Edward Binns

Edward Binns

1916-09-12 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 47 Credits

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, B...

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'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

2020

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Film critic J. Hoberman discusses the best-selling 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler on which "Fail-Safe" is based, along with the perva...

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

2000

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Documentary featuring interviews with director Sidney Lumet, "Fail-Safe" (2000) producer George Clooney, star Dan O’Herlihy and screenwriter Walter Be...

After School

After School

1988

as Monsignor Frank Barrett

2.3
Acting

A student-teacher relationship goes way beyond the classroom, including pre-historic times.

The Verdict

The Verdict

1982

as Bishop Brophy

7.4
Acting

Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a former associate reminds him of his obligations in a m...

The Pilot

The Pilot

1980

as Larry Zanoff

6.7
Acting

Mike Hagan is a pilot in passenger service and candidate for the honor "Best Pilot of the Year". Nobody knows that he's got private sorrows - he's an ...

F.D.R.: The Last Year

F.D.R.: The Last Year

1980

as General 'Pa' Watson

5.8
Acting

Though visibly frail and weary, President Franklin D. Roosevelt runs for a precedent-setting fourth term. He also oversees plans for the D-Day Invasio...

The Murder That Wouldn't Die

The Murder That Wouldn't Die

1980

as Allan Battles

2.0
Acting

William Conrad stars as a retired L.A.P.D. detective who has moved to Hawaii and taken a job as a college security chief and assistant football coach ...

The Man You Loved to Hate

The Man You Loved to Hate

1979

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.3
Acting

The Man You Loved To Hate blends revealing interviews, rare photographs, and clips from von Stroheim's legendary and lesser-known works to create a fa...

The Power Within

The Power Within

1979

as Gen. Tom Darrow

Acting

A prospective about a daredevil flyer, barnstorming for county fairs, who becomes a human dynamo after being struck by lightning and is menaced by ene...

Stubby Pringle's Christmas

Stubby Pringle's Christmas

1978

as Red

Acting

Ranch hand Stubby Pringle journeys to a Christmas dance, hoping to find his true love, and learns a valuable lesson about the spirit of the holiday al...

Oliver's Story

Oliver's Story

1978

as Phil Cavilleri

4.8
Acting

Oliver Barrett IV is emotionally devastated by the death of his wife Jenny, and, while he tries to lose himself in his work as a lawyer, the long hour...

Just an Old Sweet Song

Just an Old Sweet Song

1976

as Mr. Claypool

Acting

Upon learning that their grandmother is not long for this world, Nate and Priscilla Simmons pack up their kids and leave Detroit to head down South. E...

Diary of the Dead

Diary of the Dead

1976

as Mr. McNulty

7.0
Acting

An unemployed man who lives with his wife and overbearing mother-in-law sees an opportunity to relieve himself of the old bat, which tangles him in a ...

Night Moves

Night Moves

1975

as Joey Ziegler

6.7
Acting

Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case - a former Hollywood actress want...

Lovin' Molly

Lovin' Molly

1974

as Mr. Frye

4.7
Acting

Spanning nearly 40 years from 1925 to 1964, two Texas farm boys; straight-arrow Gid and laid-back Johnny fight over the affections of the beautiful an...

Hunter

Hunter

1973

as Owen Larkdale

Acting

A fatal crash at a racetrack injures a government agent and exposes an enemy brainwashing scheme.

Fireball Forward

Fireball Forward

1972

as Corps Commander

5.0
Acting

A hard-nose general takes over a division with a bad combat record.

Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones

Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones

1971

as Pedro

Acting

Jai, the orphaned boy adopted by the Monkey Man, helps missionary Charity Jones bring an organ to a friendly tribe, but they are captured by hostile n...

The Sheriff

The Sheriff

1971

as Paulsen

6.0
Acting

A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman rape...

The Tell-Tale Heart

The Tell-Tale Heart

1971

8.5
Acting

A retelling of Edgar Allan's Poe haunting tale.

Patton

Patton

1970

as Major General Walter Bedell Smith

7.5
Acting

"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and p...

Chubasco

Chubasco

1968

as Judge North

3.5
Acting

A wild beach boy takes a job on a tuna fishing boat.

This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage

This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage

1967

as Narration

10.0
Acting

Investigates the central ideas of Marshall McLuhan using pictorial techniques and including his own comments. Examines the reaction of others to his v...

