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.
StatusEnded
TypeScripted
Original LanguageEnglish
Network
Season 1 of The Defenders premiered on September 16, 1961
Season 2 of The Defenders premiered on September 15, 1962
Season 3 of The Defenders premiered on September 28, 1963
Season 4 of The Defenders premiered on September 24, 1964
E.G. Marshall
Lawrence Preston
Robert Reed
Kenneth Preston