The Defenders(1961-1965)
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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.
Seasons: 4 • Episodes: 132
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Last Episode
13 May 1965 12:00 - 60 years ago
4x30 - Only a Child
Cast
E.G. Marshall
Lawrence Preston
132 episodes
Robert Reed
Kenneth Preston
132 episodes
Polly Rowles
Helen Donaldson
24 episodes
Ossie Davis
District Attorney Daniel Jackson
District Attorney
Officer Bond
Assistant District Attorney
and 1 more...
8 episodes
J.D. Cannon
District Attorney
D.A. Al Ashley
Assistant District Attorney Ashley
District Attorney Manetto
8 episodes
Murray Hamilton
District Attorney
D.A. Sid Morgan
Miles Morgan
Bryan Phelps
and 1 more...
6 episodes
Frank Overton
D.A. Bill Bryan
District Attorney
Richard Holmes
Malcolm Page
and 1 more...
6 episodes
Joan Hackett
Joan Miller
5 episodes
William Shatner
Assistant District Attorney Earl Rhodes
Charles Terranova
Gil Rawson
Cliff Sellers
and 1 more...
5 episodes
Simon Oakland
District Attorney
Assistant District Attorney Murphy
District Attorney Gardella
5 episodes
Michael Strong
Dr. Sobranie
Sgt. Jesse Cobb
4 episodes
Edward Binns
District Attorney Wolf
Victor Fergusson
4 episodes
Martin Sheen
Adam Novins
Arnold McCabe
Joey Americus
Dino Locatelli
4 episodes
Martin Balsam
District Attorney
Bernard Maxwell
Floyd Harker
4 episodes
Sam Wanamaker
Edward Banter
James Henry David
United States Attorney Brooker
Dr. Ralph Ames
4 episodes
Tim O'Connor
D.A. James Evans
Frank Evans
4 episodes
Vincent Gardenia
Sullivan
George Morton
Mr. Kraft
Peter Chakris
4 episodes
Jack Gilford
David Marcus
Willie Drucker
Louis Brandt
4 episodes
Jack Klugman
Joe Larch
3 episodes
Val Avery
Mac Peters
Strafaci
D.A. Anthony Periko
3 episodes
Malachi Throne
District Attorney
D.A. Gelwicks
3 episodes
Robert Webber
Michael Hillyer
Father Phelps
Douglas
3 episodes
Barbara Barrie
Shirley Lowell
Fran Helber
3 episodes
Richard Kiley
George Helber
Harvey Slaughter
Acting Governor White
3 episodes
Robert Duvall
Luke Jackson
Al Rogart
Bill Andrews
3 episodes
Patrick O'Neal
Sammy Slater
George Wheaton
Jackson Dark
3 episodes
Brenda Vaccaro
Renee Shube
Shirley Thysen
Debbie Briggs
3 episodes
Dana Elcar
Rankin
District Attorney
Dr. Marvin Graham
3 episodes
Leslie Nielsen
Bob Garrison
2 episodes
Gene Hackman
Stanley McGuirk
2 episodes
George Mitchell
Judge
Judge Cortland
2 episodes
Joanne Linville
Vera Jackman
Peg McCleery
2 episodes
James Broderick
Chuck Agostini
George Schreiber
2 episodes
Fritz Weaver
Vincent Kayle
Leo Graves
2 episodes
Robert Loggia
Jerry Thomas
Joe Manson
2 episodes
Kathleen Maguire
Beverly Moffat
Verna Olson
2 episodes
Sylvia Sidney
Adela Collins
2 episodes
Don Gordon
Joey Tassili
2 episodes
Alexander Scourby
George Matthias
John Wellman
2 episodes
James Earl Jones
Lieutenant Andrews
Reverend Harris Bonham
2 episodes
Lynn Loring
Irene Demas
Blair Martin
2 episodes
Dennis Hopper
Jason Thomas
Alfred Carter Jr.
