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TV series · 1961

The Defenders

First aired 16 September 1961 Drama TMDB ↗

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.

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E.G. Marshall
as Lawrence Preston
47
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Enid Markey
as Elspeth Clarendon
67
Juano Hernández
as Juan Tomasso
65
Russell Collins
as Dean Fellows
63
Aline MacMahon
as Mary Alice Trotter
62
Aline MacMahon
as Mrs. Vronis
62
Akim Tamiroff
as John Solasky
61
Ed Begley
as Simon Gray
60
Glenda Farrell
as Edna Holley
57
George Mitchell
as Judge Cortland
56
George Mitchell
as Judge
56
Leo Genn
as Dr. Morton Chaney
56
Roland Winters
as Jeff Brubaker
56
Horace McMahon
as District Attorney
55
Kent Smith
as Dwight Harkavy
54
Robert Earl Jones
as Joe Dean
51
Dane Clark
as Mark Gerard
49
James Gregory
as Paul Tasso
49
Kevin McCarthy
as Ralph Johnson
47
Alexander Scourby
as John Wellman
47
Alexander Scourby
as George Matthias
47
Geraldine Fitzgerald
as Lila Windell
47
Beatrice Straight
as Mrs. Campbell
47
Simon Oakland
as District Attorney Gardella
46
Simon Oakland
as District Attorney
46
Simon Oakland
46
Simon Oakland
as Assistant District Attorney Murphy
46
Edward Binns
as District Attorney Wolf
45
Alfred Ryder
as Dr. Stanley Winters
45
Alfred Ryder
as Charley Baronne
45
Joe Mantell
as District Attorney Lavin
45
Frank Overton
as D.A. Bill Bryan
43
Michael Strong
as Sgt. Jesse Cobb
43
Michael Strong
as Dr. Sobranie
43
David Opatoshu
as Leo Rolf
43
Sam Wanamaker
as United States Attorney Brooker
42
Eva Gabor
as Madeline Gideon Goblanski
42
Martin Balsam
as District Attorney
41
Vincent Gardenia
as George Morton
41
Vincent Gardenia
as Peter Chakris
41
Vincent Gardenia
as Sullivan
41
Vincent Gardenia
as Mr. Kraft
41
Phyllis Thaxter
as Dolores Ritter
41
Addison Powell
as Ed Caldwell
40
Ralph Meeker
as Floyd Cooper
40
Logan Ramsey
as Mr. Dollicker
40
Jason Evers
as Steve Janos
39
Mike Kellin
as Harold Brickman
39
Joan Copeland
as Phyllis Maxwell
39
Murray Hamilton
as District Attorney
38
Kim Hunter
as Eileen Rolf
38
Ruth Roman
as Martha Harrow
38
Leora Dana
as Carol Clark
38
Barbara Baxley
as Helen Glass
38
Barbara Baxley
as Deirdre Jael
38
Jean Stapleton
as Mrs. Larsen
38
Philip Abbott
as Dr. Bill Conrad
38
James Karen
as Paul Damon
37
James Karen
as Rabbi Fine
37
Norman Fell
as George Capp
37
Andrew Duggan
as Frank Rawlins
37
Carroll O'Connor
as Joshua Ryder
37
Carroll O'Connor
as Dr. Hugh Morgan
37
Charles Aidman
as Dr. Fred Burton
36
Kathleen Maguire
as Beverly Moffat
35
Kathleen Maguire
as Verna Olson
35
Lee Grant
as Norma Burgess
35
Lee Grant
as Maria Edwards
35
Biff McGuire
as Morton Benjamin
34
Gerald Hiken
as Coroner Adams
34
Don Gordon
as Joey Tassili
34
William Daniels
as Malloy
34
William Daniels
as Mike Herman
34
Patrick O'Neal
as Jackson Dark
33
Patrick O'Neal
as Sammy Slater
33
Patrick O'Neal
as George Wheaton
33
Nancy Marchand
as Mrs. Crile
33
Nancy Marchand
as Rhoda Banter
33
Mary Fickett
as Jenny Scott
33
Dana Elcar
as Rankin
33
Dana Elcar
as Dr. Marvin Graham
33
Dana Elcar
as District Attorney
33
Joanne Linville
as Peg McCleery
33
Joanne Linville
as Vera Jackman
33
William Hickey
as Hary Lewis
33
Clu Gulager
as Tom Clinton
32
John Colicos
as District Attorney
32
Ed Asner
as Tim Sellers
31
Ed Asner
as Harry Obermayer
31
William Shatner
as Gil Rawson
30
Barry Newman
as The Reporter
30
Janice Rule
as Sheila Phelps
30
Zohra Lampert
as Eve Gideon Tubberbye
30
Zohra Lampert
as Florence Meech
30
Skip Homeier
as Lieutenant Commander Randolph Kiley
30
Susan Oliver
as Anna Leverton
29
Julie Newmar
as Brandy Gideon Morfoot
28
Robert Reed
as Kenneth Preston
28
Joan Hackett
as Joan Miller
27
Mitchell Ryan
as Harry Cook
27
Mitchell Ryan
as Jack Bostick
27
Al Freeman Jr.
as Charlton White
27
Ken Kercheval
as Jack Wilks
26
Charles Grodin
as Thomas Martin
26
Barbara Harris
as Margit Wolsung
26
Salome Jens
as Fay Dumont
26
Shirley Knight
as Bethany Windell
25
Tsai Chin
as Parma Gideon
24
James Farentino
as Carlo Rimini
23
Jon Voight
as Alan Link
22
Jon Voight
as Cliff Wakeman
22
Martin Sheen
as Dino Locatelli
21
Daniel J. Travanti
as Detective Russo
21
Robert Walker Jr.
as Erik Davis
21
Jessica Walter
as Myra Maxwell
20
Jessica Walter
as Sharon Ruskin
20
Susan Anspach
as Jackie Dowling
18
Polly Rowles
as Helen Donaldson
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Mario Alcalde
as Ramon Lopez
Unknown
Mary Michael
as The Maid
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