About The Defenders
- Released on September 16, 1961
- Drama
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.
Main Cast of The Defenders
E.G. Marshall
plays Lawrence Preston (132 episodes)
Robert Reed
plays Kenneth Preston (132 episodes)
Secondary Cast of The Defenders
Loring Smith
plays Commissioner Frank Conn (1 episode)
Barnard Hughes
plays Lester Swann (1 episode)
Leslie Nielsen
plays Bob Garrison (2 episodes)
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plays Joe Larch (3 episodes)
Robert Gerringer
plays D.A. Louis Fontana (1 episode)
Gene Hackman
plays Stanley McGuirk (2 episodes)
Michael Higgins
plays Dr. Fowler (1 episode)
Conrad Bain
plays District Attorney Monahan (1 episode)
Jean Stapleton
plays Mrs. Larsen (1 episode)
Peter von Zerneck
plays Dr. Gerhardt (1 episode)
Charlotte Rae
plays Mrs. Abeles (1 episode)
Ricardo Montalban
plays 'Spanish John' Espejo (1 episode)
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plays Phil Macy (1 episode)
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plays Tom Aufderheidie (1 episode)
Barbara Harris
plays Margit Wolsung (1 episode)
John Alexander
plays Judd Forrest (1 episode)
Geraldine Brooks
plays Laura Potter (1 episode)
Ken Kercheval
plays Jack Wilks (1 episode)
James Noble
plays Ron Mayberry (1 episode)
Lester Rawlins
plays Dr. Wuhl (1 episode)
Doris Rich
plays Mrs. Thomas (1 episode)
Addison Powell
plays Ed Caldwell (1 episode)
Paul Hartman
plays Sid Barber (1 episode)
Pat Henning
plays Tom Powers (1 episode)
Bette Henritze
plays Katie Malloy (1 episode)
Mary Michael
plays The Maid (1 episode)
Kenneth Konopka
plays Subway Attendant (1 episode)
Philip Abbott
plays Dr. Bill Conrad (1 episode)
Frank McHugh
plays Henry Schell (1 episode)
Clu Gulager
plays Tom Clinton (1 episode)
David J. Stewart
plays Judge Steiner (1 episode)
Frank Gorshin
plays Harry Simms (1 episode)
Mary Fickett
plays Jenny Scott (1 episode)
Fred Stewart
plays Alfred Keller (1 episode)
Kent Smith
plays Dwight Harkavy (1 episode)
Eva Gabor
plays Madeline Gideon Goblanski (1 episode)
Julie Newmar
plays Brandy Gideon Morfoot (1 episode)
Zohra Lampert
plays Eve Gideon Tubberbye (1 episode)
Sam Jaffe
plays Dr. William Graham (1 episode)
Olive Deering
plays Mrs. Pomeroy (1 episode)
Zachary Scott
plays Jason Lorne (1 episode)
Harry Townes
plays D.A. John McGuire (1 episode)
Frank Sutton
plays Joe Dubois (1 episode)
Norma Crane
plays Belle Remington (1 episode)
Leora Dana
plays Carol Clark (1 episode)
Dolores Sutton
plays Beatrice Agostini (1 episode)
Crahan Denton
plays Al Wilkinson (1 episode)
George Mitchell
plays Judge Cortland (1 episode) , Judge (1 episode)
Jerry Stiller
plays Sergeant Wysenski (1 episode)
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plays Andrew Trenchard (1 episode)
Anne Meacham
plays Martha Brubaker (1 episode)
Joanne Linville
plays Vera Jackman (1 episode) , Peg McCleery (1 episode)
Roland Winters
plays Jeff Brubaker (1 episode)
James Broderick
plays Chuck Agostini (1 episode) , George Schreiber (1 episode)
Larry Gates
plays Prof. Robert Hopkins (1 episode)
Sylvia Miles
plays Miss Constanto (1 episode)
Biff McGuire
plays Morton Benjamin (1 episode)
Val Avery
plays Mac Peters (1 episode) , Strafaci (1 episode) , D.A. Anthony Periko (1 episode)
Fritz Weaver
plays Leo Graves (1 episode) , Vincent Kayle (1 episode)
Salome Jens
plays Fay Dumont (1 episode)
Howard St. John
plays James Stanhope (1 episode)
Glenda Farrell
plays Edna Holley (1 episode)
Robert Loggia
plays Joe Manson (1 episode) , Jerry Thomas (1 episode)
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plays Colonel Miller (1 episode)
Gene Wilder
plays Waiter (1 episode)
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plays Helen Donaldson (24 episodes)
Robert F. Simon
plays Dr. Ernest Montgomery (1 episode)
Harold J. Stone
plays Charles Crewe (1 episode)
Paul Stevens
plays D.A. Max Hunter (1 episode)