2 episodes
Richard Jordan
John Strafaci
Peter Crewe
2 episodes
Darren McGavin
Marty Wisnovsky
Howard Potter
2 episodes
George Voskovec
Louis Astor
Dr. Leo Ladzlow
2 episodes
Aline MacMahon
Mary Alice Trotter
Mrs. Vronis
2 episodes
Nancy Marchand
Rhoda Banter
Mrs. Crile
2 episodes
Carroll O'Connor
Dr. Hugh Morgan
Joshua Ryder
2 episodes
James Patterson
Don Franks
Barney LeMay
2 episodes
Barbara Baxley
Deirdre Jael
Helen Glass
2 episodes
Lou Antonio
Bo Jackson
Danny Norton
2 episodes
Jon Voight
Alan Link
Cliff Wakeman
2 episodes
Alfred Ryder
Charley Baronne
Dr. Stanley Winters
2 episodes
Arthur Hill
Fred Braden
Matthew J. Ritter
2 episodes
William Daniels
Malloy
Mike Herman
2 episodes
Mitchell Ryan
Harry Cook
Jack Bostick
2 episodes
Pat Hingle
Peter Dowling
Franklin Williams
2 episodes
Rudy Bond
Mr. Thompson
Cy Wright
2 episodes
Larry Hagman
Jim Lewton
Edmund Lockwood
2 episodes
Lillian Gish
Mrs. Cooper
Louisa Clarendon
2 episodes
Zohra Lampert
Florence Meech
Eve Gideon Tubberbye
2 episodes
Dustin Hoffman
Robert Burke
Buddy
2 episodes
Milton Selzer
Constable Raymond Kimble
Paul Look
2 episodes
Ed Asner
Harry Obermayer
Tim Sellers
2 episodes
Howard Da Silva
Arnold Fermuller
Peter Cole
2 episodes
James Karen
Rabbi Fine
Paul Damon
2 episodes
Lee Grant
Maria Edwards
Norma Burgess
2 episodes
Donald Moffat
Dr. Leon Elm
Dr. Finch
2 episodes
Collin Wilcox Paxton
Marilyn Andrews
Rita Bernard
2 episodes
Teresa Wright
Melissa Holmes
Anne Clark
2 episodes
Jessica Walter
Myra Maxwell
Sharon Ruskin
2 episodes
Diana Van der Vlis
Didi Rawson
Charlene Turner
2 episodes
Loring Smith
Commissioner Frank Conn
1 episode
Barnard Hughes
Lester Swann
1 episode
Michael Higgins
Dr. Fowler
1 episode
Conrad Bain
District Attorney Monahan
1 episode
Jean Stapleton
Mrs. Larsen
1 episode
Peter von Zerneck
Dr. Gerhardt
1 episode
Charlotte Rae
Mrs. Abeles
1 episode
Ricardo Montalban
'Spanish John' Espejo
1 episode
Richard Bright
Phil Macy
1 episode
Ward Costello
Tom Aufderheidie
1 episode
Barbara Harris
Margit Wolsung
1 episode
John Alexander
Judd Forrest
1 episode
Geraldine Brooks
Laura Potter
1 episode
Ken Kercheval
Jack Wilks
1 episode
James Noble
Ron Mayberry
1 episode
Lester Rawlins
Dr. Wuhl
1 episode
Addison Powell
Ed Caldwell
1 episode
Paul Hartman
Sid Barber
1 episode
Pat Henning
Tom Powers
1 episode
Bette Henritze
Katie Malloy
1 episode
Mary Michael
The Maid
1 episode
Kenneth Konopka
Subway Attendant
1 episode
Philip Abbott
Dr. Bill Conrad
1 episode
Frank McHugh
Henry Schell
1 episode
Clu Gulager
Tom Clinton
1 episode
David J. Stewart
Judge Steiner
1 episode
Frank Gorshin
Harry Simms
1 episode
Mary Fickett
Jenny Scott
1 episode
Fred Stewart
Alfred Keller
1 episode
Kent Smith
Dwight Harkavy
1 episode
Eva Gabor
