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TV series / 1961
The Defenders
Episode directors
Paul BogartStuart RosenbergDavid GreeneBuzz Kulik
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Franklin J. SchaffnerDon RichardsonAlex MarchCharles S. DubinDaniel PetrieElliot SilversteinLeonard HornJohn BrahmPaul StanleyPaul SylbertJack SmightRobert StevensWilliam BallPhilip LeacockRobert ButlerRalph NelsonDenis SandersMichael PowellFielder CookDavid PressmanSam WanamakerBoris SagalJames SheldonSydney PollackAlexander MackendrickSidney KatzGerald MayerJohn NewlandTom GriesShepard TraubeVincent J. DonehueTed PostLamont JohnsonPaul Stewart
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, civil rights demonstrators, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing.
The story
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, civil rights demonstrators, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing.
Cast
E.G. MarshallLawrence Preston
Robert ReedKenneth Preston
Polly RowlesHelen Donaldson
Ossie DavisDistrict Attorney · Assistant District Attorney · Officer Bond · Nixie · District Attorney Daniel Jackson
J.D. CannonD.A. Al Ashley · District Attorney · District Attorney Manetto · Assistant District Attorney Ashley
Frank OvertonD.A. Bill Bryan · William Bryan · District Attorney · Richard Holmes · Malcolm Page
Murray HamiltonD.A. Sid Morgan · Tark Bennett · Miles Morgan · District Attorney · Bryan Phelps
Joan HackettJoan Miller
William ShatnerGil Rawson · Charles Terranova · Cliff Sellers · Assistant District Attorney Earl Rhodes · Jim McCleery
Simon OaklandAssistant District Attorney Murphy · District Attorney · District Attorney Gardella
Michael StrongDr. Sobranie · Sgt. Jesse Cobb
Edward BinnsVictor Fergusson · District Attorney Wolf
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Martin SheenJoey Americus · Dino Locatelli · Arnold McCabe · Adam Novins
Martin BalsamDistrict Attorney · Floyd Harker · Bernard Maxwell
Sam WanamakerDr. Ralph Ames · Edward Banter · United States Attorney Brooker · James Henry David
Tim O'ConnorFrank Evans · D.A. James Evans
Vincent GardeniaMr. Kraft · George Morton · Peter Chakris · Sullivan
Jack GilfordWillie Drucker · David Marcus · Louis Brandt
Jack KlugmanJoe Larch
Val AveryStrafaci · Mac Peters · D.A. Anthony Periko
Malachi ThroneD.A. Gelwicks · District Attorney
Richard KileyGeorge Helber · Acting Governor White · Harvey Slaughter
Robert WebberDouglas · Michael Hillyer · Father Phelps
Barbara BarrieShirley Lowell · Fran Helber
Robert DuvallLuke Jackson · Al Rogart · Bill Andrews
Patrick O'NealSammy Slater · George Wheaton · Jackson Dark
Brenda VaccaroDebbie Briggs · Renee Shube · Shirley Thysen
Dana ElcarRankin · District Attorney · Dr. Marvin Graham
Leslie NielsenBob Garrison
Gene HackmanStanley McGuirk
George MitchellJudge Cortland · Judge
Joanne LinvillePeg McCleery · Vera Jackman
James BroderickGeorge Schreiber · Chuck Agostini
Fritz WeaverVincent Kayle · Leo Graves
Robert LoggiaJerry Thomas · Joe Manson
Kathleen MaguireVerna Olson · Beverly Moffat
Sylvia SidneyAdela Collins
Don GordonJoey Tassili
Alexander ScourbyJohn Wellman · George Matthias
James Earl JonesLieutenant Andrews · Reverend Harris Bonham
Lynn LoringIrene Demas · Blair Martin
Dennis HopperAlfred Carter Jr. · Jason Thomas
Richard JordanJohn Strafaci · Peter Crewe
Darren McGavinMarty Wisnovsky · Howard Potter
George VoskovecDr. Leo Ladzlow · Louis Astor
Aline MacMahonMary Alice Trotter · Mrs. Vronis
Carroll O'ConnorDr. Hugh Morgan · Joshua Ryder
Nancy MarchandMrs. Crile · Rhoda Banter
James PattersonDon Franks · Barney LeMay
Barbara BaxleyDeirdre Jael · Helen Glass
Lou AntonioBo Jackson · Danny Norton
Jon VoightCliff Wakeman · Alan Link
Alfred RyderCharley Baronne · Dr. Stanley Winters
Arthur HillFred Braden · Matthew J. Ritter
William DanielsMalloy · Mike Herman
Pat HinglePeter Dowling · Franklin Williams
Mitchell RyanHarry Cook · Jack Bostick
Rudy BondMr. Thompson · Cy Wright
Larry HagmanJim Lewton · Edmund Lockwood
Lillian GishLouisa Clarendon · Mrs. Cooper
Zohra LampertEve Gideon Tubberbye · Florence Meech
Dustin HoffmanRobert Burke · Buddy
Milton SelzerConstable Raymond Kimble · Paul Look
Ed AsnerHarry Obermayer · Tim Sellers
Howard Da SilvaArnold Fermuller · Peter Cole
James KarenRabbi Fine · Paul Damon
Lee GrantNorma Burgess · Maria Edwards
Donald MoffatDr. Leon Elm · Dr. Finch
Collin Wilcox PaxtonMarilyn Andrews · Rita Bernard
Teresa WrightMelissa Holmes · Anne Clark
Jessica WalterMyra Maxwell · Sharon Ruskin
Diana Van der VlisCharlene Turner · Didi Rawson
Loring SmithCommissioner Frank Conn
Barnard HughesLester Swann
Robert GerringerD.A. Louis Fontana
Michael HigginsDr. Fowler
Conrad BainDistrict Attorney Monahan
Jean StapletonMrs. Larsen
Peter von ZerneckDr. Gerhardt
Charlotte RaeMrs. Abeles
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