About The Defenders
- Released on September 16, 1961
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)
Jack Klugman 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)
Richard Bright plays Phil Macy (1 episode)
Ward Costello 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 (1 episode) , Judge Cortland (1 episode)
Jerry Stiller plays Sergeant Wysenski (1 episode)
Warren Stevens plays Andrew Trenchard (1 episode)
Anne Meacham plays Martha Brubaker (1 episode)
Joanne Linville plays Peg McCleery (1 episode) , Vera Jackman (1 episode)
Roland Winters plays Jeff Brubaker (1 episode)
James Broderick plays George Schreiber (1 episode) , Chuck Agostini (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 Strafaci (1 episode) , D.A. Anthony Periko (1 episode) , Mac Peters (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)
Lee Philips plays Colonel Miller (1 episode)
Gene Wilder plays Waiter (1 episode)
Polly Rowles 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)
Alexander Scourby plays John Wellman (1 episode) , George Matthias (1 episode)
Felicia Farr plays Mildred Janos (1 episode)
Lois Smith plays Esther Terranova (1 episode)
Mario Alcalde plays Ramon Lopez (1 episode)
Miriam Colon plays Carmella Lopez (1 episode)
Albert Salmi plays Peter Brinks (1 episode)
John Kerr plays Jonathan Winthrop (1 episode)
Charles Grodin plays Thomas Martin (1 episode)
Malachi Throne plays District Attorney (1 episode) , D.A. Gelwicks (1 episode) , (1 episode)
Enid Markey plays Elspeth Clarendon (1 episode)
James Earl Jones plays Lieutenant Andrews (1 episode) , Reverend Harris Bonham (1 episode)
Linda Marsh plays Carla March (1 episode)
Lynn Loring plays Irene Demas (1 episode) , Blair Martin (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 Douglas (1 episode) , Father Phelps (1 episode) , Michael Hillyer (1 episode)
Dennis Hopper plays Jason Thomas (1 episode) , Alfred Carter Jr. (1 episode)
Michael Strong plays Sgt. Jesse Cobb (1 episode) , Dr. Sobranie (3 episodes)
George Mathews plays Detective Al Marks (1 episode)
Richard Jordan plays Peter Crewe (1 episode) , John Strafaci (1 episode)
Darren McGavin plays Howard Potter (1 episode) , Marty Wisnovsky (1 episode)
William Redfield plays Earl Tibbets (1 episode)
George Voskovec plays Dr. Leo Ladzlow (1 episode) , Louis Astor (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)
Carroll O'Connor plays Joshua Ryder (1 episode) , Dr. Hugh Morgan (1 episode)
Frank Silvera plays Ballin (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)
Barbara Baxley plays Deirdre Jael (1 episode) , Helen Glass (1 episode)
Russell Collins plays Dean Fellows (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)
Leo Genn plays Dr. Morton Chaney (1 episode)
Lou Antonio plays Danny Norton (1 episode) , Bo Jackson (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)
Jon Voight plays Alan Link (1 episode) , Cliff Wakeman (1 episode)
Alfred Ryder plays Dr. Stanley Winters (1 episode) , Charley Baronne (1 episode)
Martin Sheen plays Arnold McCabe (1 episode) , Joey Americus (1 episode) , Dino Locatelli (1 episode) , Adam Novins (1 episode)
Murray Hamilton plays Miles Morgan (1 episode) , Bryan Phelps (1 episode) , D.A. Sid Morgan (1 episode) , Tark Bennett (1 episode) , District Attorney (2 episodes)
Lilia Skala plays Clara Solasky (1 episode)
Frank Overton plays Malcolm Page (1 episode) , William Bryan (1 episode) , Richard Holmes (1 episode) , District Attorney (1 episode) , D.A. Bill Bryan (2 episodes)
Akim Tamiroff plays John Solasky (1 episode)
Robert Duvall plays Al Rogart (1 episode) , Bill Andrews (1 episode) , Luke Jackson (1 episode)
Peter Fonda plays Gary Foster (1 episode)
