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Perry Mason is a fictional character, a defense attorney who was the main character in works of detective fiction authored by Erle Stanley Gardner. Perry Mason was featured in more than 80 novels and short stories, most of which had a plot involving his client's murder trial. Typically, Mason was able to establish his client's innocence by implicating another character, who then confessed. Gardner, who was one of the best-selling authors of all time, had "135 million copies of his books in print in America alone in the year of his death" in 1969. The character of Perry Mason was portrayed each weekday on a long-running radio series, followed by well-known depictions on film and television, including "television's most successful and longest-running lawyer series" from 1957 to 1966 starring Raymond Burr; another series in 1973–1974, starring Monte Markham and Brett Somers; and 30 made-for-TV movies filmed from 1985 to 1993.
The name "Perry Mason" dates to creator Gardner's childhood. As a child, Gardner was a reader of the magazine Youth's Companion. The magazine (best known for producing the original Pledge of Allegiance in 1891) was published in Boston, Massachusetts, by the Perry Mason Company (renamed "Perry Mason & Co." after the founder died). When Gardner created his fictional attorney, he borrowed the name of the company which published his favorite childhood magazine. Gardner provided more information about Mason's character in the earlier novels; knowledge of his character is largely taken for granted in the later works, the television series and movies. In the first novel, Mason describes himself:
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♚ M 01 Perry Mason Returns ♚
M 08 Perry Mason And The Case Of The Avenging Ace
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M 07 Perry Mason And The Case Of The Scandalous Scoundrel
Actors: Dick DeBenedictis (composer), William R. Moses (actor), Barbara Hale (actress), Raymond Burr (actor), David Soul (actor), Wayne Fitzgerald (miscellaneous crew), Fred Silverman (producer), Dean Hargrove (producer), John Rhys-Davies (actor), James McEachin (actor), Mark Moses (actor), Kelly McGillis (actress), Erle Stanley Gardner (writer), Joel Steiger (producer), David Solomon (producer),
Plot: A painter fakes his death in order to gain some aditional money because his works would revaluate with his death. But unfortunately he is being killed a few hours after having "returned to life".
Keywords: character-name-in-title, courtroom, detective, perry-mason, playing-footsie, sequelActors: Fred Silverman (producer), Beau Starr (actor), Barbara Hale (actress), Dean Hargrove (producer), Brian Clemens (writer), Brian Clemens (writer), Diane Baker (actress), Linda Blair (actress), James McEachin (actor), Raymond Burr (actor), Paul Dooley (actor), William R. Moses (actor), Ronny Cox (actor), Wayne Fitzgerald (miscellaneous crew), Dick DeBenedictis (composer),
Plot: Perry Mason is invited to the marriage of the daughter of an old friend of his. But after the ceremony the uncle of the bride is dead. Certainly this is a case for Perry Mason.
Keywords: character-name-in-title, courtroom, detective, perry-mason, sequelActors: Fred Silverman (producer), Dick DeBenedictis (composer), Dean Hargrove (producer), Valerie Harper (actress), Robert Clohessy (actor), Barbara Hale (actress), Mary Pat Gleason (actress), Scott Baio (actor), George DiCenzo (actor), Raymond Burr (actor), William R. Moses (actor), Bruce Kirby (actor), Robert Knepper (actor), Wayne Fitzgerald (miscellaneous crew), Erle Stanley Gardner (writer),
Plot: Dyan Draper, an editor of a well known fashion magazine, is infamous for writing columns that destroy other people's career. She also drives her employees to near madness with her orders and therefore isn't well liked. Lauren Jeffreys, the editor of another magazine, meets up with Dyan in an attempt to get Dyan not to write about her in her next column but to no avail. Lauren tries again at Dyan's place but the next time we see Dyan she is dead on the floor. Lauren is the prime suspect but she is a friend of Perry's and Della and so Perry's take the defence. Lauren had a child when she was 16 and the child grew up to be Julia Collier, Dyan's private assistant, and Lauren and Julia try to get back together. Meanwhile, Ken comes up against Albert Nardone, infamous crime mobster and little known fashion designer as Nardone's nephew gets killed by Dyan's killer and unwillingly has one of Nardone hoods 'assist' him in trying to find the killer...
Keywords: character-name-in-title, courtroom, detective, perry-mason, sequelActors: Wayne Fitzgerald (miscellaneous crew), Brian Clemens (writer), Barbara Hale (actress), Dean Hargrove (producer), Bob Gunton (actor), Kate Vernon (actress), Dick DeBenedictis (composer), William R. Moses (actor), John Karlen (actor), Fred Silverman (producer), Raymond Burr (actor), Peter Scolari (actor), James McEachin (actor), Erle Stanley Gardner (writer), Joel Steiger (producer),
Plot: David Katz is a world famous magician and he comes to Denver with his group to perform for a charity gala for disabled children. Also there is Perry and Della as all three are supporters of the charity. Kate Ford, an assistant with an arrogant attitude, tells David that she is, from now on, going to do an illusion in which an assistant is raised in a glass coffin only to disappear when the coffin is opened up in the air (while the assistant climbs out before the coffin is raised.) After a one night stand with David, Kate is pregnant and she blackmails David with this. David and his wife Judy can't have children so that comes as a double blow to them. However Kate, with her attitude, creates much hatred at her from the rest of the group. At the gala, the glass coffin is raised but when it opens Kate's dead body falls to the ground - strangled. While Perry and Della set out to try to find the killer, Ken and PI Terry Weidner set out to find out more about Kate but they discover that nobody in Kate's home town wants to talk about her for some reason...
