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Famous Perry People
Here are some "famous" people that have appeared in a Perry Mason episode. Of course, famous is somewhat subjective. Here, fame means recognizable to me (even if I can't remember the name) or an appearance in some select category of famousity. Fame is also subject to aging. Younger people may not have heard of some of these folks.
Alumni Links
Many of the actors appearing in Perry Mason episodes are like old friends and I want to know more about them and see how they're getting along. Well, it turns out that some have web sites of their own or fan pages, some official, devoted to them. Click here for links to a few.
A surprising number of Perry Mason actors have appeared in horror and sci-fi films. You'll find them at Spooky Tom's website.
The List
Each name is followed by the episode number and air date of their first (and maybe only) appearance and, perhaps, a comment. A 
means the actor has won an Oscar in an acting category. Thanks to Thomas Smith for reminding me of James Coburn's recent Oscar win. I have tried my best to be accurate but I have undoubtedly messed up here and there. Sorry!
The categories are rather arbitrary since many of these people qualify for more than one category. If you look closely at almost any of them, you'll discover that he/she has appeared in all sorts of other things. Actors get around a lot and will do almost anything. Note that an actor may appear in more than one category. Click on the 
for the actor's filmography page at the Internet Movie Database.
If the name's a link, click it for a picture. Use your browser's back button to return here.
Contributors
These people have provided suggestions for this list by e-mail. Their entries are marked with the bracketed number in front of their name. The comments on the entries are based on information they provided and/or on my own research. Many thanks to all!
| [1] Howard M. Berlin, 5/10/97 [2] Keith Cutler, 7/8/97 [3] Tom Rankin, 8/17/97 [4] Mark Stumpf, 1/21/05 [5] John Peel, 7/8/98 [6] Mark Means, 7/11/98 [7] Adam Kamil, 11/26/04 [8] Patti Wilkins, 7/10/99 [9] Thomas Smith, 8/19/99 [10] Brian Quinn, 11/11/99 [11] Mitch English, 10/30/04 [12] D. A. Supernaw, 10/22//04 [13] H. Alton Lee, 3/12/01 [14] John Overall, 5/11/01 [15] Joseph Chaston, 6/13/01 [16] Sue Lees, 10/2/01 [17] Courtney Stanton 10/31/01 [18] Duane Drummond, 1/9/02 | [19] M. G. Widenhouse Jr., 4/10/02 [20] Brent Ludwig, 5/19/02 [21] Robert Hopkins III 12/26/02 [22] Kevin S. Butler, 11/27/02 [23] Darnelle Hillman, 2/25/03 [24] C. Mitchell Hutson, 3/4/03 [25] Steve Dunnagen, 5/29/03 [26] Cheryl Dunbar, 6/15/03 [27] Charles Richmond, 12/9/03 [28] Tom Lewis, 8/2/04 [29] Glenn Forney, 10/11/04 [30] Susan Wichter, 10/25/05 [31] Leon J. Strait, 2/23/06 [32] Jim Williams, 5/6/08 [33] Molly Hansen, 5/28/08 [34] Joe Litus, 7/17/11 [35] Michelle Martin, 12/5/11 |
The Lists
| Latest Additions 10/25/10 Added Jan Harrison to Beauty Queens list. 07/20/10 Added Renee Godfrey to Beauty Queens list. |
Filmography links courtesy of the Internet Movie Database.
