The Rockford Files (1974)
Police Woman (1974)
The Manhunter (1974)
Lovin' Molly (1974)
Police Story (1973)
Hunter (1973)
M*A*S*H (1972)
The Brian Keith Show (1972)
Fireball Forward (1972)
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones (1971)
Cannon (1971)
The Sheriff (1971)
The Tell-Tale Heart (1971)
The Bold Ones: The Senator (1970)
McCloud (1970)
Patton (1970)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Chubasco (1968)
It Takes a Thief (1968)
Judd for the Defense (1967)
Ironside (1967)
This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage (1967)
Captain Nice (1967)
The Price of a Life (1967)
Tarzan (1966)
Blue Light (1966)
The Nurses (1965)
The F.B.I. (1965)
The Loner (1965)
The Wild Wild West (1965)
Laredo (1965)
Run for Your Life (1965)
The Americanization of Emily (1964)
Fail Safe (1964)
Daniel Boone (1964)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
The Fugitive (1963)
The Dakotas (1963)
Stoney Burke (1962)
The Nurses (1962)
The Virginian (1962)
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962)
A Public Affair (1962)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The New Breed (1961)
Dr. Kildare (1961)
Cain's Hundred (1961)
The Defenders (1961)
The Asphalt Jungle (1961)
Desire in the Dust (1960)
Route 66 (1960)
Outlaws (1960)
Checkmate (1960)
The Aquanauts (1960)
Thriller (1960)
Heller in Pink Tights (1960)
The Detectives (1959)
The Untouchables (1959)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)
North by Northwest (1959)
The Man in the Net (1959)
Brenner (1959)
Curse of the Undead (1959)
Compulsion (1959)
One Step Beyond (1959)
The Rifleman (1958)
Young and Dangerous (1957)
Alcoa Theatre (1957)
Perry Mason (1957)
The Thin Man (1957)
M Squad (1957)
Wagon Train (1957)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
Portland Exposé (1957)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
State Trooper (1956)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
Telephone Time (1956)
The Scarlet Hour (1956)
Patterns (1956)
Tragedy in a Temporary Town (1956)
Matinee Theater (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Navy Log (1955)
Gunsmoke (1955)
Climax! (1954)
Inner Sanctum (1954)
Kraft Television Theatre (1953)
Letter to Loretta (1953)
Vice Squad (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
Without Warning! (1952)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
Teresa (1951)
Halls of Montezuma (1951)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
Danger (1950)
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
Suspense (1949)
Studio One (1948)
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
Kraft Television Theatre (1947)
Joseph Schildkraut Presents
The Doctor
NBC Experiment in Television
The Stranger
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1916-09-12
Deathday1990-12-04 (74 years old)
Birth PlacePhiladelphia, United States of America
RelationshipsElizabeth Franz (1984-01-01 - 1990-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsEd Binns, Eddie Binns, Edwards Binns, Edwared Binns
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