Madeline Gideon Goblanski
1 episode
Julie Newmar
Brandy Gideon Morfoot
1 episode
Sam Jaffe
Dr. William Graham
1 episode
Olive Deering
Mrs. Pomeroy
1 episode
Zachary Scott
Jason Lorne
1 episode
Harry Townes
D.A. John McGuire
1 episode
Frank Sutton
Joe Dubois
1 episode
Norma Crane
Belle Remington
1 episode
Leora Dana
Carol Clark
1 episode
Dolores Sutton
Beatrice Agostini
1 episode
Crahan Denton
Al Wilkinson
1 episode
Jerry Stiller
Sergeant Wysenski
1 episode
Warren Stevens
Andrew Trenchard
1 episode
Anne Meacham
Martha Brubaker
1 episode
Roland Winters
Jeff Brubaker
1 episode
Larry Gates
Prof. Robert Hopkins
1 episode
Sylvia Miles
Miss Constanto
1 episode
Biff McGuire
Morton Benjamin
1 episode
Salome Jens
Fay Dumont
1 episode
Howard St. John
James Stanhope
1 episode
Glenda Farrell
Edna Holley
1 episode
Lee Philips
Colonel Miller
1 episode
Gene Wilder
Waiter
1 episode
Robert F. Simon
Dr. Ernest Montgomery
1 episode
Harold J. Stone
Charles Crewe
1 episode
Paul Stevens
D.A. Max Hunter
1 episode
Ruth Roman
Martha Harrow
1 episode
William Hickey
Hary Lewis
1 episode
Ed Begley
Simon Gray
1 episode
Jason Evers
Steve Janos
1 episode
Felicia Farr
Mildred Janos
1 episode
Lois Smith
Esther Terranova
1 episode
Miriam Colon
Carmella Lopez
1 episode
Albert Salmi
Peter Brinks
1 episode
John Kerr
Jonathan Winthrop
1 episode
Charles Grodin
Thomas Martin
1 episode
Enid Markey
Elspeth Clarendon
1 episode
Linda Marsh
Carla March
1 episode
Stuart Erwin
Joseph Green
1 episode
Virginia Gilmore
Laura Fuller
1 episode
Mary Astor
Flora Goode
1 episode
Charles Aidman
Dr. Fred Burton
1 episode
Kevin McCarthy
Ralph Johnson
1 episode
George Mathews
Detective Al Marks
1 episode
William Redfield
Earl Tibbets
1 episode
Estelle Parsons
Mrs. Martin
1 episode
James Farentino
Carlo Rimini
1 episode
Frank Silvera
Ballin
1 episode
Austin Willis
District Attorney
1 episode
Ellen Burstyn
Hilda Wesley
1 episode
Russell Collins
Dean Fellows
1 episode
Philip Coolidge
Joe Lundeen
1 episode
Walter Abel
Ben Burke
1 episode
Joe Mantell
District Attorney Lavin
1 episode
Leo Genn
Dr. Morton Chaney
1 episode
Frances Reid
Mary Cheyney
1 episode
Arch Johnson
Frank Thorpe
1 episode
Louise Larabee
Dorothy Patterson
1 episode
Charles Durning
Juror #11
1 episode
Lilia Skala
Clara Solasky
1 episode
Akim Tamiroff
John Solasky
1 episode
Peter Fonda
Gary Foster
1 episode
Robert Earl Jones
Joe Dean
1 episode
Melinda Dillon
Jeannie Birch
1 episode
Andrew Duggan
Frank Rawlins
1 episode
Janet Ward
Thelma Dawson
1 episode
Philip Bruns
District Attorney
1 episode
Dean Stockwell
Arnold Foster
1 episode
Janet Margolin
Dinah Caldwell
1 episode
Ralph Meeker
Floyd Cooper
1 episode
John Marley
District Attorney Samartino
1 episode
Barry Morse
Gregor Martin
