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Perry Mason is a fictional character, an American criminal defense lawyer who is the main character in works of detective fiction written by Erle Stanley Gardner.Perry Mason features in 82 novels and four short stories, all of which involve a client being charged with murder, usually involving a preliminary hearing or jury trial.
Hale agreed, and when Perry Mason Returns aired in December 1985, her character became the defendant. [67] The rest of the principal cast had died, but Hale's real-life son William Katt played the role of Paul Drake Jr. [ 67 ] The movie was so successful that Burr made a total of 26 Perry Mason television movies before his death. [ 16 ]
Perry Mason is an American legal drama series originally broadcast on CBS television from September 21, 1957, to May 22, 1966. The title character, portrayed by Raymond Burr, is a Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner.
Erle Stanley Gardner (July 17, 1889 – March 11, 1970) was an American author and lawyer, best known for the Perry Mason series of legal detective stories.Gardner also wrote numerous other novels and shorter pieces as well as a series of nonfiction books, mostly narrations of his travels through Baja California and other regions in Mexico.
Barbara Hale (April 18, 1922 – January 26, 2017) was an American actress who portrayed legal secretary Della Street in the dramatic television series Perry Mason (1957–1966), earning her a 1959 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She reprised the role in 30 Perry Mason made-for-television movies (1985–1995).
The best-known Perry Mason was the eponymous CBS series, which ran from 1957 to 1966, with Raymond Burr as the titular character, and Barbara Hale as his secretary Della Street.
HBO’s thoughtful “Perry Mason” smoothly reimagined the titular gumshoe amid a 1930s Los Angeles backdrop but also smartly configured the women in his universe as a vital force in the ...
Producer Sidney (last name not given) recruits old law school friend Perry Mason to defend McCay, but Mason, a personal friend of Carr's wife, is worried about conflict of interest. Cast: Jennifer O'Neill , Joe Penny , Ron Glass , Alan Thicke , Ivan Dixon , Wendy Crewson , David Ogden Stiers [ 5 ] [ 1 ] : 39730