Edward Binns

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

143

Gender

Male

Birthday

1916-09-12

Day of death

1990-12-04 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Edward 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

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • M*A*S*H

    M*A*S*H

  • The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • Police Woman

    Police Woman

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • The Wild Wild West

    The Wild Wild West

  • The Rockford Files

    The Rockford Files

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • Matinee Theater

    Matinee Theater

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Alice

    Alice

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • One Step Beyond

    One Step Beyond

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • 12 Angry Men

    12 Angry Men

  • The Untouchables

    The Untouchables

  • Cannon

    Cannon

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • McCloud

    McCloud

  • Kraft Television Theatre

    Kraft Television Theatre

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • Run for Your Life

    Run for Your Life

  • It Takes a Thief

    It Takes a Thief

  • It Takes a Thief

    It Takes a Thief

  • Tarzan

    Tarzan

  • M Squad

    M Squad

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • Suspense

    Suspense

  • State Trooper

    State Trooper

  • State Trooper

    State Trooper

  • The Detectives

    The Detectives

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Richard Diamond, Private Detective

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective

  • Checkmate

    Checkmate

  • Laredo

    Laredo

  • Navy Log

    Navy Log

  • Judd for the Defense

    Judd for the Defense

  • Police Story

    Police Story

  • The Thin Man

    The Thin Man

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Telephone Time

    Telephone Time

  • Alcoa Theatre

    Alcoa Theatre

  • Alcoa Theatre

    Alcoa Theatre

  • Stoney Burke

    Stoney Burke

  • The DuPont Show with June Allyson

    The DuPont Show with June Allyson

  • Judgment at Nuremberg

    Judgment at Nuremberg

  • The New Breed

    The New Breed

  • Cain's Hundred

    Cain's Hundred

  • The Nurses

    The Nurses

  • The Dakotas

    The Dakotas

  • Patton

    Patton

  • North by Northwest

    North by Northwest

  • The Loner

    The Loner

  • The Manhunter

    The Manhunter

  • The Aquanauts

    The Aquanauts

  • Outlaws

    Outlaws

  • Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

    Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

  • Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones

    Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones

  • Halls of Montezuma

    Halls of Montezuma

  • Heller in Pink Tights

    Heller in Pink Tights

  • The Tell-Tale Heart

    The Tell-Tale Heart

  • Inner Sanctum

    Inner Sanctum

  • The Verdict

    The Verdict

  • Teresa

    Teresa

  • Letter to Loretta

    Letter to Loretta

  • Stubby Pringle's Christmas

    Stubby Pringle's Christmas

  • Oliver's Story

    Oliver's Story

  • Fireball Forward

    Fireball Forward

  • Patterns

    Patterns

  • The Murder That Wouldn't Die

    The Murder That Wouldn't Die

  • The Brian Keith Show

    The Brian Keith Show

  • Lucan

    Lucan

  • The First Woman President

    The First Woman President

  • Captain Nice

    Captain Nice

  • The Asphalt Jungle

    The Asphalt Jungle

  • This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage

    This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage

  • The Pilot

    The Pilot

  • The Scarlet Hour

    The Scarlet Hour

  • Chubasco

    Chubasco

  • Night Moves

    Night Moves

  • Compulsion

    Compulsion

  • Diary of the Dead

    Diary of the Dead

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • The Power Within

    The Power Within

  • The Plainsman

    The Plainsman

  • Blue Light

    Blue Light

  • Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

    Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

  • Vice Squad

    Vice Squad

  • Desire in the Dust

    Desire in the Dust

  • Hunter

    Hunter

  • Without Warning!

    Without Warning!

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • The Bold Ones: The Senator

    The Bold Ones: The Senator

  • After School

    After School

  • The Sheriff

    The Sheriff

  • Brenner

    Brenner

  • The Man You Loved to Hate

    The Man You Loved to Hate

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • Young and Dangerous

    Young and Dangerous

  • F.D.R.: The Last Year

    F.D.R.: The Last Year

  • Fail Safe

    Fail Safe

  • The Man in the Net

    The Man in the Net

  • The Americanization of Emily

    The Americanization of Emily

  • Lovin' Molly

    Lovin' Molly

  • Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

    Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

  • Portland Exposé

    Portland Exposé

  • Just an Old Sweet Song

    Just an Old Sweet Song

  • Tragedy in a Temporary Town

    Tragedy in a Temporary Town

  • Curse of the Undead

    Curse of the Undead

  • 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

    'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

  • The Price of a Life

    The Price of a Life

  • A Public Affair

    A Public Affair