Perry Mason - Regular Characters

Regular Characters

Recurring characters in the Perry Mason stories include:

• Perry Mason: The title character played by Raymond Burr in Perry Mason and the first twenty-six TV Movies listed below. Monte Markham played Mason in The New Adventures of Perry Mason.
• Della Street: Mason's confidential secretary (originated in 1943 by Joan Alexander on radio,) who was played by Barbara Hale in Perry Mason and all of the TV Movies listed below.
• Paul Drake: private investigator played by William Hopper in Perry Mason.
• Paul Drake, Jr.: Paul Drake's son (also a private investigator), played by William Katt in nine of the TV Movies listed below; Katt is the son of actress Barbara Hale (see above).
• Hamilton Burger: District Attorney played by William Talman in Perry Mason.
• Lt. Arthur Tragg: Police homicide investigator played by Ray Collins in Perry Mason.
• Lt. Andy Anderson: Police homicide investigator played by Wesley Lau in Perry Mason; Lau eventually replaced the ailing Ray Collins.
• Lt. Steve Drumm: Police homicide investigator played by Richard Anderson on the final season of in Perry Mason.
• Terrance Clay: Restaurateur and friend of Perry played by Dan Tobin in eight episodes of the final season of Perry Mason.
• Gertrude "Gertie" Lade: Mason's switchboard operator, an "incurable romantic" rarely seen in the TV series but a common presence in the novels. She was played by Connie Cezon in Perry Mason and Brett Somers in the The New Adventures of Perry Mason.
• David Gideon: Young legal assistant working with Mason and played by Karl Held. Gideon first appeared as a suspect in The Case Of The Grumbling Grandfather and later appeared in eight episodes.
• Sergeant Holcomb: Homicide detective, often featured in the novels.
• Carl Jackson: Junior attorney in Mason's law firm. He appeared in a few episodes of Perry Mason as well as in the novels.
• Lieutenant Ed Brock: Police commander played by James McEachin in several of the TV Movies listed below.
• Michael Reston: Another district attorney played by David Ogden Stiers in several of the TV movies listed below.