Acting
Edward Binns
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
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
Film · 2020
After School
Film · 1988
Whatever it Takes
Film · 1986
The Equalizer
Series · 1985
The Verdict
Film · 1982
The Pilot
Film · 1980
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
Film · 1980
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Film · 1980
The Man You Loved to Hate
Film · 1979
The Power Within
Film · 1979
Oliver's Story
Film · 1978
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Film · 1978
Lucan
Series · 1977
Just an Old Sweet Song
Film · 1976
Diary of the Dead
Film · 1976
Alice
Series · 1976
Night Moves
Film · 1975
Lovin' Molly
Film · 1974
The First Woman President
Film · 1974
The Manhunter
Series · 1974
The Rockford Files
Series · 1974
Police Woman
Series · 1974
Hunter
Film · 1973
Police Story
Series · 1973
Fireball Forward
Film · 1972
M*A*S*H
Series · 1972
The Brian Keith Show
Series · 1972
The Tell-Tale Heart
Film · 1971
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
Film · 1971
The Sheriff
Film · 1971
Cannon
Series · 1971
Patton
Film · 1970
McCloud
Series · 1970
The Bold Ones: The Senator
Series · 1970
Hawaii Five-O
Series · 1969
Chubasco
Film · 1968
It Takes a Thief
Series · 1968
It Takes a Thief
Series · 1968
The Name of the Game
Series · 1968
This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage
Film · 1967
The Price of a Life
Film · 1967
Judd, for the Defense
Series · 1967
Captain Nice
Series · 1967
Ironside
Series · 1967
The Plainsman
Film · 1966
Tarzan
Series · 1966
Blue Light
Series · 1966
The F.B.I.
Series · 1965
Laredo
Series · 1965
Run for Your Life
Series · 1965
The F.B.I.
Series · 1965
The Wild Wild West
Series · 1965
The Loner
Series · 1965
Fail Safe
Film · 1964
The Americanization of Emily
Film · 1964
Daniel Boone
Series · 1964
The Fugitive
Series · 1963
The Fugitive
Series · 1963
The Dakotas
Series · 1963
The Fugitive
Series · 1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Series · 1963
A Public Affair
Film · 1962
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Film · 1962
The Virginian
Series · 1962
The Nurses
Series · 1962
Stoney Burke
Series · 1962
The Virginian
Series · 1962
The Virginian
Series · 1962
Judgment at Nuremberg
Film · 1961
Cain's Hundred
Series · 1961
The New Breed
Series · 1961
Dr. Kildare
Series · 1961
The Defenders
Series · 1961
The Defenders
Series · 1961
The Asphalt Jungle
Series · 1961
Dr. Kildare
Series · 1961
The Investigators
Series · 1961
Heller in Pink Tights
Film · 1960
Desire in the Dust
Film · 1960
Route 66
Series · 1960
Outlaws
Series · 1960
Thriller
Series · 1960
The Aquanauts
Series · 1960
Checkmate
Series · 1960
North by Northwest
Film · 1959
Compulsion
Film · 1959
The Man in the Net
Film · 1959
Curse of the Undead
Film · 1959
The Twilight Zone
Series · 1959
The Twilight Zone
Series · 1959
One Step Beyond
Series · 1959
The Detectives
Series · 1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Series · 1959
Brenner
Series · 1959
The Untouchables
Series · 1959
The Rifleman
Series · 1958
Portland Exposé
Film · 1957
Young and Dangerous
Film · 1957
12 Angry Men
Film · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Series · 1957
The Thin Man
Series · 1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Series · 1957
M Squad
Series · 1957
Alcoa Theatre
Series · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Wagon Train
Series · 1957
Wagon Train
Series · 1957
Alcoa Theatre
Series · 1957
Wagon Train
Series · 1957
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Film · 1956
The Scarlet Hour
Film · 1956
Tragedy in a Temporary Town
Film · 1956
Patterns
Film · 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Series · 1956
Telephone Time
Series · 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Series · 1956
State Trooper
Series · 1956
State Trooper
Series · 1956
Conflict
Series · 1956
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1955
Matinee Theater
Series · 1955
Navy Log
Series · 1955
Climax!
Series · 1954
Inner Sanctum
Series · 1954
Vice Squad
Film · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
Letter to Loretta
Series · 1953
Without Warning!
Film · 1952
Omnibus
Series · 1952
Omnibus
Series · 1952
Teresa
Film · 1951
Halls of Montezuma
Film · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Series · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Series · 1950
Suspense
Series · 1949
Studio One
Series · 1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
Series · 1948
Kraft Television Theatre
Series · 1947