Edward Binns
Known for Acting · 126 credits
- Born
- 1916-09-12
- Died
- 1990-12-04
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- Ed Binns · Eddie Binns · Edwards Binns · Edwared Binns
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (78)
Perry Mason
1957
as Lloyd Castle / Charles Griffin
The Fugitive
1963
as George Savano / Josh Kovaks / Angstrom
Wagon Train
1957
as Sheriff Bill Strode / Jud Steele / Major Starbuck
Ironside
1967
as Charlie Culver
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Mills
M*A*S*H
1972
as General Korshak
Climax!
1954
as Lieutenant Lewis
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Dan Thompson
The Rifleman
1958
Matinee Theater
1955
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Bob Donlin / General Walters
The Equalizer
1985
as Father Martin O'Donohugh
The Virginian
1962
as Colonel John Briscoe / Mike McCormick / Pa McRae
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Ben Laney / Peter De Gravio
The Rockford Files
1974
as Everet Alton Benson
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Captain Sloane
The Untouchables
1959
as Dr. Samuels
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Abel McHugh / Sam Tompkins
Cannon
1971
Studio One
1948
as Joe Doyle
Alice
1976
Daniel Boone
1964
as Seth Jennings
Police Woman
1974
as John Solvana
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Colonel Roper
The F.B.I.
1965
as Bill Hollis / Barney Simms
Run for Your Life
1965
as Colonel Delaney
Route 66
1960
The Defenders
1961
as Victor Fergusson / District Attorney Wolf
The Name of the Game
1968
as Dan Borden
Omnibus
1952
as Bitter ex-beau
Gunsmoke
1955
as Bill Strapp
Thriller
1960
as Lt. Giddeon
McCloud
1970
One Step Beyond
1959
as Fred Graham
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Mr. Brown
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Lieutenant Larrabee
Telephone Time
1956
Suspense
1949
Laredo
1965
M Squad
1957
as Wally Gardner
The Detectives
1959
Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Captain Posen / Major Robert Fielding
Navy Log
1955
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Police Story
1973
It Takes a Thief
1968
as Wally Powers / Wallie Powers
Tarzan
1966
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Checkmate
1960
as Harl Stoner
State Trooper
1956
as Frederick Walden / Harley Bender
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Silas / Prosecutor
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Capt. Ernest Lemoyne
Stoney Burke
1962
Outlaws
1960
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Colonel Baldwin
The New Breed
1961
as Crafts
The Dakotas
1963
The Thin Man
1957
Movies (48)
12 Angry Men
1957
as Juror 6
North by Northwest
1959
as Captain Junket
Patton
1970
as Major General Walter Bedell Smith
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961
as Senator Burkette
The Verdict
1982
as Bishop Brophy
Fail Safe
1964
as Col. Jack Grady
Night Moves
1975
as Joey Ziegler
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962
as Brakeman
Teresa
1951
as Sgt. Brown
Compulsion
1959
as Tom Daly
Halls of Montezuma
1951
as First Soldier in Final Tracking Shot (uncredited)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956
as Lt. Kennedy
The Americanization of Emily
1964
as Admiral Thomas Healy
The Plainsman
1966
as Lattimer
Vice Squad
1953
as Al Barkis
Heller in Pink Tights
1960
as Sheriff Ed McClain
The Man in the Net
1959
as State Police Capt. Green
Lovin' Molly
1974
as Mr. Frye
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980
as General 'Pa' Watson
Patterns
1956
as Elevator Starter
Chubasco
1968
as Judge North
The Power Within
1979
as Gen. Tom Darrow
Oliver's Story
1978
as Phil Cavilleri
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
1980
as Allan Battles
Fireball Forward
1972
as Corps Commander
Without Warning!
1952
as Lt. Pete Hamilton
Curse of the Undead
1959
as Sheriff
The Pilot
1980
as Larry Zanoff
The Scarlet Hour
1956
as Sgt. Allen
Tragedy in a Temporary Town
1956
as Anderson
Diary of the Dead
1976
as Mr. McNulty
Portland Exposé
1957
as George Madison
After School
1988
as Monsignor Frank Barrett
Hunter
1973
as Owen Larkdale
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2000
as Self (archive footage)
The Sheriff
1971
as Paulsen
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
1971
as Pedro
Young and Dangerous
1957
as Dr. Price
Desire in the Dust
1960
as Luke Connett
Just an Old Sweet Song
1976
as Mr. Claypool
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978
as Red
This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage
1967
as Narration
A Public Affair
1962
as Sen. Fred Baines
The Man You Loved to Hate
1979
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Price of a Life
1967
as Narrator
The Tell-Tale Heart
1971
The First Woman President
1974
as Joe Tumulty
About 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 playin… With 126 credits spanning from 1947 to 2020, Edward Binns has appeared in 48 films and 78 TV shows.
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- 12 Angry Men (1957) — as Juror 6
- North by Northwest (1959) — as Captain Junket
- Patton (1970) — as Major General Walter Bedell Smith
- Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) — as Senator Burkette
- The Verdict (1982) — as Bishop Brophy
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