Scripted series · CBS
Perry Mason
Almost anyone is capable of a crime under certain circumstances.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Raymond Burr
Perry Mason
271 eps
Barbara Hale
Della Street
271 eps
William Hopper
Paul Drake
271 eps
William Talman
Hamilton Burger
271 eps
Ray Collins
Lieutenant Tragg
271 eps
Connie Cezon
Gertie
7 eps
Willis Bouchey
Judge
23 eps
Nelson Leigh
Judge
8 eps
Richard Anderson
Lt. Steve Drumm
32 eps
George E. Stone
Court Clerk
43 eps
Mort Mills
Sergeant Landro
8 eps
Robert Karnes
Deputy D.A. Victor Chamberlin
5 eps
S. John Launer
Judge
31 eps
Rebecca Welles
Leslie Eden
5 eps
Michael Fox
Dr. Hoxie
24 eps
Philip Ober
Sumner Hodge / Adrian Hodge
5 eps
John Archer
Major Frank Lessing
5 eps
Denver Pyle
Jackson Sidemark
6 eps
Paul Fix
District Attorney Hale
5 eps
Walter Burke
Panhandler (Kelso)
5 eps
John Bryant
Stacey Chandler
6 eps
Dan Tobin
Terrance Clay
16 eps
John Gallaudet
Judge
12 eps
Neil Hamilton
Henry Noble
7 eps
Vaughn Taylor
Bishop Arthur Mallory
8 eps
Parley Baer
Ian Jarvis
6 eps
Dabbs Greer
Bill Cotton
37 eps
Douglas Henderson
Dwight Garrett
6 eps
Max Showalter
Carl Reynolds
6 eps
Berry Kroeger
Rexford Wyler
7 eps
Virginia Field
Anita Carpenter
6 eps
Robert H. Harris
Claude Demay
7 eps
Les Tremayne
Ed Pierce
8 eps
Hugh Marlowe
Cmdr. James Edward Page
6 eps
William Boyett
Police Sgt. Ralph Reynolds
8 eps
Lurene Tuttle
Sarette Winslow
6 eps
H.M. Wynant
Deputy D.A. Sampson
10 eps
Mark Roberts
James Castleton
7 eps
David Lewis
Deputy D.A. Mark Hanson
7 eps
Grandon Rhodes
Judge
16 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Perry Mason actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Perry Mason reads strongest on Character Depth, Tension and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
The run
Seasons
9 seasons · 271 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
198540 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
195739 episodes
8.1IMDbThis first season establishes the attorney’s reputation for composure and his sharp instinct for truth. Each episode revolves around a criminal case in which the accused seems doomed from the start. Mason, supported by Della Street and investigator Paul Drake, dismantles appearances: trapped inheritances, troubled marriages, false confessions, family schemes, crimes staged as accidents. Through methodical investigation and courtroom twists, he exposes the real culprit, often at the most dramatic moment.
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
195830 episodes
7.4IMDb
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
195926 episodes
6.5IMDb
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
196028 episodes
3.6IMDb
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
196130 episodes
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
196228 episodes
4.5IMDb
Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
196330 episodes
8.7IMDb
Season 8 · Complete
Season 8
196430 episodes
0.8IMDb
Season 9 · Complete
Season 9
196530 episodes
9.0IMDb
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E39
The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)
S00E40
The Case of the Curious Bride (1935)
S00E30
The Case of the Jealous Jokester
S00E29
The Case of the Grimacing Governor
S00E28
The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
S00E27
The Case of the Wicked Wives
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Erle Stanley Gardner
Showrunner
Gail Patrick
Executive producer
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Malvin Wald
Writer
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Francis M. Cockrell
Writer
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Jackson Gillis
Writer
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Milton Krims
Writer
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Seeleg Lester
Writer
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Robert C. Dennis
Writer
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John Elliotte
Writer
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Helen Nielsen
Writer
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Maurice Zimm
Writer
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Joseph P. Lamont
Writer
Laurence Marks
Writer
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Russell S. Hughes
Writer
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Stanley Niss
Writer
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Esther Mitchell
Writer
Philip Saltzman
Writer
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Francis Rosenwald
Writer
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Richard Grey
Writer
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Ernest Frankel
Writer
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Orville H. Hampton
Writer
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Robert Presnell Sr.
Writer
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Lawrence L. Goldman
Writer
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Donald S. Sanford
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Robert Leslie Bellem
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Richard H. Landau
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Sam Neuman
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Edward J. Lakso
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Robb White
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Kenneth M. Rosen
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Mann Rubin
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Samuel Newman
Writer
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Henry Farrell
Writer
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Robert E. Kent
Writer
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Jonathan Latimer
Writer
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Albert A. Vail
Writer
William Bast
Writer
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Marianne Mosner
Writer
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Bob Mitchell
Writer
Gene Wang
Writer
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Sy Salkowitz
Writer
Stirling Silliphant
Writer
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Adrian Gendot
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Gail PatrickExecutive Producer
- Gail PatrickProducer
- Jerry HopperProducer
- Art SeidProducer
- Christian NybyProducer
- Herbert HirschmanProducer
Writing
- Malvin WaldWriter
- Francis M. CockrellWriter
- Jackson GillisWriter
- Milton KrimsWriter
- Seeleg LesterWriter
- Robert C. DennisWriter
Direction
- Harry HarrisDirector
- Andrew V. McLaglenDirector
- Allen H. MinerDirector
- James GoldstoneDirector
- John PeyserDirector
- Francis D. LyonDirector
Cinematography
- Frank RedmanDirector of Photography
- John M. Nickolaus Jr.Director of Photography
- Frank RedmanDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
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