Whatever Category
Erle Stanley Gardner, #271, 5/2/66, a noted author [1] Gail Patrick, #271, 5/2/66, actress, later a noted TV producer [28] Joi Lansing, #8, 11/9/57, TV and film, 50's babe Archie Moore, #184, 10/10/63, light-heavyweight prizefighter [1] Beauty Queens
. . . I know, this should be a list, but just look at these pictures
Shirley Ballard, #106, 12/10/60, Miss California 1944 [27] Jean Bartel, #219, 11/12/64, Miss America 1943 [11][12] Kathleen Crowley, #20, 2/1/58, Miss New Jersey 1949 Judy Dan, 162, 11/29/62, Miss Hong Kong 1952 [27] Barbara Eden, #7, Miss San Francisco 1951 [27] Myrna Fahey, #90, 4/23/60, Miss Maine 1952 Runner Up Renee Godfrey, #154, 9/27/62, Miss New York 1935 [1] Alizia Gur, #254, 12/12/65, Miss Israel 1960 [12] Patricia Hardy, #19, 1/25/58, Miss Brooklyn 1951, others [27] Jan Harrison, #54, 1/24/59, Miss Washington State [1] Allison Hayes, #87, 3/12/60, Miss Washington DC 1949 [27] Charlene Holt, #239, 4/29/65, Miss Maryland 1956 [27] Terry Huntingdon, #77, 12/5/59, Miss USA 1959 [27] Eilene Janssen, #165, 12/20/62, Little Miss America 1944 [27] Nancy Kovack, #193, 12/19/63, Michigan Peach Queen 1955 [27] Barbara Lawrence, #26, 3/15/58, Little Miss Hollywood 1942 [27]
Jacqueline Loughery, #188, 11/14/63, first Miss USA 1952 [11][27] Peggy Maley, #6, 10/26/1957, Miss Atlantic City 1942 [27] Carole Mathews, #24, 3/1/58, Miss Chicago 1938 [27] Nobu McCarthy, #73, 10/24/59, Miss Tokyo 1954 [27] Lee Meriwether, #226, 1/7/65, Miss America 1955 Mary Ann Mobley, #224, 12/17/64, Miss America 1959 Jeanne Moody, #87, 3/12/60, Miss Alabama 1951 [27] Chris Noel, #252, 11/21/65, Miss Palm Beach and 14 others [27] Carol Ohmart, #113 2/25/61, Miss Utah 1946 [27] Pat Priest, #210, 5/14/64, Queen, Norfolk Azalea Pageant 1954 [27] Ziva Rodann, #142, 2/3/62, Miss Israel 1957 Gloria Talbott, #113, 2/25/61, Miss Glendale (CA) 1947 [27] Alix Talton, #33, 5/17/58, Miss (Atlanta) Georgia 1938 [27] Greta Thyssen, #3, 10/5/57, Miss Denmark 1952 [27] Irene Tsu, #189, 11/21/63, Miss Chinatown (San Francisco) 1961 [27] Judy Tyler, #15, 12/28/57, Miss Stardust 1949 [27]Elvis' Women
. . . actresses with a major role in an Elvis Presley film. See comment above.
Julie Adams, #176, 4/4/63, Tickle Me [27] Merry Anders, #238, 4/22/65, Tickle Me [27] Anne Benton, #95, 6/11/60, Flaming Star [27] Joan Blackman, #225, 12/31/64, Blue Hawaii, Kid Galahad [27] Yvonne Craig, #35, 5/31/58, ...World's Fair, Kissin' Cousins [27] Barbara Eden, #7, 11/2/57, Flaming Star [27] Joan Freeman, #164, 12/13/62, Roustabout [27] Allison Hayes, #87, 3/12/60, Tickle Me [12] Anne Helm, #121, 5/20/61, Follow That Dream [27] Joyce Jameson. #189, 11/21/63, Frankie and Johnny [27] Nancy Kovack, #193, 12/19/63, Frankie and Johnny [27] Sue Ane Langdon, #128, 10/14/61, Frankie and Johnny, Roustabout [27] Marlyn Mason, #271, 5/22/66, The Trouble with Girls [27] Mary Ann Mobley, #224, 12/17/64, Harum Scarum, Girl Happy [27] Joanna Moore, #38, 6/21/58, Follow That Dream [27] Chris Noel, #252, 11/21/65, Girl Happy [27] Nita Talbot, #42, 10/4/58, Girl Happy [27] Joan O'Brien, #87, 3/12/60, It Happened at the World's Fair [27] Pat Priest, #210, 5/14/64, Easy Come, Easy Go [27] Judy Tyler, #15, 12/28/57, Jailhouse Rock [27] Playmates
