Actor
Edward Binns
September 12, 1916 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Notable work
8.612 Angry Men (1957)
as Juror 6
8North by Northwest (1959)
as Captain Junket
7.5Patton (1970)
as Major General Walter Bedell Smith
8.5The Twilight Zone (1959)
as Bob Donlin and as General Walters
8Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
as Senator Burkette
7.9M*A*S*H (1972)
as General Korshak
7.5The Verdict (1982)
as Bishop Brophy
7.8Fail Safe (1964)
as Col. Jack Grady
6.7Night Moves (1975)
as Joey Ziegler
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