actor that played brain surgeon on tv series
/ Region. Vince Edwards, who played a handsome, brooding neurosurgeon in the 1960's television series Ben Casey, died on Monday at the University of California Medical Center in Los Angeles.He was 67. The cause was pancreatic cancer, The Associated Press reported.n 1988, he played Ben Casey in the syndicated television movie The Return of Ben Casey.. In the 1960's, he recorded six record albums. In addition to his brother, he is survived by his wife, Janet, and three daughters, Angela, Nicole and Devera.