The Defenders
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.
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E.G. Marshall
Lawrence Preston · 132 eps
Robert Reed
Kenneth Preston · 132 eps
Polly Rowles
Helen Donaldson · 24 eps
Ossie Davis
Nixie / District Attorney Daniel Jackson / District Attorney / Assistant District Attorney / Officer Bond · 8 eps
J.D. Cannon
District Attorney / D.A. Al Ashley / District Attorney Manetto / Assistant District Attorney Ashley · 8 eps
Frank Overton
William Bryan / Malcolm Page / District Attorney / Richard Holmes / D.A. Bill Bryan · 6 eps
Murray Hamilton
Miles Morgan / Tark Bennett / D.A. Sid Morgan / District Attorney / Bryan Phelps · 6 eps
Joan Hackett
Joan Miller · 5 eps
William Shatner
Jim McCleery / Charles Terranova / Cliff Sellers / Gil Rawson / Assistant District Attorney Earl Rhodes · 5 eps
Simon Oakland
Assistant District Attorney Murphy / District Attorney Gardella / District Attorney · 5 eps
Michael Strong
Dr. Sobranie / Sgt. Jesse Cobb · 4 eps
Edward Binns
District Attorney Wolf / Victor Fergusson · 4 eps
Martin Sheen
Arnold McCabe / Adam Novins / Joey Americus / Dino Locatelli · 4 eps
Martin Balsam
Bernard Maxwell / District Attorney / Floyd Harker · 4 eps
Sam Wanamaker
James Henry David / Edward Banter / United States Attorney Brooker / Dr. Ralph Ames · 4 eps
Tim O'Connor
D.A. James Evans / Frank Evans · 4 eps
Vincent Gardenia
Mr. Kraft / Peter Chakris / George Morton / Sullivan · 4 eps
Jack Gilford
David Marcus / Willie Drucker / Louis Brandt · 4 eps
Jack Klugman
Joe Larch · 3 eps
Val Avery
D.A. Anthony Periko / Strafaci / Mac Peters · 3 eps
