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Benjamin Leighton "Ben" Matlock is a renowned, folksy yet cantankerous defense attorney who charges a fee of $100,000 to take a case. He is known for visiting crime scenes to discover overlooked clues, as well as his down-home style of coming up with viable, alternative theories of the crime in question (usually murder) while sitting in his office playing the banjo or polishing his shoes.
Clarence Alfred Gilyard Jr. [1] (December 24, 1955 – November 23, 2022 [2]) was an American actor.He was best known to television audiences for his roles as private investigator Conrad McMasters on the legal drama series Matlock (1986–95) and Texas Ranger Jimmy Trivette on Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001).
He was their first choice to play Matlock's private investigator Tyler Hudson on the Matlock series opposite TV veteran Andy Griffith. Holliday said in a 2012 interview with Blake Radio that when he was 11 years old he occasionally watched The Andy Griffith Show; he had recognized all the characters from his mentor's show and won the Matlock ...
Andy Griffith (left) as Ben Matlock in the original "Matlock" series, which premiered on NBC in 1996 and Kathy Bates as Madeline “Matty” Matlock in CBS' new reboot of the how.
As Matlock showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman, who previously worked with Grobglas as Jane the Virgin‘s boss, told TVLine, “Shae is good at reading body chemistry, telling if people are lying ...
The show is about widower Ben Matlock (Andy Griffith), a renowned, folksy and popular though cantankerous attorney.Usually, at the end of the case, the person who is on the stand being questioned by Matlock is the actual perpetrator and Matlock will expose them, despite making clear that his one goal is to prove reasonable doubt in the case of his client's guilt or to prove his client's innocence.
Jennie Snyder Urman, showrunner of 'Matlock' on CBS, talks about reimagining the character and why Kathy Bates is perfect for the role.
That year, she joined the cast of a pilot for legal drama series of Matlock, with Kathy Bates in the title role. [10] The project was commissioned for a series, broadcast on CBS from 22 September 2024. [11] She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at the 30th Critics' Choice Awards in February 2025. [12]