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TV series · 1954

Public Defender

First aired 11 March 1954 Drama TMDB ↗

The Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as Bart Matthews, an attorney for the indigent. The series aired on CBS from March 11, 1954 to June 23, 1955, a season and a half.

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Paul E. Burns
as Adams
73
Paul E. Burns
as Harry Nelson
73
Paul E. Burns
as Farmer
73
Frank Hagney
as Guard
69
Frank Hagney
as Mac
69
Frank Hagney
as Charlie
69
Marshall Bradford
as Judge Lamar
69
Marshall Bradford
as Judge Knox
69
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
64
Herbert Heyes
64
Martha Wentworth
as Ruby Jones
64
Douglass Dumbrille
as Frank Hackman
64
Jesslyn Fax
61
George Lloyd
61
Will Wright
as Horace Bascomb
59
Celia Lovsky
as Mrs. Pulaski
57
Russell Custer
as Police Officer (uncredited)
54
Frank Ferguson
as Judge
54
Harry Harvey
as Sid Page
53
Lester Matthews
as Ben Pearce
53
Lester Matthews
as Mr. Harrington
53
Ray Teal
52
Ben Welden
as Pinhead Pete
52
Ben Welden
as Donny
52
Ben Welden
as Dominick
52
Ben Welden
as Boss
52
Lyle Talbot
as Dobin
52
William Forrest
as Mr. Berger
51
William Forrest
as D.A. Paul Adair
51
Roy Barcroft
51
George E. Stone
as Louie Ingram
50
Herschel Graham
as Projectionist (uncredited)
50
Don Beddoe
50
John Eldredge
as Chaplain
49
John Harmon
as Mr. Logan
48
Nestor Paiva
as George Barry
48
Damian O'Flynn
as Dr. Hughes
47
Howard Wendell
46
Frank Wilcox
as Attorney
46
Hugh Beaumont
as Gil Bowman
45
Walter Coy
as Det. Sgt. Eggers
45
Walter Coy
as Jim Higgins
45
Walter Coy
as Karl Novak
45
Harold Peary
as Ladislaus
45
Whit Bissell
as Peter Stone
44
John Banner
as Mr. Lambert
44
Paul Bryar
as 1st Policeman
44
Emile Meyer
43
Mae Clarke
as Mrs. Martin
43
Douglas Fowley
42
Reed Hadley
as Bart Matthews
42
Don C. Harvey
as Sheriff-Jailer
42
Don C. Harvey
as Sgt. Lohman
42
Don C. Harvey
as Detective
42
John Pickard
as Capt. Perry
40
Russ Conway
as Paul Carter
40
Russ Conway
as Sam Hewit
40
James Seay
39
John Hubbard
as Harris
39
John Larch
as Trusty
39
Tom Brown
39
Harry Lauter
as Deputy Sheriff Malden
39
Walter Reed
as Attorney
38
Walter Reed
as Cassidy
38
Walter Reed
as Jackson Blake
38
Walter Reed
as Doctor
38
Paul Brinegar
as Bud
36
Max Showalter
as Conrad Martin
36
Robert Bray
as Ray Longo
36
Robert Bray
as Lt. Bell
36
Robert Bray
as Detective Jim Logan
36
Frankie Darro
36
Harlan Warde
36
Adele Jergens
as Miss Murray
36
Ross Elliott
36
Douglas Henderson
as Bill
35
John Doucette
as Denver Morgan
33
Hal March
as Gil Evans
33
Alan Hale Jr.
as Sparky Albright
33
Robert Clarke
as Dan Booker
33
Peter Hansen
32
Ray Montgomery
as Bill Bolling
31
Paul Picerni
as Albert De Marco
31
Richard Deacon
as Truant Officer
31
Gene Reynolds
30
Martha Hyer
29
Robert Patten
as Edward Martin
28
Richard Jaeckel
as Davey Davis
27
Richard Jaeckel
as Jimmy Morse
27
Phyllis Coates
as Amberlee Tolliver
27
Gregg Palmer
27
Patrick O'Neal
as Jim
26
Joe Turkel
as Leo Jackson
26
Skip Homeier
23
Mary Webster
as Mary Nelson
18
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