The Defenders (1961)
The Defenders (1961)
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Plot.
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, civil rights demonstrators, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing.
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Cast & Crew.
E.G. Marshall
Lawrence Preston
Robert Reed
Kenneth Preston
Reginald Rose
Creator / Writer
Robert Thom
Writer
Bob Markell
Producer
Herbert Brodkin
Executive Producer / Producer / Executive Producer
Mary Merrill
Costume Design
Lonny Chapman
District Attorney
Walter Klavun
Judge
Morris Hartzband
Cinematography
Paul Bogart
Director
Stuart Rosenberg
Director
David Greene
Director
Buzz Kulik
Director
Franklin J. Schaffner
Director
Don Richardson
Director
Charles S. Dubin
Director
Daniel Petrie
Director
Alex March
Director
Elliot Silverstein
Director
John Brahm
Director
Leonard Horn
Director
Paul Sylbert
Director
Philip Leacock
Director
William Ball
Director
Robert Butler
Director
Paul Stanley
Director
Jack Smight
Director
Robert Stevens
Director
David Pressman
Director
Tom Gries
Director
James Sheldon
Director
Lamont Johnson
Director
Ralph Nelson
Director
Sydney Pollack
Director
Ted Post
Director
John Newland
Director
Denis Sanders
Director
Michael Powell
Director
Sidney Katz
Director
Alexander Mackendrick
Director
Vincent J. Donehue
Director
Boris Sagal
Director
Gerald Mayer
Director
Shepard Traube
Director
Paul Stewart
Director
Fielder Cook
Director
David Karp
Writer
William Woolfolk
Writer
Larry Cohen
Writer
Ernest Kinoy
Writer
Stanley R. Greenberg
Writer
Roger H. Lewis
Writer
Robert J. Crean
Writer
Edward DeBlasio
Writer
Max Ehrlich
Writer
Ellen M. Violett
Writer
David Shaw
Writer
James Lee
Writer
Peter Stone
Writer
Alvin Boretz
Writer
Albert Ruben
Writer
David W. Rintels
Writer
Ian McLellan Hunter
Writer
Harold Gast
Writer
Jerome Ross
Writer
A.J. Russell
Writer
David Davidson
Writer
Charles Garment
Writer
John Vlahos
Writer
Allan Chase
Writer
Arnold Manoff
Writer
John W. Bloch
Writer
Raphael Hayes
Writer
Robert Van Scoyk
Writer
Howard Fast
Writer
George Bellak
Writer
Mann Rubin
Writer
Rod Sylvester
Writer
Peter A. Chilles
Writer
Charles Eckert
Writer
Adrian Spies
Writer
Andrea Russo
Writer
George Baxt
Writer
Martin Donaldson
Story
A. E. Hotchner
Writer
Bo Goldman
Writer
Loring Smith
Commissioner Frank Conn
Barnard Hughes
Lester Swann
Leslie Nielsen
Bob Garrison
Jack Klugman
Joe Larch
Robert Gerringer
D.A. Louis Fontana
Gene Hackman
Stanley McGuirk
Michael Higgins
Dr. Fowler
Conrad Bain
District Attorney Monahan
Jean Stapleton
Mrs. Larsen
Peter von Zerneck
Dr. Gerhardt
Charlotte Rae
Mrs. Abeles
Ricardo Montalban
'Spanish John' Espejo
Richard Bright
Phil Macy
Ward Costello
Tom Aufderheidie
Barbara Harris
Margit Wolsung
John Alexander
Judd Forrest
Geraldine Brooks
Laura Potter
Ken Kercheval
Jack Wilks
James Noble
Ron Mayberry
Lester Rawlins
Dr. Wuhl
Doris Rich
Mrs. Thomas
Addison Powell
Ed Caldwell
