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The Defenders (1961–1965)
4 seasons132 episodes60 min per episode
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.
- First aired
- September 16, 1961
- Last episode
- May 13, 1965
- Network
- CBS
- Country of origin
- United States
Seasons
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Cast
- E.G. Marshall as Lawrence Preston
- Robert Reed as Kenneth Preston
- Polly Rowles as Helen Donaldson
- Ossie Davis as District Attorney Daniel Jackson
- Ossie Davis as District Attorney
- Ossie Davis as Assistant District Attorney
- J.D. Cannon as District Attorney
- J.D. Cannon as Assistant District Attorney Ashley
- J.D. Cannon as D.A. Al Ashley
- Lonny Chapman as District Attorney
- Lonny Chapman as Barney Fox
- Lonny Chapman as District Attorney Harry Hayes
- John Boruff as Judge
- John Boruff as Judge Keene
- John Boruff as Second Judge
- Walter Klavun as Judge
- Walter Klavun as First Judge
- Walter Klavun as Judge Santini
- Frank Overton as D.A. Bill Bryan
- Frank Overton as District Attorney
- Frank Overton as Malcolm Page
- Robert Gerringer as The District Attorney
- Robert Gerringer as D.A. Louis Fontana
- Robert Gerringer as DA Louis Fontana
Crew
- Reginald Rose · Writer