William Shatner plays Charles Terranova (1 episode) , Cliff Sellers (1 episode) , Gil Rawson (1 episode) , Jim McCleery (1 episode) , Assistant District Attorney Earl Rhodes (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 Malloy (1 episode) , Mike Herman (1 episode)
Melinda Dillon plays Jeannie Birch (1 episode)
Mitchell Ryan plays Jack Bostick (1 episode) , Harry Cook (1 episode)
Pat Hingle plays Peter Dowling (1 episode) , Franklin Williams (1 episode)
Rudy Bond plays Cy Wright (1 episode) , Mr. Thompson (1 episode)
Andrew Duggan plays Frank Rawlins (1 episode)
Martin Balsam plays Bernard Maxwell (1 episode) , Floyd Harker (1 episode) , District Attorney (2 episodes)
Sam Wanamaker plays James Henry David (1 episode) , Dr. Ralph Ames (1 episode) , United States Attorney Brooker (1 episode) , Edward Banter (1 episode)
Larry Hagman plays Edmund Lockwood (1 episode) , Jim Lewton (1 episode)
Janet Ward plays Thelma Dawson (1 episode)
Tim O'Connor plays Frank Evans (1 episode) , D.A. James Evans (3 episodes)
Lillian Gish plays Louisa Clarendon (1 episode) , Mrs. Cooper (1 episode)
Vincent Gardenia plays George Morton (1 episode) , Mr. Kraft (1 episode) , Sullivan (1 episode) , Peter Chakris (1 episode)
Philip Bruns plays District Attorney (1 episode)
Dean Stockwell plays Arnold Foster (1 episode)
Janet Margolin plays Dinah Caldwell (1 episode)
Patrick O'Neal plays Jackson Dark (1 episode) , George Wheaton (1 episode) , Sammy Slater (1 episode)
Ossie Davis plays Assistant District Attorney (1 episode) , Officer Bond (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)
Barry Morse 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) , (1 episode) , Assistant District Attorney Murphy (1 episode) , District Attorney (2 episodes)
Dustin Hoffman plays Buddy (1 episode) , Robert Burke (1 episode)
Martin Landau plays Dr. Daniel Orren (1 episode)
Milton Selzer plays Paul Look (1 episode) , Constable Raymond Kimble (1 episode)
J.D. Cannon plays Assistant District Attorney Ashley (1 episode) , District Attorney Manetto (1 episode) , D.A. Al 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)
Ed Asner plays Harry Obermayer (1 episode) , Tim Sellers (1 episode)
Susan Oliver plays Anna Leverton (1 episode)
Howard Da Silva 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)
Brenda Vaccaro plays Shirley Thysen (1 episode) , Renee Shube (1 episode) , Debbie Briggs (1 episode)
Skip Homeier plays Lieutenant Commander Randolph Kiley (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)
Logan Ramsey plays Mr. Dollicker (1 episode)
Mildred Dunnock plays Irene Brennan (1 episode)
Dana Elcar plays District Attorney (1 episode) , Rankin (1 episode) , Dr. Marvin Graham (1 episode)
Donald Harron plays Professor Wilson (1 episode)
Lee Grant plays Maria Edwards (1 episode) , Norma Burgess (1 episode)
Donald Moffat plays Dr. Finch (1 episode) , Dr. Leon Elm (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 Willie Drucker (1 episode) , Louis Brandt (1 episode) , David Marcus (2 episodes)
Phyllis Thaxter plays Dolores Ritter (1 episode)
Cloris Leachman plays Angela Simms (1 episode)
Edward Woodward plays H.T. Harris (1 episode)
Mercedes McCambridge plays Mildred Cochraine (1 episode)
Teresa Wright plays Melissa Holmes (1 episode) , Anne Clark (1 episode)
Jessica Walter plays Myra Maxwell (1 episode) , Sharon Ruskin (1 episode)
Diana Van der Vlis plays Charlene Turner (1 episode) , Didi Rawson (1 episode)
Robert Redford plays Gary Degan (1 episode)
Daniel J. Travanti 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)
Shirl Conway plays Agnes Haycroft (1 episode)
Gloria DeHaven plays Agnes Gideon Pratt (1 episode)
Tsai Chin plays Parma Gideon (1 episode)
Albert Linville 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)
Crew of The Defenders
Writing
Crew
Directing
Production
Costume & Make-Up
- Loring Smith
- Barnard Hughes
- Leslie Nielsen
- Jack Klugman
- Robert Gerringer