1 episode
Mike Kellin
Harold Brickman
1 episode
James Gregory
Paul Tasso
1 episode
Martin Landau
Dr. Daniel Orren
1 episode
Janice Rule
Sheila Phelps
1 episode
Billy Dee Williams
Private Austin George
1 episode
Anne Jackson
Sally Brandt
1 episode
Norman Fell
George Capp
1 episode
Joan Copeland
Phyllis Maxwell
1 episode
Susan Oliver
Anna Leverton
1 episode
Milton Berle
Denny Martin
1 episode
Marsha Hunt
Della Martin
1 episode
Wesley Addy
Dr. Simons
1 episode
Skip Homeier
Lieutenant Commander Randolph Kiley
1 episode
Glynis Johns
Catherine Collins
1 episode
Laurence Naismith
Mr. Collins
1 episode
Anne Seymour
Julianna Tripp
1 episode
James Coburn
Earl Chafee
1 episode
Logan Ramsey
Mr. Dollicker
1 episode
Mildred Dunnock
Irene Brennan
1 episode
Donald Harron
Professor Wilson
1 episode
Mark Lenard
Assistant District Attorney Holloman
1 episode
Horace McMahon
District Attorney
1 episode
Phyllis Thaxter
Dolores Ritter
1 episode
Cloris Leachman
Angela Simms
1 episode
Edward Woodward
H.T. Harris
1 episode
Mercedes McCambridge
Mildred Cochraine
1 episode
Robert Redford
Gary Degan
1 episode
Daniel J. Travanti
Detective Russo
1 episode
Michael V. Gazzo
Schultz
1 episode
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Lila Windell
1 episode
Shirley Knight
Bethany Windell
1 episode
Albert Dekker
Mark Vronis
1 episode
Kathryn Hays
Katy Vronis
1 episode
Madlyn Rhue
Christine Knox
1 episode
Robert Walker Jr.
Erik Davis
1 episode
Richard Dysart
Mr. Westfall
1 episode
Beatrice Straight
Mrs. Campbell
1 episode
Dane Clark
Mark Gerard
1 episode
Nancy Wickwire
Elena Garrison
1 episode
David Opatoshu
Leo Rolf
1 episode
Kim Hunter
Eileen Rolf
1 episode
Jack Albertson
Roger Bailey Sr.
1 episode
Brandon De Wilde
Roger Bailey Jr.
1 episode
Donald Pleasence
Dr. Byron Saul
1 episode
Carol Eve Rossen
Sandra
1 episode
William Smithers
District Attorney Koch
1 episode
John Colicos
District Attorney
1 episode
Al Freeman Jr.
Charlton White
1 episode
Michael Lombard
Corino
1 episode
George Petrie
Detective Handley
1 episode
Kenneth Tobey
Blakey
1 episode
Dan O'Herlihy
Governor William Defoe
1 episode
Jerry Orbach
J.P. Loring
1 episode
Ruby Dee
Catherine Collins
1 episode
King Donovan
Lou Desmond
1 episode
Susan Anspach
Jackie Dowling
1 episode
Joan Darling
Bertha Schlock
1 episode
Murray Matheson
Sir Tony Beardsley
1 episode
Tom Bosley
Charlie Barry
1 episode
Shirl Conway
Agnes Haycroft
1 episode
Gloria DeHaven
Agnes Gideon Pratt
1 episode
Tsai Chin
Parma Gideon
1 episode
Bruce Kirby
Italian Record
1 episode
Elizabeth Ashley
Joyce Harkavy
1 episode
William Clemens
Detective Zorn
1 episode
Barry Newman
The Reporter
1 episode
Juano Hernández
Juan Tomasso
1 episode
Info
Status
Ended
Original Language
English
Networks
CBS