Paul Hartman
Sid Barber
Pat Henning
Tom Powers
Bette Henritze
Katie Malloy
Mary Michael
The Maid
Kenneth Konopka
Subway Attendant
Philip Abbott
Dr. Bill Conrad
Frank McHugh
Henry Schell
Clu Gulager
Tom Clinton
David J. Stewart
Judge Steiner
Frank Gorshin
Harry Simms
Mary Fickett
Jenny Scott
Fred Stewart
Alfred Keller
Kent Smith
Dwight Harkavy
Eva Gabor
Madeline Gideon Goblanski
Julie Newmar
Brandy Gideon Morfoot
Sam Jaffe
Dr. William Graham
Olive Deering
Mrs. Pomeroy
Zachary Scott
Jason Lorne
Harry Townes
D.A. John McGuire
Frank Sutton
Joe Dubois
Norma Crane
Belle Remington
Leora Dana
Carol Clark
Dolores Sutton
Beatrice Agostini
Crahan Denton
Al Wilkinson
George Mitchell
Judge / Judge Cortland
Jerry Stiller
Sergeant Wysenski
Warren Stevens
Andrew Trenchard
Anne Meacham
Martha Brubaker
Joanne Linville
Vera Jackman / Peg McCleery
Roland Winters
Jeff Brubaker
James Broderick
George Schreiber / Chuck Agostini
Larry Gates
Prof. Robert Hopkins
Sylvia Miles
Miss Constanto
Biff McGuire
Morton Benjamin
Val Avery
Strafaci / D.A. Anthony Periko / Mac Peters
Fritz Weaver
Vincent Kayle / Leo Graves
Salome Jens
Fay Dumont
Howard St. John
James Stanhope
Glenda Farrell
Edna Holley
Robert Loggia
Joe Manson / Jerry Thomas
Lee Philips
Colonel Miller
Gene Wilder
Waiter
Polly Rowles
Helen Donaldson
Robert F. Simon
Dr. Ernest Montgomery
Harold J. Stone
Charles Crewe
Paul Stevens
D.A. Max Hunter
Ruth Roman
Martha Harrow
Kathleen Maguire
Verna Olson / Beverly Moffat
William Hickey
Hary Lewis
Ed Begley
Simon Gray
Sylvia Sidney
Adela Collins
Don Gordon
Joey Tassili
Jason Evers
Steve Janos
Felicia Farr
Mildred Janos
Alexander Scourby
John Wellman / George Matthias
Lois Smith
Esther Terranova
Mario Alcalde
Ramon Lopez
Miriam Colon
Carmella Lopez
Albert Salmi
Peter Brinks
John Kerr
Jonathan Winthrop
Charles Grodin
Thomas Martin
Malachi Throne
D.A. Gelwicks / District Attorney
Enid Markey
Elspeth Clarendon
James Earl Jones
Reverend Harris Bonham / Lieutenant Andrews
Linda Marsh
Carla March
Lynn Loring
Blair Martin / Irene Demas
Stuart Erwin
Joseph Green
Virginia Gilmore
Laura Fuller
Mary Astor
Flora Goode
Charles Aidman
Dr. Fred Burton
Joan Hackett
Joan Miller
Kevin McCarthy
Ralph Johnson
Dennis Hopper
Alfred Carter Jr. / Jason Thomas
Robert Webber
Michael Hillyer / Father Phelps / Douglas
Michael Strong
Dr. Sobranie / Sgt. Jesse Cobb
Richard Jordan
Peter Crewe / John Strafaci
George Mathews
Detective Al Marks
Darren McGavin
Howard Potter / Marty Wisnovsky
George Voskovec
Dr. Leo Ladzlow / Louis Astor
William Redfield
Earl Tibbets
Aline MacMahon
Mrs. Vronis / Mary Alice Trotter
Estelle Parsons
Mrs. Martin
James Farentino
Carlo Rimini
Nancy Marchand
Rhoda Banter / Mrs. Crile
Carroll O'Connor
Dr. Hugh Morgan / Joshua Ryder
Frank Silvera
Ballin
James Patterson
Barney LeMay / Don Franks
Austin Willis
District Attorney
Ellen Burstyn
Hilda Wesley
Barbara Barrie
Shirley Lowell / Fran Helber
Barbara Baxley
Helen Glass / Deirdre Jael
Russell Collins
