- Edward Binns
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birthdate = birth date|1916|9|12
birthplace = city-state|Philadelphia|Pennsylvania
deathdate = death date and age|1990|12|4|1916|9|12
deathplace = city-state|Brewster|New York,USA
occupation =Film , stage,television actor
spouse =Elizabeth Franz (?-1990) (his death)Edward Binns (
September 12 ,1916 –December 4 ,1990 ) was a stage, film and television actor.Binns was born in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . 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 (the painter) in "12 Angry Men " and Major GeneralWalter Bedell Smith in the Academy Award-winning film "Patton" (1970). One small budget, under-rated film was " A Confidential Affair", in which Binns plays a California state investigator, checking into loan frauds in the used car mart. Shot in 1962, it gives a wonderful picture of Los Angeles.He was also in
Alfred Hitchcock 's "North by Northwest ".Binns also appeared in dozens of television programs including being a cast member of "It Takes a Thief" (1969-1970). Binns also played in one episode of the television series "M*A*S*H" as General Korshak.
Binns died from a heart attack at the age of 74 while traveling from New York to his home in Connecticut.
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