Synopsis & Context
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.
Season Management
Title Dossier
- Original Title
- The Defenders
- Release
- September 16, 1961
- Screen Time
- 4 seasons · 1h 00min/ep
- Rating
- N/A
- Direction
- Reginald Rose
- Original Language
- English
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Production Status
- Ended
Personas & Cast
E.G. Marshall
Lawrence Preston
132 eps.
Robert Reed
Kenneth Preston
132 eps.
Polly Rowles
Helen Donaldson
24 eps.
Ossie Davis
Officer Bond / Nixie / District Attorney Daniel Jackson / Assistant District Attorney / District Attorney
8 eps.
J.D. Cannon
Assistant District Attorney Ashley / D.A. Al Ashley / District Attorney / District Attorney Manetto
8 eps.
Frank Overton
Richard Holmes / Malcolm Page / D.A. Bill Bryan / William Bryan / District Attorney
6 eps.
Murray Hamilton
Tark Bennett / D.A. Sid Morgan / Miles Morgan / District Attorney / Bryan Phelps
6 eps.
Joan Hackett
Joan Miller
5 eps.
William Shatner
Cliff Sellers / Assistant District Attorney Earl Rhodes / Jim McCleery / Gil Rawson / Charles Terranova
5 eps.
Simon Oakland
Assistant District Attorney Murphy / District Attorney / District Attorney Gardella
5 eps.
Michael Strong
Sgt. Jesse Cobb / Dr. Sobranie
4 eps.
Edward Binns
Victor Fergusson / District Attorney Wolf
4 eps.