Ruth Roman
plays Martha Harrow (1 episode)
Kathleen Maguire
plays Verna Olson (1 episode) , Beverly Moffat (1 episode)
William Hickey
plays Hary Lewis (1 episode)
Ed Begley
plays Simon Gray (1 episode)
Sylvia Sidney
plays Adela Collins (2 episodes)
Don Gordon
plays Joey Tassili (2 episodes)
Jason Evers
plays Steve Janos (1 episode)
Felicia Farr
plays Mildred Janos (1 episode)
Alexander Scourby
plays George Matthias (1 episode) , John Wellman (1 episode)
Lois Smith
plays Esther Terranova (1 episode)
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plays Ramon Lopez (1 episode)
Miriam Colon
plays Carmella Lopez (1 episode)
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plays Peter Brinks (1 episode)
John Kerr
plays Jonathan Winthrop (1 episode)
Charles Grodin
plays Thomas Martin (1 episode)
Malachi Throne
plays D.A. Gelwicks (1 episode) , (1 episode) , District Attorney (1 episode)
Enid Markey
plays Elspeth Clarendon (1 episode)
James Earl Jones
plays Reverend Harris Bonham (1 episode) , Lieutenant Andrews (1 episode)
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plays Carla March (1 episode)
Lynn Loring
plays Blair Martin (1 episode) , Irene Demas (1 episode)
Stuart Erwin
plays Joseph Green (1 episode)
Virginia Gilmore
plays Laura Fuller (1 episode)
Mary Astor
plays Flora Goode (1 episode)
Charles Aidman
plays Dr. Fred Burton (1 episode)
Joan Hackett
plays Joan Miller (5 episodes)
Kevin McCarthy
plays Ralph Johnson (1 episode)
Robert Webber
plays Michael Hillyer (1 episode) , Douglas (1 episode) , Father Phelps (1 episode)
Dennis Hopper
plays Alfred Carter Jr. (1 episode) , Jason Thomas (1 episode)
Michael Strong
plays Sgt. Jesse Cobb (1 episode) , Dr. Sobranie (3 episodes)
Richard Jordan
plays John Strafaci (1 episode) , Peter Crewe (1 episode)
George Mathews
plays Detective Al Marks (1 episode)
Darren McGavin
plays Marty Wisnovsky (1 episode) , Howard Potter (1 episode)
George Voskovec
plays Louis Astor (1 episode) , Dr. Leo Ladzlow (1 episode)
William Redfield
plays Earl Tibbets (1 episode)
Aline MacMahon
plays Mrs. Vronis (1 episode) , Mary Alice Trotter (1 episode)
Estelle Parsons
plays Mrs. Martin (1 episode)
James Farentino
plays Carlo Rimini (1 episode)
Nancy Marchand
plays Rhoda Banter (1 episode) , Mrs. Crile (1 episode)
Frank Silvera
plays Ballin (1 episode)
Carroll O'Connor
plays Dr. Hugh Morgan (1 episode) , Joshua Ryder (1 episode)
James Patterson
plays Don Franks (1 episode) , Barney LeMay (1 episode)
Austin Willis
plays District Attorney (1 episode)
Barbara Barrie
plays Fran Helber (1 episode) , Shirley Lowell (2 episodes)
Ellen Burstyn
plays Hilda Wesley (1 episode)
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plays Dean Fellows (1 episode)
Barbara Baxley
plays Helen Glass (1 episode) , Deirdre Jael (1 episode)
Philip Coolidge
plays Joe Lundeen (1 episode)
Edward Binns
plays Victor Fergusson (1 episode) , District Attorney Wolf (3 episodes)
Walter Abel
plays Ben Burke (1 episode)
Joe Mantell
plays District Attorney Lavin (1 episode)
Richard Kiley
plays Acting Governor White (1 episode) , George Helber (1 episode) , Harvey Slaughter (1 episode)
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plays Dr. Morton Chaney (1 episode)
Lou Antonio
plays Bo Jackson (1 episode) , Danny Norton (1 episode)
Frances Reid
plays Mary Cheyney (1 episode)
Arch Johnson
plays Frank Thorpe (1 episode)
Louise Larabee
plays Dorothy Patterson (1 episode)
Charles Durning
plays Juror #11 (1 episode)
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plays Cliff Wakeman (1 episode) , Alan Link (1 episode)
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plays Charley Baronne (1 episode) , Dr. Stanley Winters (1 episode)
Martin Sheen
plays Dino Locatelli (1 episode) , Joey Americus (1 episode) , Arnold McCabe (1 episode) , Adam Novins (1 episode)
