Edward Binns
Acting
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.
Born: September 12, 1916
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Monsignor Frank Barrett
as Father Martin O'Donohugh
as Bishop Brophy
as Larry Zanoff
as General 'Pa' Watson
as Allan Battles
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Gen. Tom Darrow
as Phil Cavilleri
as Mr. Claypool
as Mr. McNulty
as Joey Ziegler
as Everet Alton Benson
as John Solvana
as Mr. Frye
as Joe Tumulty
as Owen Larkdale
as General Korshak
as Corps Commander
as Paulsen
as Arthur Beresford
as Major General Walter Bedell Smith
as Mills
as Judge North
as Wally Powers
as Wallie Powers
as Charlie Culver
as Narrator
as Lattimer
as Bill Hollis
as Barney Simms
as Manet
as Colonel Roper
as Colonel Delaney
as Admiral Thomas Healy
as Col. Jack Grady
as Seth Jennings
as George Savano
as Josh Kovaks
as Angstrom
as Dr. Anson Kiley
as Colonel John Briscoe
as Mike McCormick
as Pa McRae
as Brakeman
as Sen. Fred Baines
as Senator Burkette
as Crafts
as Ben Laney
as Peter De Gravio
as Capt. Ernest Lemoyne
as Victor Fergusson
as District Attorney Wolf
as Luke Connett
as Harl Stoner
as Ed Barron
as Lt. Giddeon
as Sheriff Ed McClain
as Dr. Samuels
as Bob Donlin
as General Walters
as Colonel Baldwin
as Captain Junket
as State Police Capt. Green
as Roy Brenner
as Sheriff
as Tom Daly
as Fred Graham
as Dr. Price
as Captain Posen
as Major Robert Fielding
as Lloyd Castle
as Charles Griffin
as Wally Gardner
as Sheriff Bill Strode
as Jud Steele
as Major Starbuck
as George Madison
as Lieutenant Larrabee
as Juror 6
as Abel McHugh
as Sam Tompkins
as Lt. Kennedy
as Sgt. Allen
as Elevator Starter
as Anderson
as Mr. Brown
as Bill Strapp
as Lieutenant Lewis
as Governor Jim Pierson
as Al Barkis
as Harry Wilson
as Bitter ex-beau
as Lt. Pete Hamilton
as Red
as Daniels
as Sgt. Brown
as First Soldier in Final Tracking Shot (uncredited)
as Dan Thompson
as Joe Doyle