. . . women who posed for the centerfold in Playboy magazine
Dolores Donlon, #63, 4/18/59, Miss August, 1957 Angela Dorian, #255, 12/19/65, Miss September, 1967 Arline Hunter, #55, 2/7/59, Miss August, 1954 Dawn Richard, #6, 10/26/57, Miss May, 1957 Joan Staley, #40, 9/20/58, Miss November, 1958 Movie People
. . . most everybody here did TV too but I remember them mostly from films
Julie Adams, #176, 4/4/63, The Creature from the Black Lagoon Corey Allen, #106, 12/10/60, Rebel Without a Cause, TV director [12] Robert Armstrong, #43, 10/11/58, King Kong, many films [5] Patricia Barry, #81, 1/9/60, many films, much TV [14] Bruce Bennett, #41, 9/27/58, Tarzan #8, many films Francis X. Bushman, #95, 6/11/60 [1] John Mack Brown, #28, 3/29/58, famous movie cowboy [17] Elisha Cook, #42, 10/4/58, The Maltese Falcon et al Rod Cameron, #192, 12/12/63, also TV's State Trooper Tom Conway, #205, 4/2/64, The Falcon, many films Wendell Corey, #266, 4/3/66, Rear Window, many films, TV [7] John Dall, #153, 5/26/62, Brandon in Hitchcock's Rope, TV [35] Angie Dickinson, #23, 2/22/58, many films, TV's Police Woman Brian Donlevy, #269, 5/1/66 many films Paul Fix, #7, 11/2/57, many films, much TV incl.The Rifleman Benson Fong, #25, 3/8/58, many films Hampton Fancher, #252, 11/21/65, Blade Runner, much TV [11] Leo Gordon, #65, 5/9/59, famous tough guy, lots of TV roles too Jon Hall, #190, 11/28/63, also TV's Ramar of the Jungle Allison Hayes, #87, 2/12/60, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman James Hong, #162, 11/29/62, Revenge of the Nerds [1] Richard Jaeckel, #176, 4/4/63, Battleground et al [1] Leonid Kinsky, #264, 3/20/66, Casablanca, many films Diane Ladd, #183,10/3/63, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Frankie Laine, #57, 2/21/59, famous singer and actor [12] Ruta Lee, #30, 4/26/58, many films Gary Lockwood, #156, 2001: A Space Odyssey Keye Luke, #162, 11/29/62, many films Barton MacLane, #54, 1/24/59, San Quentin, many films Hugh Marlowe, #55, 2/7/59, many films Strother Martin, #135, 12/2/61, Cool Hand Luke et al Sean McClory, #127, 10/7/61, The Quiet Man et al Conrad Nagel, #118, 4/22/61, many films, early TV Tommy Noonan, #128, 10/14/61, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [12] Margaret O'Brien, 166, 1/3/63, The Canterville Ghost et al [29] Ryan O'Neal, #198, 2/6/64, Love Story et al [15] Michael Parks, #169, 1/31/63, Kill Bill 1 & 2, many films, TV [12] Leslie Parrish, #91, 4/30/60, The Giant Spider Invasion [14] Hal Peary, #231, 2/18/65, Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve Walter Pidgeon, #172, 2/28/63, Forbidden Planet, many films Zasu Pitts, #146, 3/17/62, character actress, many films Mala Powers, #201, 2/27/64, films, TV, radio Robert Redford, #96, 9/17/60, you know Michael Rennie, #170, 2/7/63, The Day the Earth Stood Still Burt Reynolds, #150, 4/8/62, many films, TV's Evening Shade [2] Arthur Shields, #30, 4/26/58, The Quiet Man et al Barry Sullivan, #227, 1/14/65, many films, much TV Gloria Talbott, #113, 2/25/61, many films, much TV Lee Van Cleef, #173, 3/7/63, also TV's The Master Ruth Warrick, #224, 12/17/64, Citizen Kane Frank Wilcox, #5, 10/19/57, many films Marie Windsor, #28, 3/29/58, Cat-Women of the Moon et al Roland Winters, #229, 2/4/65, many films Estelle Winwood, #271, 5/2/66, character actress, many films [3] Fay Wray, #36, 6/7/58, the big guy's girlfriend in King Kong Jeff York, #116, 3/25/61, Mike Fink in Davy Crockett [20] Television People
