The Defenders

1961    60m    TV-14
Drama, Crime, Suspense
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Recent law school graduate (Robert Reed) joins his father (E.G. Marshall) as the pair tackle challenging legal cases, often involving issues which were highly touchy for the times (abortion, euthanasia, "un-American" activities, movie censorship). In most the freshly minted lawyer has much to learn from his father's extensive legal experience.
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4 Seasons
  • Season 1
    Season 132 Episodes
  • Season 2
    Season 234 Episodes
  • Season 3
    Season 336 Episodes
  • Season 4
    Season 430 Episodes
Cast of The Defenders
  • E.G. MarshallLawrence Preston
  • Robert ReedKenneth Preston
  • Polly RowlesHelen Donaldson
  • Ossie DavisDistrict Attorney Daniel Jackson
  • J.D. CannonDistrict Attorney
  • Murray HamiltonDistrict Attorney
  • Frank OvertonD.A. Bill Bryan
  • Joan HackettJoan Miller
  • William ShatnerGil Rawson
  • Simon OaklandDistrict Attorney
  • Michael StrongDr. Sobranie
  • Edward BinnsDistrict Attorney Wolf
  • Martin SheenAdam Novins
  • Martin BalsamDistrict Attorney
  • Tim O'ConnorD.A. James Evans
  • Sam WanamakerDr. Ralph Ames
  • Vincent GardeniaSullivan
  • Jack GilfordDavid Marcus
  • Jack KlugmanJoe Larch
  • Val AveryMac Peters
  • Malachi ThroneD.A. Gelwicks
  • Robert WebberMichael Hillyer
  • Barbara BarrieShirley Lowell
  • Richard KileyGeorge Helber
  • Robert DuvallAl Rogart
  • Patrick O'NealJackson Dark
  • Brenda VaccaroShirley Thysen
  • Dana ElcarDistrict Attorney
  • Leslie NielsenBob Garrison
  • Gene HackmanStanley McGuirk
  • George MitchellJudge Cortland
  • Joanne LinvilleVera Jackman
  • James BroderickChuck Agostini
  • Fritz WeaverLeo Graves
  • Robert LoggiaJerry Thomas
  • Kathleen MaguireBeverly Moffat
  • Sylvia SidneyAdela Collins
  • Don GordonJoey Tassili
  • Alexander ScourbyGeorge Matthias
  • James Earl JonesLieutenant Andrews
  • Lynn LoringIrene Demas
  • Dennis HopperJason Thomas
  • Richard JordanJohn Strafaci
  • Darren McGavinHoward Potter
  • George VoskovecLouis Astor
  • Aline MacMahonMrs. Vronis
  • Nancy MarchandRhoda Banter
  • Carroll O'ConnorJoshua Ryder
  • James PattersonBarney LeMay
  • Barbara BaxleyHelen Glass
  • Lou AntonioDanny Norton
  • Jon VoightCliff Wakeman
  • Alfred RyderCharley Baronne
  • Arthur HillMatthew J. Ritter
  • William DanielsMalloy
  • Pat HingleFranklin Williams
  • Mitchell RyanHarry Cook
  • Rudy BondMr. Thompson
  • Larry HagmanJim Lewton
  • Lillian GishMrs. Cooper
  • Zohra LampertEve Gideon Tubberbye
  • Dustin HoffmanRobert Burke
  • Milton SelzerConstable Raymond Kimble
  • Ed AsnerTim Sellers
  • Howard Da SilvaPeter Cole
  • James KarenPaul Damon
  • Lee GrantMaria Edwards
  • Donald MoffatDr. Finch
  • Collin Wilcox PaxtonMarilyn Andrews
  • Teresa WrightAnne Clark
  • Jessica WalterMyra Maxwell
  • Diana Van der VlisDidi Rawson
  • Loring SmithCommissioner Frank Conn
  • Barnard HughesLester Swann
  • Robert GerringerD.A. Louis Fontana
  • Michael HigginsDr. Fowler
  • Conrad BainDistrict Attorney Monahan
  • Jean StapletonMrs. Larsen
  • Peter von ZerneckDr. Gerhardt
  • Charlotte RaeMrs. Abeles
  • Ricardo Montalban'Spanish John' Espejo
  • Richard BrightPhil Macy
  • Ward CostelloTom Aufderheidie
  • Barbara HarrisMargit Wolsung
  • John AlexanderJudd Forrest
  • Geraldine BrooksLaura Potter
  • Ken KerchevalJack Wilks
  • James NobleRon Mayberry
  • Lester RawlinsDr. Wuhl
