Edward Binns

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1916-09-12 (74 years old)

Deathday

1990-12-04

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Edward Binns

Biography

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 Bede...

Acting

1959

North by Northwest

as Captain Junket

1964

Fail Safe

as Col. Jack Grady

1961

Judgment at Nuremberg

as Senator Burkette

1956

1970

Patton

as Major General Walter Bedell Smith

1982

The Verdict

as Bishop Brophy

1975

Night Moves

as Joey Ziegler

1952

Without Warning!

as Lt. Pete Hamilton

1959

Compulsion

as Tom Daly

1964

The Americanization of Emily

as Admiral Thomas Healy

1960

Heller in Pink Tights

as Sheriff Ed McClain

1957

Portland Exposé

as George Madison

1959

The Man in the Net

as State Police Capt. Green

1956

The Scarlet Hour

as Sgt. Allen

1953

Vice Squad

as Al Barkis

1980

The Pilot

as Larry Zanoff

2020

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

as Self (archive footage)

2000

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

as Self (archive footage)

1959

1978

Oliver's Story

as Phil Cavilleri

1957

1974

Lovin' Molly

as Mr. Frye

1951

Teresa

as Sgt. Brown

1988

After School

as Monsignor Frank Barrett

1979

The Man You Loved to Hate

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1968

Chubasco

as Judge North

1980

1951

Halls of Montezuma

as First Soldier in Final Tracking Shot (uncredited)

1962

A Public Affair

as Sen. Fred Baines

1967

1980

F.D.R.: The Last Year

as General 'Pa' Watson

1960

Desire in the Dust

as Luke Connett

1971

The Sheriff

as Paulsen

1979

The Power Within

as Gen. Tom Darrow

1976

Just an Old Sweet Song

as Mr. Claypool

1976

Diary of the Dead

as Mr. McNulty

1957

12 Angry Men

as Juror 6

1972

Fireball Forward

as Corps Commander

1956

Patterns

as Elevator Starter

1973

Hunter

as Owen Larkdale

1966

The Plainsman

as Lattimer

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