Ed Flanders

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Ed Flanders

Acting December 29, 1934

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Edward Paul Flanders was an American actor. He is best known for playing Dr. Donald Westphall in the medical drama series St. Elsewhere. Flanders was nominated for eight Primetime…

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M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

7.9 1972 TV Show
The Exorcist III

The Exorcist III

6.3 1990 Movie
Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

7.6 1966 TV Show
Salem's Lot

Salem's Lot

6.8 1979 TV Show
Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

7.2 1969 TV Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

7.7 1970 TV Show
Mannix

Mannix

6.8 1967 TV Show
St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere

5.7 1982 TV Show
Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone

7.0 1964 TV Show
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956 TV Show
The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game

7.0 1968 TV Show
Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones

7.1 1973 TV Show

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Edward Paul Flanders was an American actor. He is best known for playing Dr. Donald Westphall in the medical drama series St. Elsewhere. Flanders was nominated for eight Primetime Emmys and won three times in 1976, 1977, and 1983.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1995
    Bye Bye Love

    Movie Walter Sims

  2. 1994
    The Road Home

    TV show Walter Babineaux

  3. 1993
    Message from Nam

    Movie Ed Wilson

  4. 1992
    Citizen Cohn

    Movie Joseph N. Welch

  5. 1992
    Jack's Place

    TV show

  6. 1991
    The Perfect Tribute

    Movie Warren

  7. 1990
    The Exorcist III

    Movie Father Joseph Kevin Dyer

  8. 1989
    The Final Days

    Movie Leonard Garment

  9. 1983
    Special Bulletin

    Movie John Woodley

  10. 1982
    St. Elsewhere

    TV show Donald Westphall

  11. 1982
    Tomorrow's Child

    Movie Anders Stenslund

  12. 1981
    Skokie

    Movie Mayor Albert J. Smith

  13. 1981
    The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

    Movie Brigadier

  14. 1981
    True Confessions

    Movie Dan T. Campion

  15. 1981
    Inchon

    Movie President Harry S. Truman (voice)

  16. 1980
    The Ninth Configuration

    Movie Col. Richard Fell

More credits
  1. 1979
    Salem's Lot

    TV show Dr. Bill Norton

  2. 1979
    Blind Ambition

    TV show Charles Shaffer

  3. 1979
    Backstairs at the White House

    TV show Pres. Calvin Coolidge

  4. 1977
    Mary White

    Movie William Allen White

  5. 1977
    MacArthur

    Movie President Harry S. Truman

  6. 1977
    The Amazing Howard Hughes

    Movie Noah Dietrich

  7. 1977
    The Amazing Howard Hughes

    TV show Noah Dietrich

  8. 1976
    Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking

    Movie Harry S. Truman

  9. 1976
    Truman at Potsdam

    Movie Harry Truman

  10. 1976
    Eleanor and Franklin

    TV show Louis Howe

  11. 1975
    A Moon for the Misbegotten

    Movie Phil Hogan

  12. 1975
    Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

    TV show Ralph Paine

  13. 1975
    The Legend of Lizzie Borden

    Movie Hosea Knowlton

  14. 1974
    Things in Their Season

    Movie Carl Gerlach

  15. 1974
    Lincoln

    TV show George C. McClellan

  16. 1974
    Indict and Convict

    Movie Timothy Fitzgerald

  17. 1973
    Barnaby Jones

    TV show 'Doc' Fred Tucker

  18. 1973
    Hunter

    Movie Dr. Miles

  19. 1972
    The Female Instinct

    Movie Milo Perkins

  20. 1972
    Kung Fu

    TV show Alonzo Davis

  21. 1972
    M*A*S*H

    TV show Lt. Bricker

  22. 1972
    Banyon

    TV show

  23. 1972
    The Trial of the Catonsville Nine

    Movie Father Daniel Berrigan

  24. 1971
    Goodbye, Raggedy Ann

    Movie David Bevin