Dean Fellows
Philip Coolidge
Joe Lundeen
Edward Binns
District Attorney Wolf / Victor Fergusson
Walter Abel
Ben Burke
Joe Mantell
District Attorney Lavin
Richard Kiley
Harvey Slaughter / Acting Governor White / George Helber
Leo Genn
Dr. Morton Chaney
Lou Antonio
Bo Jackson / Danny Norton
Frances Reid
Mary Cheyney
Arch Johnson
Frank Thorpe
Louise Larabee
Dorothy Patterson
Charles Durning
Juror #11
Jon Voight
Cliff Wakeman / Alan Link
Alfred Ryder
Charley Baronne / Dr. Stanley Winters
Martin Sheen
Dino Locatelli / Adam Novins / Joey Americus / Arnold McCabe
Lilia Skala
Clara Solasky
Murray Hamilton
District Attorney / Miles Morgan / Tark Bennett / Bryan Phelps / D.A. Sid Morgan
Akim Tamiroff
John Solasky
Frank Overton
D.A. Bill Bryan / Malcolm Page / Richard Holmes / William Bryan / District Attorney
Peter Fonda
Gary Foster
William Shatner
Jim McCleery / Charles Terranova / Assistant District Attorney Earl Rhodes / Gil Rawson / Cliff Sellers
Robert Duvall
Al Rogart / Bill Andrews / Luke Jackson
Arthur Hill
Matthew J. Ritter / Fred Braden
Robert Earl Jones
Joe Dean
William Daniels
Mike Herman / Malloy
Melinda Dillon
Jeannie Birch
Pat Hingle
Franklin Williams / Peter Dowling
Mitchell Ryan
Jack Bostick / Harry Cook
Rudy Bond
Cy Wright / Mr. Thompson
Andrew Duggan
Frank Rawlins
Martin Balsam
District Attorney / Floyd Harker / Bernard Maxwell
Tim O'Connor
D.A. James Evans / Frank Evans
Larry Hagman
Edmund Lockwood / Jim Lewton
Janet Ward
Thelma Dawson
Sam Wanamaker
James Henry David / Edward Banter / United States Attorney Brooker / Dr. Ralph Ames / Director
Lillian Gish
Mrs. Cooper / Louisa Clarendon
Vincent Gardenia
Peter Chakris / Mr. Kraft / Sullivan / George Morton
Philip Bruns
District Attorney
Dean Stockwell
Arnold Foster
Zohra Lampert
Florence Meech / Eve Gideon Tubberbye
Janet Margolin
Dinah Caldwell
Patrick O'Neal
Jackson Dark / George Wheaton / Sammy Slater
Ossie Davis
District Attorney Daniel Jackson / District Attorney / Assistant District Attorney / Nixie / Officer Bond
Ralph Meeker
Floyd Cooper
John Marley
District Attorney Samartino
Barry Morse
Gregor Martin
Mike Kellin
Harold Brickman
James Gregory
Paul Tasso
Simon Oakland
District Attorney / District Attorney Gardella / Assistant District Attorney Murphy
Dustin Hoffman
Buddy / Robert Burke
Martin Landau
Dr. Daniel Orren
Milton Selzer
Constable Raymond Kimble / Paul Look
J.D. Cannon
District Attorney / D.A. Al Ashley / Assistant District Attorney Ashley / District Attorney Manetto
Janice Rule
Sheila Phelps
Peter Duryea
Collier
Billy Dee Williams
Private Austin George
Anne Jackson
Sally Brandt
Norman Fell
George Capp
Joan Copeland
Phyllis Maxwell
Ed Asner
Tim Sellers / Harry Obermayer
Susan Oliver
Anna Leverton
Milton Berle
Denny Martin
Howard Da Silva
Peter Cole / Arnold Fermuller
Marsha Hunt
Della Martin
Wesley Addy
Dr. Simons
Skip Homeier
Lieutenant Commander Randolph Kiley
Brenda Vaccaro
Debbie Briggs / Renee Shube / Shirley Thysen
