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