Edward Binns
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Perry Mason
Lloyd Castle
1957
Series
Perry Mason
Charles Griffin
1957
Series
The Fugitive
George Savano
1963
Series
The Fugitive
Josh Kovaks
1963
Series
The Fugitive
Angstrom
1963
Series
Ironside
Charlie Culver
1967
Series
M*A*S*H
General Korshak
1972
Series
The Rifleman
Keely Thompson
1958
Series
Hawaii Five-O
Mills
1968
Series
Wagon Train
Sheriff Bill Strode
1957
Series
Wagon Train
Jud Steele
1957
Series
Wagon Train
Major Starbuck
1957
Series
Alice
1976
Series
Matinee Theater
1955
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Captain Sloane
1963
Series
The Wild Wild West
Colonel Roper
1965
Series
The Twilight Zone
Bob Donlin
1959
Series
The Twilight Zone
General Walters
1959
Series
The Virginian
Colonel John Briscoe
1962
Series
The Virginian
Mike McCormick
1962
Series
The Virginian
Pa McRae
1962
Series
The Rockford Files
Everet Alton Benson
1974
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
Dan Thompson
1950
Series
Dr. Kildare
Ben Laney
1961
Series
Dr. Kildare
Peter De Gravio
1961
Series
Daniel Boone
Seth Jennings
1964
Film
12 Angry Men
Juror 6
1957
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Abel McHugh
1956
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sam Tompkins
1956
Series
Climax!
Lieutenant Lewis
1954
Series
The Equalizer
Father Martin O'Donohugh
1985
Series
Cannon
1971
Series
The Untouchables
Dr. Samuels
1959
Series
Thriller
Lt. Giddeon
1960
Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Series
The Defenders
Victor Fergusson
1961
Series
The Defenders
District Attorney Wolf
1961
Series
The F.B.I.
Bill Hollis
1965
Series
The F.B.I.
Barney Simms
1965
Series
Studio One
Joe Doyle
1948
Series
Police Woman
John Solvana
1974
Series
Route 66
1960
Series
Gunsmoke
Bill Strapp
1955
Series
Run for Your Life
Colonel Delaney
1965
Series
Navy Log
1955
Series
The Name of the Game
Dan Borden
1968
Series
The Loner
Manet
1965
Series
One Step Beyond
Fred Graham
1959
Series
McCloud
1970
Series
Tarzan
1966
Series
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Lieutenant Larrabee
1957
Series
Suspense
1949
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mr. Brown
1955
Series
Omnibus
Bitter ex-beau
1952
Series
Omnibus
1952
Series
Telephone Time
1956
Series
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
State Trooper
Frederick Walden
1956
State Trooper
Harley Bender
1956
Series
Police Story
1973
Series
The Detectives
1959
Series
Laredo
1965
Series
Stoney Burke
1962
Series
Checkmate
Harl Stoner
1960
Series
M Squad
Wally Gardner
1957
Series
It Takes a Thief
Wally Powers
1968
Series
It Takes a Thief
Wallie Powers
1968
Series
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Series
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Colonel Baldwin
1959
Series
Cain's Hundred
Capt. Ernest Lemoyne
1961
Series
The New Breed
Crafts
1961
Series
Alcoa Theatre
Captain Posen
1957
Series
Alcoa Theatre
Major Robert Fielding
1957
Film
North by Northwest
Captain Junket
1959
Series
Outlaws
1960
Series
The Nurses
Dr. Anson Kiley
1962
Series
Inner Sanctum
1954
Series
The Thin Man
1957
Lux Video Theatre
Silas
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Prosecutor
1950
Series
The Manhunter
1974
Series
The Aquanauts
Ed Barron
1960
Series
The Dakotas
1963
Film
The Verdict
Bishop Brophy
1982
Series
The Investigators
Jim Corbin
1961
Series
Captain Nice
1967
Film
Patton
Major General Walter Bedell Smith
1970
Series
The Brian Keith Show
1972
Film
Night Moves
Joey Ziegler
1975
Film
Judgment at Nuremberg
Senator Burkette
1961
Film
Fail Safe
Col. Jack Grady
1964
Series
The Asphalt Jungle
1961
Series
Lucan
1977
Conflict
1956
Series
Letter to Loretta
Governor Jim Pierson
1953
Series
Blue Light
1966
Film
Lovin' Molly
Mr. Frye
1974
Series
The Bold Ones: The Senator
Arthur Beresford
1970
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Red
1951
Film
Compulsion
Tom Daly
1959
Series
General Electric Theater
Harry Wilson
1953
Film
Halls of Montezuma
First Soldier in Final Tracking Shot (uncredited)
1951
Film
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Lt. Kennedy
1956
Film
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Brakeman
1962
Film
The Americanization of Emily
Admiral Thomas Healy
1964
Film
Vice Squad
Al Barkis
1953
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Daniels
1951
Film
The Plainsman
Lattimer
1966
Film
Oliver's Story
Phil Cavilleri
1978
Film
The Man in the Net
State Police Capt. Green
1959
Film
Diary of the Dead
Mr. McNulty
1976
Film
Curse of the Undead
Sheriff
1959
Series
Brenner
Roy Brenner
1959
Film
The Pilot
Larry Zanoff
1980
Film
F.D.R.: The Last Year
General 'Pa' Watson
1980
Film
The Scarlet Hour
Sgt. Allen
1956
Film
Patterns
Elevator Starter
1956
Film
Heller in Pink Tights
Sheriff Ed McClain
1960
Film
Desire in the Dust
Luke Connett
1960
Film
The Power Within
Gen. Tom Darrow
1979
Film
The Sheriff
Paulsen
1971
Film
After School
Monsignor Frank Barrett
1988
Film
Teresa
Sgt. Brown
1951
Film
Whatever it Takes
Mr. Kingsley
1986
Film
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
Allan Battles
1980
Film
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
Pedro
1971
Film
The First Woman President
Joe Tumulty
1974
Film
Hunter
Owen Larkdale
1973
Film
The Man You Loved to Hate
Self - Narrator (voice)
1979
Film
Portland Exposé
George Madison
1957
Film
Fireball Forward
Corps Commander
1972
Film
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Red
1978
Film
Tragedy in a Temporary Town
Anderson
1956
Film
Chubasco
Judge North
1968
Film
Without Warning!
Lt. Pete Hamilton
1952
Film
The Price of a Life
Narrator
1967
Film
The Tell-Tale Heart
1971
Film
A Public Affair
Sen. Fred Baines
1962
Film
Young and Dangerous
Dr. Price
1957
Film
This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage
Narration
1967
Film
Just an Old Sweet Song
Mr. Claypool
1976