Glynis Johns
Catherine Collins
Laurence Naismith
Mr. Collins
Anne Seymour
Julianna Tripp
James Coburn
Earl Chafee
Logan Ramsey
Mr. Dollicker
James Karen
Paul Damon / Rabbi Fine
Mildred Dunnock
Irene Brennan
Donald Harron
Professor Wilson
Dana Elcar
District Attorney / Dr. Marvin Graham / Rankin
Lee Grant
Norma Burgess / Maria Edwards
Donald Moffat
Dr. Finch / Dr. Leon Elm
Collin Wilcox Paxton
Marilyn Andrews / Rita Bernard
Mark Lenard
Assistant District Attorney Holloman
Horace McMahon
District Attorney
Jack Gilford
David Marcus / Willie Drucker / Louis Brandt
Phyllis Thaxter
Dolores Ritter
Cloris Leachman
Angela Simms
Edward Woodward
H.T. Harris
Mercedes McCambridge
Mildred Cochraine
Teresa Wright
Anne Clark / Melissa Holmes
Jessica Walter
Sharon Ruskin / Myra Maxwell
Diana Van der Vlis
Didi Rawson / Charlene Turner
Robert Redford
Gary Degan
Daniel J. Travanti
Detective Russo
Michael V. Gazzo
Schultz
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Lila Windell
Shirley Knight
Bethany Windell
Albert Dekker
Mark Vronis
Kathryn Hays
Katy Vronis
Madlyn Rhue
Christine Knox
Robert Walker Jr.
Erik Davis
Richard Dysart
Mr. Westfall
Beatrice Straight
Mrs. Campbell
Dane Clark
Mark Gerard
Nancy Wickwire
Elena Garrison
David Opatoshu
Leo Rolf
Kim Hunter
Eileen Rolf
Jack Albertson
Roger Bailey Sr.
Brandon De Wilde
Roger Bailey Jr.
Donald Pleasence
Dr. Byron Saul
Carol Eve Rossen
Sandra
William Smithers
District Attorney Koch
John Colicos
District Attorney
Al Freeman Jr.
Charlton White
Michael Lombard
Corino
George Petrie
Detective Handley
William Severs
Red Bradley
Kenneth Tobey
Blakey
Dan O'Herlihy
Governor William Defoe
Jerry Orbach
J.P. Loring
Ruby Dee
Catherine Collins
King Donovan
Lou Desmond
Susan Anspach
Jackie Dowling
Joan Darling
Bertha Schlock
Murray Matheson
Sir Tony Beardsley
Tom Bosley
Charlie Barry
Shirl Conway
Agnes Haycroft
Gloria DeHaven
Agnes Gideon Pratt
Tsai Chin
Parma Gideon
Albert Linville
Detective
Bruce Kirby
Italian Record
Gary Oakes
Mr. Goblanski
Alfred de la Fuente
Willis
Sandy Ackland
Joshua Gideon
Elizabeth Ashley
Joyce Harkavy
Gerald Hiken
Coroner Adams
William Clemens
Detective Zorn
James Dukas
The Photographer
William Hamilton
The Policeman
Media.
Details.
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parent child relationship
lawyer
courtroom
defense attorney
courtroom drama
Scripted
Wiki.
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama television series that ran on CBS from 1961 to 1965. It was created by television writer Reginald Rose, and stars E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys Lawrence and Kenneth Preston. Original music for the series was scored by Frank Lewin and Leonard Rosenman. The series was spun off from the Studio One episode "The Defender", which starred Ralph Bellamy and William Shatner as the Prestons.
This series is not related to the 2010s CBS series of the same name.
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