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.

E.G. Marshallas Lawrence Preston
Robert Reedas Kenneth Preston
Loring Smithas Commissioner Frank Conn
Barnard Hughesas Lester Swann
Leslie Nielsenas Bob Garrison
Jack Klugmanas Joe Larch
Robert Gerringeras D.A. Louis Fontana
Gene Hackmanas Stanley McGuirk
Michael Higginsas Dr. Fowler
Conrad Bainas District Attorney Monahan
Reginald Rose
Larry Cohen
Peter Stone
David W. Rintels
Ian McLellan Hunter
Howard Fast
Bo Goldman
A. E. Hotchner