The Defenders(1961-1965)

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  • Drama

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

    E.G. Marshall

    Lawrence Preston

  • Robert Reed

    Robert Reed

    Kenneth Preston

  • Polly Rowles

    Polly Rowles

    Helen Donaldson

  • Ossie Davis

    Ossie Davis

    District Attorney Daniel Jackson

  • J.D. Cannon

    J.D. Cannon

    District Attorney

  • Murray Hamilton

    Murray Hamilton

    District Attorney

  • Frank Overton

    Frank Overton

    D.A. Bill Bryan

  • Joan Hackett

    Joan Hackett

    Joan Miller

  • William Shatner

    William Shatner

    Jim McCleery

  • Simon Oakland

    Simon Oakland

    District Attorney

  • Michael Strong

    Michael Strong

    Dr. Sobranie

  • Edward Binns

    Edward Binns

    District Attorney Wolf

  • Martin Sheen

    Martin Sheen

    Joey Americus

  • Martin Balsam

    Martin Balsam

    District Attorney

  • Tim O'Connor

    Tim O'Connor

    D.A. James Evans

  • Sam Wanamaker

    Sam Wanamaker

    United States Attorney Brooker

  • Vincent Gardenia

    Vincent Gardenia

    George Morton

  • Jack Gilford

    Jack Gilford

    David Marcus

  • Jack Klugman

    Jack Klugman

    Joe Larch

  • Val Avery

    Val Avery

    Strafaci

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    Status

    Ended

    Seasons

    4

    Episodes

    132

    Last Air Date

    May 13, 1965

    Network

    CBS

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