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