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plays Tark Bennett (1 episode) , D.A. Sid Morgan (1 episode) , Bryan Phelps (1 episode) , Miles Morgan (1 episode) , District Attorney (2 episodes)
Lilia Skala
plays Clara Solasky (1 episode)
Frank Overton
plays William Bryan (1 episode) , Malcolm Page (1 episode) , District Attorney (1 episode) , Richard Holmes (1 episode) , D.A. Bill Bryan (2 episodes)
Akim Tamiroff
plays John Solasky (1 episode)
William Shatner
plays Jim McCleery (1 episode) , Assistant District Attorney Earl Rhodes (1 episode) , Cliff Sellers (1 episode) , Charles Terranova (1 episode) , Gil Rawson (1 episode)
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plays Bill Andrews (1 episode) , Luke Jackson (1 episode) , Al Rogart (1 episode)
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plays Gary Foster (1 episode)
Arthur Hill
plays Fred Braden (1 episode) , Matthew J. Ritter (1 episode)
Robert Earl Jones
plays Joe Dean (1 episode)
William Daniels
plays Mike Herman (1 episode) , Malloy (1 episode)
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plays Jeannie Birch (1 episode)
Pat Hingle
plays Franklin Williams (1 episode) , Peter Dowling (1 episode)
Mitchell Ryan
plays Harry Cook (1 episode) , Jack Bostick (1 episode)
Rudy Bond
plays Mr. Thompson (1 episode) , Cy Wright (1 episode)
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plays Frank Rawlins (1 episode)
Martin Balsam
plays Floyd Harker (1 episode) , Bernard Maxwell (1 episode) , District Attorney (2 episodes)
Larry Hagman
plays Jim Lewton (1 episode) , Edmund Lockwood (1 episode)
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plays Frank Evans (1 episode) , D.A. James Evans (3 episodes)
Sam Wanamaker
plays United States Attorney Brooker (1 episode) , Edward Banter (1 episode) , James Henry David (1 episode) , Dr. Ralph Ames (1 episode)
Janet Ward
plays Thelma Dawson (1 episode)
Lillian Gish
plays Mrs. Cooper (1 episode) , Louisa Clarendon (1 episode)
Vincent Gardenia
plays Peter Chakris (1 episode) , George Morton (1 episode) , Mr. Kraft (1 episode) , Sullivan (1 episode)
Philip Bruns
plays District Attorney (1 episode)
Dean Stockwell
plays Arnold Foster (1 episode)
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plays Dinah Caldwell (1 episode)
Patrick O'Neal
plays George Wheaton (1 episode) , Jackson Dark (1 episode) , Sammy Slater (1 episode)
Ossie Davis
plays Officer Bond (1 episode) , Assistant District Attorney (1 episode) , Nixie (1 episode) , District Attorney (2 episodes) , District Attorney Daniel Jackson (3 episodes)
Ralph Meeker
plays Floyd Cooper (1 episode)
John Marley
plays District Attorney Samartino (1 episode)
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plays Gregor Martin (1 episode)
Mike Kellin
plays Harold Brickman (1 episode)
James Gregory
plays Paul Tasso (1 episode)
Simon Oakland
plays District Attorney Gardella (1 episode) , Assistant District Attorney Murphy (1 episode) , (1 episode) , District Attorney (2 episodes)
Dustin Hoffman
plays Buddy (1 episode) , Robert Burke (1 episode)
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plays Dr. Daniel Orren (1 episode)
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plays Paul Look (1 episode) , Constable Raymond Kimble (1 episode)
J.D. Cannon
plays District Attorney Manetto (1 episode) , D.A. Al Ashley (1 episode) , Assistant District Attorney Ashley (1 episode) , District Attorney (5 episodes)
Janice Rule
plays Sheila Phelps (1 episode)
Peter Duryea
plays Collier (1 episode)
Billy Dee Williams
plays Private Austin George (1 episode)
Anne Jackson
plays Sally Brandt (1 episode)
Norman Fell
plays George Capp (1 episode)
Joan Copeland
plays Phyllis Maxwell (1 episode)
Susan Oliver
plays Anna Leverton (1 episode)
Ed Asner
plays Harry Obermayer (1 episode) , Tim Sellers (1 episode)
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plays Arnold Fermuller (1 episode) , Peter Cole (1 episode)