Keywords: character-name-in-title, courtroom, detective, perry-mason, sequelActors: Wayne Fitzgerald (miscellaneous crew), Dick DeBenedictis (composer), Robert Vaughn (actor), Ken Kercheval (actor), Fred Silverman (producer), Barbara Hale (actress), Dean Hargrove (writer), Robert Culp (actor), William R. Moses (actor), Dean Hargrove (producer), Raymond Burr (actor), Harry Lennix (actor), Kevin Tighe (actor), Erle Stanley Gardner (writer), Joel Steiger (writer),
Plot: Richard Stuart is a very wealthy man, thanks to his methods of 'assisting' certain people to advance in their careers. Richard however is blackmailing all of his clients and invites them every now and then to a poker game in Las Vegas. The game in reality is when Richard gets his money from his clients. David Benson's brother was killed thanks to one of Richard's schemes and, during one of the 'poker' parties David bursts in with a gun and attempts to shoot Richard but is overpowered and thrown out. Later on that night, Richard is shot with David's gun and David is arrested for the crime. David's young daughter Melanie had followed her father to Las Vegas and when David is arrested runs to Perry who is in town for a boxing match with Ken. Perry knows of Richard's methods and as he wants to know the truth sets out with Della and Ken to solve the mystery but Melanie wants to help too and gets herself in major trouble with one of the suspects...
Keywords: character-name-in-title, courtroom, detective, perry-mason, sequelActors: Dick DeBenedictis (composer), Fred Silverman (producer), Dean Hargrove (producer), Ian McShane (actor), Paul Freeman (actor), Teresa Wright (actress), Raymond Burr (actor), William R. Moses (actor), Terry O'Quinn (actor), Ian Bannen (actor), Mickey Knox (actor), Barbara Hale (actress), Yvette Mimieux (actress), Wayne Fitzgerald (miscellaneous crew), Paul Maxwell (actor),
Plot: American marine, David Berman, manages to get himself transferred to Paris in order to search for a hidden Nazi, Krugman that had killed his grandparents and crippled his mother. He managed to find a witness but just after she talks to David, she is run over and killed. That night, he is kidnapped by a shadowy organisation and told that Krugman is hiding under a new identity of Felix Altmann. David goes to a health spa and meets Altmann but Altmann is shot and David framed for the crime. As a old friend of the family Perry and Ken goes to France to help out but now Perry must not only free David he must find out secrets that have been kept hidden for over 45 years, secrets that certain people are still certainly willing to kill for...
Keywords: character-name-in-title, courtroom, detective, perry-mason, sequelActors: Barbara Hale (actress), Deidre Hall (actress), Wayne Fitzgerald (miscellaneous crew), Fred Silverman (producer), Dean Hargrove (writer), Alexandra Paul (actress), Dick DeBenedictis (composer), William R. Moses (actor), Bruce Greenwood (actor), Dean Hargrove (producer), Raymond Burr (actor), James McEachin (actor), Joel Steiger (writer), Joel Steiger (producer), Shari Belafonte (actress),
Plot: Thatcher Horton is owner of a Denver sports arena and a couple of sports teams. Bobby Spencer a friend of Ken was one of his hockey players. It seems that Horton verbally promised him that he would take care of him if he gets injured, which happened. Now it seems that Horton is reneging and he has asked Ken to represent him in his suit against Horton. Bobby threatened Horton and not long after that Horton was killed and the murder weapon was found in Bobby's possession. So Perry comes to help defend Bobby. It seems that Horton was not liked by other people including his wife and son, and it also seems that the killer was a professional assassin, so did one of them hire him?
Keywords: character-name-in-title, courtroom, detective, perry-mason, sequelActors: Patty Duke (actress), Melissa J.L. Smith (miscellaneous crew), Fred Silverman (producer), David Ogden Stiers (actor), Wayne Fitzgerald (miscellaneous crew), Dick DeBenedictis (composer), Barbara Hale (actress), Raymond Burr (actor), William Katt (actor), James McEachin (actor), Erin Gray (actress), Dean Hargrove (producer), Erle Stanley Gardner (writer), Joel Steiger (producer), David Solomon (editor),
Plot: Air Force Lt. Col. Kevin Parks was arrested and convicted for a murder of a woman and is trying to appeal for the second time when one of the first appeal lawyers, Perry, finds a new witness for the defence. The witness is threatened and then murdered to stop him giving his evidence and Perry, Della and Paul started to investigate. The main victim was very popular with the Airmen and was employed by a real estate company that was conducting a deal with the Base over a plot of land and this causes the amount of suspects and motives to rise. Paul tries to find the witness's killer and he and Capt. O'Malley are a threat to it's future...
Keywords: character-name-in-title, courtroom, detective, perry-mason, sequelActors: Ken Pogue (actor), Dean Hargrove (writer), Raymond Burr (actor), Dean Hargrove (producer), Holland Taylor (actress), Fred Silverman (producer), Patrick O'Neal (actor), James Kidnie (actor), Richard Anderson (actor), Cec Linder (actor), Barbara Hale (actress), Don MacKay (actor), William Katt (actor), Wayne Fitzgerald (miscellaneous crew), Dick DeBenedictis (composer),
Plot: Rich business man Mr Gordon has many enemies and a family that wouldn't miss him if he dropped dead. Someone hires a hitman to kill him and it is carried out in such a way to frame Gordon's secretary Della Street. When Della is accused of the murder, Perry mason resigns his position as judge to defend her and employs the son of his old colleague, Paul Drake, the act as private investigator on the case.
Keywords: character-name-in-title, courtroom, detective, false-accusation, murder, perry-mason, sequel, trialActors: Léon Bary (actor), Creighton Hale (actor), Walter P. Lewis (actor), Louis J. Gasnier (director), Donald MacKenzie (director), Henry G. Sell (actor), Mollie King (actress), Floyd Buckley (actor), John J. Dunn (actor),
Genres: Action, Adventure,