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Edward Paul "Ed" Flanders was an American actor. He is best known for playing Dr. Donald Westphall in the medical drama series St. Elsewhere (1982–1988). Flanders was nominated for eight Primetime Emmys and won three times in 1976, 1977, and 1983.
Birth Name
Edward Paul Flanders
Born
Saturday, 29 December 1934
Died
Wednesday, 22 February 1995
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Pioneers of Television | Dr. Donald Westphall - St. Elsewhere | 2008 |
| Bye Bye Love | Walter Sims | 1995 |
| The Road Home | Walter Babineaux | 1994 |
| Message from Nam | Ed Wilson | 1993 |
| Citizen Cohn | Joseph N. Welch | 1992 |
| Jack's Place | Marcus Toback | 1992 |
| The Perfect Tribute | Warren | 1991 |
| The Exorcist III | Father Dyer / Father Joseph Kevin Dyer | 1990 |
| The Final Days | Leonard Garment | 1989 |
| Special Bulletin | John Woodley | 1983 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Pioneers of Television | Dr. Donald Westphall - St. Elsewhere | 2008 |
| Bye Bye Love | Walter Sims | 1995 |
| The Road Home | Walter Babineaux | 1994 |
| Message from Nam | Ed Wilson | 1993 |
| Citizen Cohn | Joseph N. Welch | 1992 |
| Jack's Place | Marcus Toback | 1992 |
| The Perfect Tribute | Warren | 1991 |
| The Exorcist III | Father Dyer / Father Joseph Kevin Dyer | 1990 |
| The Final Days | Leonard Garment | 1989 |
| Special Bulletin | John Woodley | 1983 |
| St. Elsewhere | Dr. Donald Westphall / Donald Westphall / Thomas Westphall | 1982 |
| Inchon | President Harry S. Truman / President Harry S. Truman (voice) | 1982 |
| Tomorrow's Child | Anders Stenslund | 1982 |
| Skokie | Mayor Albert J. Smith | 1981 |
| The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper | Brigadier | 1981 |
| True Confessions | Dan T. Campion | 1981 |
| The Ninth Configuration | Col. Richard Fell | 1980 |
| Salem's Lot | Dr. Bill Norton | 1979 |
| Blind Ambition | Charles Shaffer | 1979 |
| Backstairs at the White House | President Calvin Coolidge / Pres. Calvin Coolidge | 1979 |
| Mary White | William Allen White | 1977 |
| MacArthur | President Truman / President Harry S. Truman | 1977 |
| The Amazing Howard Hughes | Noah Dietrich | 1977 |
| Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking | Harry S. Truman | 1976 |
| Eleanor and Franklin | Louis Howe | 1976 |
| A Moon for the Misbegotten | Phil Hogan | 1975 |
| Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan | Ralph Paine | 1975 |
| The Legend of Lizzie Borden | Hosea Knowlton | 1975 |
| Lincoln | General George C. McClellan | 1974 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| Barnaby Jones | 'Doc' Fred Tucker | 1973 |
| The Snoop Sisters | Milo Perkins | 1972 |
| M*A*S*H | Lt. Dwayne Bricker | 1972 |
| The Trial of the Catonsville Nine | Father Daniel Berrigan | 1972 |
| Kung Fu | Alonzo Davis | 1972 |
| Goodbye, Raggedy Ann | David Bevin | 1971 |
| Cade's County | Ben Crawford | 1971 |
| McMillan & Wife | Tom Benton | 1971 |
| Nichols | Harlan B. Flanders | 1971 |
| Bearcats! | Ben Tillman | 1971 |
| Banyon | Sergeant Randall | 1971 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Fr. Terrance Brian | 1970 |
| The Grasshopper | Jack Benton | 1970 |
| The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Phil MacIver | 1969 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Magruder | 1969 |
| The Name of the Game | Lazlo Subich | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Dr. Alexander Kline / Professor David Stone / Joe Connors / Dmitri Rostov / Byers / Bernie Ross | 1968 |
| Mannix | Tom Farnon | 1967 |
| Ironside | Phil MacIver | 1967 |
| Cimarron Strip | Arliss Blynn | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible | Joe Belker | 1966 |
| Daniel Boone | Col. Richard Lackland | 1964 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1987 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1986 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1985 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1984 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1983 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Won |
| 1979 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special | Nominated |
| 1977 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama or Comedy Special | Won |
| 1976 | Emmy | Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Comedy or Drama Special | Won |
