Edward Binns

Edward Binns

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edward Binns (September 12, 1916 – December 4, 1990) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He had a wide-spanning career in film and television, often portraying competent, hard working, and purposeful characters in his various roles. Binns was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of the first members of the newly formed Actors Studio, Binns began studying with Elia Kazanin the fall of 1947. After appearing in a number of Broadway plays, Binns began appearing in films in the early 1950s. Some of his notable roles include playing Juror #6 in 12 Angry Men and Lieutenant GeneralWalter Bedell Smith in the Academy Award-winning film Patton (1970). Binns featured in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest as a police detective. He played a key role as bomber pilot Colonel Grady in the 1964 film Fail-Safe. Binns also appeared in dozens of television programs including NBC's legal drama Justice, Rod Cameron's syndicated State Trooper, the syndicated adventure series Whirlybirds, the ABC/Warner Brotherswestern series, The Dakotas, the ABC rodeo drama, Stoney Burke, and ABC's war drama 12 O'Clock High. He was cast in CBS's Richard Diamond, Private Detective (as Larrabee in the 1958 episode "Pension Plan"), The Investigators and Thriller (U.S. TV series). Binns appeared as Colonel Robert Baldwin with June Allyson as his screen wife, Eleanor Baldwin, in the 1961 episode "Without Fear" of Allyson's CBS anthology series, The DuPont Show with June Allyson. Also that year he made two guest appearances on Perry Mason, first as Lloyd Castle in "The Case of the Angry Dead Man," then as Charles Griffin in "The Case of the Malicious Mariner," and in an episode of The Asphalt Jungle. He had a leading role in Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone in the 1960 episode "I Shot an Arrow into the Air". Binns also appeared in two episodes of ABC's The Untouchables as gunman Steve Ballard and in a later episode as a doctor. He was a cast member of CBS's The Nurses from 1962 through 1964. He appeared in an episode of the ABC espionage drama Blue Light early in 1966, and in ABC's It Takes a Thief (1969–1970) with Robert Wagner. Binns also appeared in one episode of the ABC series A Man Called Shenandoah, with Robert Horton, as General Korshak on CBS's M*A*S*H, in an episode of NBC's The Brian Keith Show, and in three episodes of ABC's The Fugitive. His distinctive voice was also heard in hundreds of radio and television commercials. Binns died from a heart attack at the age of seventy-four while traveling from New York City to his home inConnecticut. His ashes were scattered at his residence.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Birthday
    9/12/1916
North by Northwest
North by Northwest
8
Fail Safe
Fail Safe
7.8
Judgment at Nuremberg
Judgment at Nuremberg
8.1
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
6.9
Patton
Patton
7.5
The Verdict
The Verdict
7.4
Night Moves
Night Moves
6.6
Without Warning!
Without Warning!
5.9
Compulsion
Compulsion
7.1
The Americanization of Emily
The Americanization of Emily
6.6
Heller in Pink Tights
Heller in Pink Tights
5.7
Portland Exposé
Portland Exposé
6
The Man in the Net
The Man in the Net
5.2
The Scarlet Hour
The Scarlet Hour
5.1
Vice Squad
Vice Squad
5.9
The Pilot
The Pilot
6.7
This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage
This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage
10
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
0
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
0
Curse of the Undead
Curse of the Undead
5.3
Oliver's Story
Oliver's Story
4.8
Young and Dangerous
Young and Dangerous
6
Lovin' Molly
Lovin' Molly
4.7
Teresa
Teresa
5.7
After School
After School
1.9
The Man You Loved to Hate
The Man You Loved to Hate
6.3
Chubasco
Chubasco
3.5
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
The Murder That Wouldn't Die
2
Halls of Montezuma
Halls of Montezuma
5.9
A Public Affair
A Public Affair
0
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart
8.5
The Price of a Life
The Price of a Life
0
F.D.R.: The Last Year
F.D.R.: The Last Year
7.5
Desire in the Dust
Desire in the Dust
4
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
0
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
0
Tragedy in a Temporary Town
Tragedy in a Temporary Town
6.3
The Sheriff
The Sheriff
6
The Power Within
The Power Within
0
Just an Old Sweet Song
Just an Old Sweet Song
0
Diary of the Dead
Diary of the Dead
7
12 Angry Men
12 Angry Men
8.5
Fireball Forward
Fireball Forward
5
Patterns
Patterns
7.2
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
4.8
Hunter
Hunter
0
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