Milton Berle
plays Denny Martin (1 episode)
Marsha Hunt
plays Della Martin (1 episode)
Wesley Addy
plays Dr. Simons (1 episode)
Skip Homeier
plays Lieutenant Commander Randolph Kiley (1 episode)
Brenda Vaccaro
plays Shirley Thysen (1 episode) , Debbie Briggs (1 episode) , Renee Shube (1 episode)
Glynis Johns
plays Catherine Collins (1 episode)
Laurence Naismith
plays Mr. Collins (1 episode)
Anne Seymour
plays Julianna Tripp (1 episode)
James Coburn
plays Earl Chafee (1 episode)
James Karen
plays Paul Damon (1 episode) , Rabbi Fine (1 episode)
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plays Mr. Dollicker (1 episode)
Mildred Dunnock
plays Irene Brennan (1 episode)
Dana Elcar
plays Rankin (1 episode) , District Attorney (1 episode) , Dr. Marvin Graham (1 episode)
Donald Harron
plays Professor Wilson (1 episode)
Lee Grant
plays Norma Burgess (1 episode) , Maria Edwards (1 episode)
Donald Moffat
plays Dr. Leon Elm (1 episode) , Dr. Finch (1 episode)
Collin Wilcox Paxton
plays Rita Bernard (1 episode) , Marilyn Andrews (1 episode)
Mark Lenard
plays Assistant District Attorney Holloman (1 episode)
Horace McMahon
plays District Attorney (1 episode)
Jack Gilford
plays Louis Brandt (1 episode) , Willie Drucker (1 episode) , David Marcus (2 episodes)
Phyllis Thaxter
plays Dolores Ritter (1 episode)
Cloris Leachman
plays Angela Simms (1 episode)
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plays H.T. Harris (1 episode)
Mercedes McCambridge
plays Mildred Cochraine (1 episode)
Teresa Wright
plays Anne Clark (1 episode) , Melissa Holmes (1 episode)
Jessica Walter
plays Myra Maxwell (1 episode) , Sharon Ruskin (1 episode)
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plays Charlene Turner (1 episode) , Didi Rawson (1 episode)
Robert Redford
plays Gary Degan (1 episode)
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plays Detective Russo (1 episode)
Michael V. Gazzo
plays Schultz (1 episode)
Geraldine Fitzgerald
plays Lila Windell (1 episode)
Shirley Knight
plays Bethany Windell (1 episode)
Albert Dekker
plays Mark Vronis (1 episode)
Kathryn Hays
plays Katy Vronis (1 episode)
Madlyn Rhue
plays Christine Knox (1 episode)
Robert Walker Jr.
plays Erik Davis (1 episode)
Richard Dysart
plays Mr. Westfall (1 episode)
Beatrice Straight
plays Mrs. Campbell (1 episode)
Dane Clark
plays Mark Gerard (1 episode)
Nancy Wickwire
plays Elena Garrison (1 episode)
David Opatoshu
plays Leo Rolf (1 episode)
Kim Hunter
plays Eileen Rolf (1 episode)
Jack Albertson
plays Roger Bailey Sr. (1 episode)
Brandon De Wilde
plays Roger Bailey Jr. (1 episode)
Donald Pleasence
plays Dr. Byron Saul (1 episode)
Carol Eve Rossen
plays Sandra (1 episode)
William Smithers
plays District Attorney Koch (1 episode)
John Colicos
plays District Attorney (1 episode)
Al Freeman Jr.
plays Charlton White (1 episode)
Michael Lombard
plays Corino (1 episode)
George Petrie
plays Detective Handley (1 episode)
William Severs
plays Red Bradley (1 episode)
Kenneth Tobey
plays Blakey (1 episode)
Dan O'Herlihy
plays Governor William Defoe (1 episode)
Jerry Orbach
plays J.P. Loring (1 episode)
Ruby Dee
plays Catherine Collins (1 episode)
King Donovan
plays Lou Desmond (1 episode)
Susan Anspach
plays Jackie Dowling (1 episode)
Joan Darling
plays Bertha Schlock (1 episode)
Murray Matheson
plays Sir Tony Beardsley (1 episode)
Tom Bosley
plays Charlie Barry (1 episode)
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plays Agnes Haycroft (1 episode)
Gloria DeHaven
plays Agnes Gideon Pratt (1 episode)
Tsai Chin
plays Parma Gideon (1 episode)
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plays Detective (1 episode)
Bruce Kirby
plays Italian Record (1 episode)
Gary Oakes
plays Mr. Goblanski (1 episode)
Alfred de la Fuente
plays Willis (1 episode)
Sandy Ackland
plays Joshua Gideon (1 episode)
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