The Price of a Life

The Price of a Life

1967

as Narrator

Acting

Ex-con trying to make good in the outside world with the help of his parole officer in New York City. Filmed on 16mm black and white film on a 12 inc...

The Plainsman

The Plainsman

1966

as Lattimer

4.8
Acting

Calamity Jane tries to help Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickock stop an Indian war.

The Americanization of Emily

The Americanization of Emily

1964

as Admiral Thomas Healy

6.7
Acting

American sailor Charlie Madison falls for a pretty Englishwoman while trying to avoid a senseless and dangerous D-Day mission concocted by a deranged ...

Fail Safe

Fail Safe

1964

as Col. Jack Grady

7.8
Acting

Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little t...

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

1962

as Brakeman

4.8
Acting

Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an...

A Public Affair

A Public Affair

1962

as Sen. Fred Baines

Acting

Expository internal affairs drama which brings to light the often unprincipled tactics used in negative "smear" campaigning, and its effects within th...

Judgment at Nuremberg

Judgment at Nuremberg

1961

as Senator Burkette

8.0
Acting

In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chie...

Desire in the Dust

Desire in the Dust

1960

as Luke Connett

4.0
Acting

Lonnie Wilson returns to small southern hometown after spending six years on the chain-gang for killing Colonel Ben Marquand's son in an automobile ac...

Heller in Pink Tights

Heller in Pink Tights

1960

as Sheriff Ed McClain

5.7
Acting

Nineteenth century Wyoming: the wild West. Mild-mannered Tom Healy has a two-wagon theater troupe hounded by creditors because Angela, his leading lad...

North by Northwest

North by Northwest

1959

as Captain Junket

8.0
Acting

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

The Man in the Net

The Man in the Net

1959

as State Police Capt. Green

5.2
Acting

An artist living in a quiet Connecticut town is the main suspect in the disappearance of his shrew wife. Things turn ugly when the townsfolk attempt t...

Curse of the Undead

Curse of the Undead

1959

as Sheriff

5.4
Acting

A mysterious epidemic has struck an Old West frontier town and young girls are falling deathly ill. Doc Carter, his lovely daughter Dolores, and preac...

Compulsion

Compulsion

1959

as Tom Daly

7.1
Acting

Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.

Young and Dangerous

Young and Dangerous

1957

as Dr. Price

6.0
Acting

Tommy Price is the leader of a gang of young thugs interested in thrills, hot rods and girls. His friends bet him he can't make it with 17-year-old Ro...

Portland Exposé

Portland Exposé

1957

as George Madison

5.8
Acting

The owner of a tavern is pressured by the local mob to go into business with them, and figures it's better all around if he does that rather than caus...

12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1957

as Juror 6

8.5
Acting

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of m...

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

1956

as Lt. Kennedy

6.9
Acting

A newspaper publisher, wanting to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence, talks his possible son-in-law Tom into a hoax in a...

The Scarlet Hour

The Scarlet Hour

1956

as Sgt. Allen

5.3
Acting

An unhappy wife uses her powers of manipulation to draw an infatuated man into an ill-fated jewelry heist.

Patterns

Patterns

1956

as Elevator Starter

7.2
Acting

Staples, a successful plant operator, is brought in from Ohio to take an executive position at Ramsey & Co. in New York. He forms a friendship with Br...

Tragedy in a Temporary Town

Tragedy in a Temporary Town

1956

as Anderson

6.2
Acting

Fifteen-year-old girl Dotty Fisher is assaulted at a construction camp. In the wake of this incident, the construction workers form a vigilante group ...

Vice Squad

Vice Squad

1953

as Al Barkis

5.9
Acting

A Los Angeles police captain (Edward G. Robinson) ties the case of a slain policeman to a bank robbery, all in a day.

Without Warning!

Without Warning!

1952

as Lt. Pete Hamilton

6.0
Acting

Los Angeles is paralysed with terror when a lovesick murderer takes to the streets with a pair of garden shears

Teresa

Teresa

1951

as Sgt. Brown

5.8
Acting

An Italian war bride has problems dealing with her husband's possessive mother.

Halls of Montezuma

Halls of Montezuma

1951

as First Soldier in Final Tracking Shot (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

Richard Widmark leads an all star cast of marine leathernecks including Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Richard Boone and Jack Webb into bat...