Radio Cast
The actors portraying Mason switched frequently over the first three years of the show's run, starting with Bartlett Robinson, then followed by Santos Ortega and Donald Briggs, before settling on John Larkin, who played the famous attorney for the remainder of the broadcast, as well as the equivalent character on EON. Della Street, in turn, was portrayed by radio soap queens; Gertrude Warner, Jan Miner (Palmolive's "Madge" the Manicurist) and Joan Alexander (radio's Lois Lane).
(Cast in order of portrayal)
- Perry Mason:
- Bartlett Robinson,
- Santos Ortega,
- Donald Briggs,
- John Larkin
- Paul Drake:
- Matt Crowley,
- Charles Webster
- Della Street:
- Gertrude Warner,
- Jan Miner,
- Joan Alexander
- Lieutenant Tragg:
- Frank Dane,
- Mandel Kramer
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