- Gene Hackman
- Michael Higgins
- Conrad Bain
- Jean Stapleton
- Peter von Zerneck
- Charlotte Rae
- Ricardo Montalban
- Richard Bright
- Ward Costello
- Barbara Harris
- John Alexander
- Geraldine Brooks
- Ken Kercheval
- James Noble
- Lester Rawlins
- Doris Rich
- Addison Powell
- Paul Hartman
- Pat Henning
- Bette Henritze
- Mary Michael
- Kenneth Konopka
- Philip Abbott
- Frank McHugh
- Clu Gulager
- David J. Stewart
- Frank Gorshin
- Mary Fickett
- Fred Stewart
- Kent Smith
- Eva Gabor
- Julie Newmar
- Zohra Lampert
- Sam Jaffe
- Olive Deering
- Zachary Scott
- Harry Townes
- Frank Sutton
- Norma Crane
- Leora Dana
- Dolores Sutton
- Crahan Denton
- George Mitchell
- Jerry Stiller
- Warren Stevens
- Anne Meacham
- Joanne Linville
- Roland Winters
- James Broderick
- Larry Gates
- Sylvia Miles
- Biff McGuire
- Val Avery
- Fritz Weaver
- Salome Jens
- Howard St. John
- Glenda Farrell
- Robert Loggia
- Lee Philips
- Gene Wilder
- Polly Rowles
- Robert F. Simon
- Harold J. Stone
- Paul Stevens
- Ruth Roman
- Kathleen Maguire
- William Hickey
- Ed Begley
- Sylvia Sidney
- Don Gordon
- Jason Evers
- Alexander Scourby
- Felicia Farr
- Lois Smith
- Mario Alcalde
- Miriam Colon
- Albert Salmi
- John Kerr
- Charles Grodin
- Malachi Throne
- Enid Markey
- James Earl Jones
- Linda Marsh
- Lynn Loring
- Stuart Erwin
- Virginia Gilmore
- Mary Astor
- Charles Aidman
- Joan Hackett
- Kevin McCarthy
- Robert Webber
- Dennis Hopper
- Michael Strong
- George Mathews
- Richard Jordan
- Darren McGavin
- William Redfield
- George Voskovec
- Aline MacMahon
- Estelle Parsons
- James Farentino
- Nancy Marchand
- Carroll O'Connor
- Frank Silvera
- James Patterson
- Austin Willis
- Barbara Barrie
- Ellen Burstyn
- Barbara Baxley
- Russell Collins
- Philip Coolidge
- Edward Binns
- Walter Abel
- Joe Mantell
- Richard Kiley
- Leo Genn
- Lou Antonio
- Frances Reid
- Arch Johnson
- Louise Larabee
- Charles Durning
- Jon Voight
- Alfred Ryder
- Martin Sheen
- Murray Hamilton
- Lilia Skala
- Frank Overton
- Akim Tamiroff
- Robert Duvall
- Peter Fonda
- William Shatner
- Arthur Hill
- Robert Earl Jones
- William Daniels
- Melinda Dillon
- Mitchell Ryan
- Pat Hingle
- Rudy Bond
- Andrew Duggan
- Martin Balsam
- Sam Wanamaker
- Larry Hagman
- Janet Ward
- Tim O'Connor
- Lillian Gish
- Vincent Gardenia
- Philip Bruns
- Dean Stockwell
- Janet Margolin
- Patrick O'Neal
- Ossie Davis
- Ralph Meeker
- John Marley
- Barry Morse
- Mike Kellin
- James Gregory
- Simon Oakland
- Dustin Hoffman
- Martin Landau
- Milton Selzer
- J.D. Cannon
- Janice Rule
- Peter Duryea
- Billy Dee Williams
- Anne Jackson
- Norman Fell
- Joan Copeland
- Ed Asner
- Susan Oliver
- Howard Da Silva
- Milton Berle
- Marsha Hunt
- Wesley Addy
- Brenda Vaccaro
- Skip Homeier
- Glynis Johns
- Laurence Naismith
- Anne Seymour
- James Coburn
- James Karen
- Logan Ramsey
- Mildred Dunnock
- Dana Elcar
- Donald Harron
- Lee Grant
- Donald Moffat
- Collin Wilcox Paxton
- Mark Lenard
- Horace McMahon
- Jack Gilford
- Phyllis Thaxter
- Cloris Leachman
- Edward Woodward
- Mercedes McCambridge
- Teresa Wright
- Jessica Walter
- Diana Van der Vlis
- Robert Redford
- Daniel J. Travanti
- Michael V. Gazzo
- Geraldine Fitzgerald
- Shirley Knight
- Albert Dekker
- Kathryn Hays
- Madlyn Rhue
- Robert Walker Jr.
- Richard Dysart
- Beatrice Straight
- Dane Clark
- Nancy Wickwire
- David Opatoshu
- Kim Hunter
- Jack Albertson
- Brandon De Wilde
- Donald Pleasence
- Carol Eve Rossen
- William Smithers
- John Colicos
- Al Freeman Jr.
- Michael Lombard
- George Petrie
- William Severs
- Kenneth Tobey
- Dan O'Herlihy
- Jerry Orbach
- Ruby Dee
- King Donovan
- Susan Anspach
- Joan Darling
- Murray Matheson
- Tom Bosley
- Shirl Conway
- Gloria DeHaven
- Tsai Chin
- Albert Linville
- Bruce Kirby
- Gary Oakes
- Alfred de la Fuente
- Sandy Ackland