Religion: Protestant
Name: Edward Welles
Other Names: Ed Welles
Publisher(s): QM Productions
First Appearance: The Fugitive - Season 1, Episode 1 (17 Sep. 1963): "Fear in a Desert City"
Creators: Roy Huggins, Stanford Whitmore, Walter Grauman, Brian Keith (actor)
Number of Appearances: 1
Enemy of: The Fugitive, Monica Welles
Ally: Mark Welles
Ally: Monica Welles
Occupation: landowner, soldier
Location: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Gender: male
Note: abused his wife; probably mentally ill
Edward Welles was not an outwardly religious man. After he served in as a soldier in a foreign war his mental state deteriorated. He became abusive toward his wife and seems to have become highly secular in his lifestyle.
The apparently Protestant religious affiliation of Edward Welles was only discernible by the clergyman who conducted his funeral.
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- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0583958/fullcredits