The pilot for the television series, "The Defenders." The story of Walter and Kenneth Pearson, a father-and-son legal team. Broadcast as two segments of "Studio One," the story relates how the Pearsons defend a young man accused of killing a woman during a robbery attempt.
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as Walter Preston
DeceasedBorn: June 17, 1904
Died: November 29, 1991
Age at death: 87
as Francis Toohey
DeceasedBorn: November 4, 1919
Died: February 13, 1996
Age at death: 76
as Joseph Gordon
DeceasedBorn: March 24, 1930
Died: November 7, 1980
Age at death: 50
as Mrs. Gordon
DeceasedBorn: October 26, 1916
Died: April 3, 2015
Age at death: 98
as Kenneth Preston
AliveBorn: March 22, 1931
Age: 95
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
as Judge Marsala
DeceasedBorn: November 4, 1896
Died: January 23, 1992
Age at death: 95
as Dr. Victor Wallach
DeceasedBorn: January 8, 1915
Died: December 23, 1966
Age at death: 51
as First Guard
DeceasedBorn: May 20, 1904
Died: July 21, 1973
Age at death: 69
as Court Clerk
DeceasedBorn: October 14, 1919
Died: September 30, 2004
Age at death: 84
as Seymour Miller
DeceasedBorn: June 29, 1925
Died: March 5, 2013
Age at death: 87
as First Reporter
DeceasedBorn: July 29, 1922
Died: January 12, 2014
Age at death: 91
as Betsy Fuller
DeceasedBorn: October 15, 1927
Died: October 9, 2022
Age at death: 94
as 2nd Guard
DeceasedBorn: October 25, 1918
Died: October 21, 2006
Age at death: 87
as Peter D'Agostino
DeceasedBorn: October 10, 1912
Died: March 29, 1982
Age at death: 69
as Norma Lane
DeceasedBorn: February 4, 1927
Died: May 11, 2009
Age at death: 82
as Mary Ellen Bailey
DeceasedBorn: August 8, 1911
Died: March 17, 2002
Age at death: 90
as Dr. Horace Bell
DeceasedBorn: February 22, 1902
Died: July 28, 1985
Age at death: 83
as Sergeant James Sheeley
AliveBorn: February 14, 1962
Age: 64
Birmingham, England, UK
as Self / Commercial Spokeswoman
DeceasedBorn: January 3, 1916
Died: April 2, 1994
Age at death: 78
as Courtroom Observer
DeceasedBorn: January 12, 1924
Died: October 31, 2013
Age at death: 89
as Courtroom Spectator
DeceasedBorn: July 1, 1924
Died: October 3, 2003
Age at death: 79
as Juror (uncredited)
DeceasedBorn: November 15, 1929
Died: August 29, 2021
Age at death: 91
as Trial Spectator (uncredited)
AliveBorn: March 26, 1934
Age: 92
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
as Anthony Carmonada (uncredited)
AliveBorn: August 31, 1940
Age: 86
Gosport, Hampshire, England, UK