  • Doris RichMrs. Thomas
  • Addison PowellEd Caldwell
  • Paul HartmanSid Barber
  • Pat HenningTom Powers
  • Bette HenritzeKatie Malloy
  • Mary MichaelThe Maid
  • Kenneth KonopkaSubway Attendant
  • Philip AbbottDr. Bill Conrad
  • Frank McHughHenry Schell
  • Clu GulagerTom Clinton
  • David J. StewartJudge Steiner
  • Frank GorshinHarry Simms
  • Mary FickettJenny Scott
  • Fred StewartAlfred Keller
  • Kent SmithDwight Harkavy
  • Eva GaborMadeline Gideon Goblanski
  • Julie NewmarBrandy Gideon Morfoot
  • Sam JaffeDr. William Graham
  • Olive DeeringMrs. Pomeroy
  • Zachary ScottJason Lorne
  • Harry TownesD.A. John McGuire
  • Frank SuttonJoe Dubois
  • Norma CraneBelle Remington
  • Leora DanaCarol Clark
  • Dolores SuttonBeatrice Agostini
  • Crahan DentonAl Wilkinson
  • Jerry StillerSergeant Wysenski
  • Warren StevensAndrew Trenchard
  • Anne MeachamMartha Brubaker
  • Roland WintersJeff Brubaker
  • Larry GatesProf. Robert Hopkins
  • Sylvia MilesMiss Constanto
  • Biff McGuireMorton Benjamin
  • Salome JensFay Dumont
  • Howard St. JohnJames Stanhope
  • Glenda FarrellEdna Holley
  • Lee PhilipsColonel Miller
  • Gene WilderWaiter
  • Robert F. SimonDr. Ernest Montgomery
  • Harold J. StoneCharles Crewe
  • Paul StevensD.A. Max Hunter
  • Ruth RomanMartha Harrow
  • William HickeyHary Lewis
  • Ed BegleySimon Gray
  • Jason EversSteve Janos
  • Felicia FarrMildred Janos
  • Lois SmithEsther Terranova
  • Mario AlcaldeRamon Lopez
  • Miriam ColonCarmella Lopez
  • Albert SalmiPeter Brinks
  • John KerrJonathan Winthrop
  • Charles GrodinThomas Martin
  • Enid MarkeyElspeth Clarendon
  • Linda MarshCarla March
  • Stuart ErwinJoseph Green
  • Virginia GilmoreLaura Fuller
  • Mary AstorFlora Goode
  • Charles AidmanDr. Fred Burton
  • Kevin McCarthyRalph Johnson
  • George MathewsDetective Al Marks
  • William RedfieldEarl Tibbets
  • Estelle ParsonsMrs. Martin
  • James FarentinoCarlo Rimini
  • Frank SilveraBallin
  • Austin WillisDistrict Attorney
  • Ellen BurstynHilda Wesley
  • Russell CollinsDean Fellows
  • Philip CoolidgeJoe Lundeen
  • Walter AbelBen Burke
  • Joe MantellDistrict Attorney Lavin
  • Leo GennDr. Morton Chaney
  • Frances ReidMary Cheyney
  • Arch JohnsonFrank Thorpe
  • Louise LarabeeDorothy Patterson
  • Charles DurningJuror #11
  • Lilia SkalaClara Solasky
  • Akim TamiroffJohn Solasky
  • Peter FondaGary Foster
  • Robert Earl JonesJoe Dean
  • Melinda DillonJeannie Birch
  • Andrew DugganFrank Rawlins
  • Janet WardThelma Dawson
  • Philip BrunsDistrict Attorney
  • Dean StockwellArnold Foster
  • Janet MargolinDinah Caldwell
  • Ralph MeekerFloyd Cooper
  • John MarleyDistrict Attorney Samartino
  • Barry MorseGregor Martin
  • Mike KellinHarold Brickman
  • James GregoryPaul Tasso
  • Martin LandauDr. Daniel Orren
  • Janice RuleSheila Phelps
  • Peter DuryeaCollier
  • Billy Dee WilliamsPrivate Austin George
  • Anne JacksonSally Brandt
  • Norman FellGeorge Capp
  • Joan CopelandPhyllis Maxwell
  • Susan OliverAnna Leverton
  • Milton BerleDenny Martin
  • Marsha HuntDella Martin
  • Wesley AddyDr. Simons
  • Skip HomeierLieutenant Commander Randolph Kiley
  • Glynis JohnsCatherine Collins
  • Laurence NaismithMr. Collins
  • Anne SeymourJulianna Tripp
  • James CoburnEarl Chafee
  • Logan RamseyMr. Dollicker
  • Mildred DunnockIrene Brennan
  • Donald HarronProfessor Wilson
  • Mark LenardAssistant District Attorney Holloman
  • Horace McMahonDistrict Attorney

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