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
Herbert Brodkin
Executive Producer / Producer / Executive Producer
Bob Markell
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
Don Richardson
Director
Franklin J. Schaffner
Director
Daniel Petrie
Director
Charles S. Dubin
Director
Alex March
Director
Elliot Silverstein
Director
John Brahm
Director
Leonard Horn
Director
Philip Leacock
Director
Robert Stevens
Director
Robert Butler
Director
Paul Stanley
Director
Jack Smight
Director
Paul Sylbert
Director
William Ball
Director
Tom Gries
Director
Michael Powell
Director
Boris Sagal
Director
Gerald Mayer
Director
Ted Post
Director
Alexander Mackendrick
Director
Paul Stewart
Director
Fielder Cook
Director
Shepard Traube
Director
Sydney Pollack
Director
Ralph Nelson
Director
James Sheldon
Director
Vincent J. Donehue
Director
Lamont Johnson
Director
Denis Sanders
Director
Sidney Katz
Director
John Newland
Director
David Pressman
Director
William Woolfolk
Writer
Ernest Kinoy
Writer
Larry Cohen
Writer
Stanley R. Greenberg
Writer
Roger H. Lewis
Writer
Robert J. Crean
Writer
Ellen M. Violett
Writer
Max Ehrlich
Writer
David Shaw
Writer
Edward DeBlasio
Writer
Alvin Boretz
Writer
James Lee
Writer
Peter Stone
Writer
Albert Ruben
Writer
David Davidson
Writer
Ian McLellan Hunter
Writer
A.J. Russell
Writer
Harold Gast
Writer
John Vlahos
Writer
Jerome Ross
Writer
Charles Garment
Writer
David W. Rintels
Writer
Allan Chase
Writer
George Baxt
Writer
John W. Bloch
Writer
Howard Fast
Writer
Charles Eckert
Writer
Bo Goldman
Writer
Mann Rubin
Writer
Martin Donaldson
Story
Peter A. Chilles
Writer
Adrian Spies
Writer
George Bellak
Writer
Robert Van Scoyk
Writer
A. E. Hotchner
Writer
Arnold Manoff
Writer
Raphael Hayes
Writer
Andrea Russo
Writer
Rod Sylvester
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
Roland Winters
Jeff Brubaker
Joanne Linville
Peg McCleery / Vera Jackman
James Broderick
Chuck Agostini / George Schreiber
Larry Gates
Prof. Robert Hopkins
Sylvia Miles
Miss Constanto
Biff McGuire
Morton Benjamin
Fritz Weaver
Leo Graves / Vincent Kayle
Val Avery
Mac Peters / D.A. Anthony Periko / Strafaci
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
Beverly Moffat / Verna Olson
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
District Attorney / D.A. Gelwicks
Enid Markey
Elspeth Clarendon
James Earl Jones
Lieutenant Andrews / Reverend Harris Bonham
Linda Marsh
Carla March
Lynn Loring
Irene Demas / Blair Martin
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
Robert Webber
Douglas / Michael Hillyer / Father Phelps
Dennis Hopper
Jason Thomas / Alfred Carter Jr.
Michael Strong
Dr. Sobranie / Sgt. Jesse Cobb
George Mathews
Detective Al Marks
Richard Jordan
John Strafaci / Peter Crewe
Darren McGavin
Marty Wisnovsky / Howard Potter
George Voskovec
Dr. Leo Ladzlow / Louis Astor
William Redfield
Earl Tibbets
Aline MacMahon
Mary Alice Trotter / Mrs. Vronis
Estelle Parsons
Mrs. Martin
James Farentino
Carlo Rimini
Carroll O'Connor
Joshua Ryder / Dr. Hugh Morgan
Frank Silvera
Ballin
Nancy Marchand
Mrs. Crile / Rhoda Banter
James Patterson
Barney LeMay / Don Franks
Austin Willis
District Attorney
Barbara Barrie
Shirley Lowell / Fran Helber
Ellen Burstyn
Hilda Wesley
Barbara Baxley
Deirdre Jael / Helen Glass
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
Acting Governor White / Harvey Slaughter / George Helber
Leo Genn
Dr. Morton Chaney
Lou Antonio
Danny Norton / Bo Jackson
Frances Reid
Mary Cheyney
Arch Johnson
Frank Thorpe
Louise Larabee
Dorothy Patterson
Charles Durning
Juror #11
Jon Voight
Alan Link / Cliff Wakeman
Alfred Ryder
Dr. Stanley Winters / Charley Baronne
Martin Sheen
Arnold McCabe / Adam Novins / Joey Americus / Dino Locatelli
Lilia Skala
Clara Solasky
Murray Hamilton
District Attorney / Bryan Phelps / Miles Morgan / Tark Bennett / D.A. Sid Morgan
Akim Tamiroff
John Solasky
Frank Overton
D.A. Bill Bryan / Malcolm Page / Richard Holmes / William Bryan / District Attorney
Robert Duvall
Luke Jackson / Bill Andrews / Al Rogart
William Shatner
Jim McCleery / Cliff Sellers / Charles Terranova / Gil Rawson / Assistant District Attorney Earl Rhodes
Peter Fonda
Gary Foster
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
Andrew Duggan
Frank Rawlins
Rudy Bond
Mr. Thompson / Cy Wright
Martin Balsam
District Attorney / Floyd Harker / Bernard Maxwell
Tim O'Connor
D.A. James Evans / Frank Evans
Sam Wanamaker
Dr. Ralph Ames / James Henry David / Edward Banter / United States Attorney Brooker / Director
Janet Ward
Thelma Dawson
Larry Hagman
Jim Lewton / Edmund Lockwood
Lillian Gish
Louisa Clarendon / Mrs. Cooper
Vincent Gardenia
George Morton / Sullivan / Peter Chakris / Mr. Kraft
Philip Bruns
District Attorney
Dean Stockwell
Arnold Foster
Zohra Lampert
Florence Meech / Eve Gideon Tubberbye
Janet Margolin
Dinah Caldwell
Patrick O'Neal
Jackson Dark / Sammy Slater / George Wheaton
Ossie Davis
District Attorney Daniel Jackson / District Attorney / Nixie / Assistant District Attorney / 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
Robert Burke / Buddy
Martin Landau
Dr. Daniel Orren
Milton Selzer
Constable Raymond Kimble / Paul Look
J.D. Cannon
District Attorney / District Attorney Manetto / D.A. Al Ashley / Assistant District Attorney Ashley
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
Harry Obermayer / Tim Sellers
Susan Oliver
Anna Leverton
Milton Berle
Denny Martin
Howard Da Silva
Arnold Fermuller / Peter Cole
Marsha Hunt
Della Martin
Wesley Addy
Dr. Simons
Brenda Vaccaro
Shirley Thysen / Debbie Briggs / Renee Shube
Skip Homeier
Lieutenant Commander Randolph Kiley
Glynis Johns
Catherine Collins
Laurence Naismith
Mr. Collins
Anne Seymour
Julianna Tripp
James Coburn
Earl Chafee
James Karen
Rabbi Fine / Paul Damon
Logan Ramsey
Mr. Dollicker
Mildred Dunnock
Irene Brennan
Dana Elcar
Rankin / Dr. Marvin Graham / District Attorney
Donald Harron
Professor Wilson
Lee Grant
Maria Edwards / Norma Burgess
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 / Louis Brandt / Willie Drucker
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
Charlene Turner / Didi Rawson
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
Barry Newman
The Reporter
Media.
Details.
This TV Show Is About.
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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