. . . most everybody here did movies too but I remember them mostly from TV
Claude Akins, #26, 3/15/58, BJ & the Bear, movies [1] Mabel Albertson, #158, 10/25/62, Tom Ewell Show, many guest spots Michael Ansara, #207, 4/16/64, Broken Arrow, movies [1] Herbert Anderson, #55, 2/7/59, Dennis the Menace Richard Anderson, #195, 1/9/64, The Six Million Dollar Man Parley Baer, #124, 9/2/61, Many shows plus movies and radio Barbara Bain, #85, 2/20/60, Mission: Impossible (TV series) Jeanne Bal, #120, 5/6/61, Mr. Novak, just because John Banner, #104, 11/19/60, Hogan's Heroes, TV and films Frances Bavier, #8, 11/9/57, Andy Griffth Show, movies Terry Becker, #36, 6/7/58, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Henry Beckman, #95, 6/11/60, HCTB, TV, many guest spots, films [8] Noah Beery (Jr.), #228, 1/21/65, The Rockford File James Best, #172, 2/28/63, Duke's of Hazard [31] Carl Betz, #17, 1/11/58, Judd for the Defense [19] Robert Bice, #3, 10/5/57, many guest spots, films Whit Bissell, #100, 10/15/60, much TV, lots of movies Patricia Blair, #193, 12/19/63, Daniel Boone, The Rifleman [33] Whitney Blake, #1, 9/21/57, Mrs. B. in Hazel [26] Truman Bradley, #91, 4/30/60, Host of Science Fiction Theater [12] Paul Brinegar, #17, 1/11/58, Wishbone on Rawhide [16] Hillary Brooke, #2, 9/28/57, Abbott and Costello, many movies [32] Robert Brown, #107, 12/17/60, Here Come The Brides [8] Kathie Browne, #103, 11/12/60, many guest spots, just because [10] Edgar Buchanan, #163, 2/6/62, Petticoat Junction [2] Joyce Bulifant, #172, 2/28/63, she made Match Game fun! Victor Buono, #239, 4/29/65, Batman, many shows Frank Cady, #130, 10/21/61, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction [2] William Campbell, #78, 12/12/59, Star Trek, films, TV [16] Kathryn Card, #66, 5/16/59, I Love Lucy, Lucy's mom [24] Virginia Christine, #110, 1/21/61, Folger's Mrs. Olson, many roles [12] Dick Clark, #271, 5/2/66, American Bandstand [1] Phyllis Coates, #37, 6/14/56, Adventures of Superman (1951) [2] Robert Colbert, #239, 4/29/65, Young and the Restless 73-83 Gary Collins, #232, 3/4/65, Born Free, TV personality Michael Connors (Mike Connors), #218, 11/5/64, Mannix Michael Conrad, #188, 11/14/63, Hill Street Blues [2] Michael Constantine, #224, 12/17/64, Room 222 [1] Bert Convy, #90, 4/23/60 [1] Game show host, TV personality Jackie Coogan, #128, 10/14/61, Addams Family, movies too Jeanne Cooper, #40, 9/20/58, Young and the Restless since 1973 Ellen Corby, #65, 5/9/59, The Waltons Yvonne Craig, #35, 5/31/58, Barbara Gordon aka Batgirl Gary Crosby, #226, 1/7/65, Adam 12 Ken Curtis, #102, 11/5/60, Festus in Gunsmoke, many films Jim Davis, #164, 12/13/62, Dallas Richard Deacon, #106, 12/10/60, The Dick Van Dyke Show Ivan Dixon, #152, 5/19/62, Hogan's Heroes, TV director Barbara Eden, #7, 11/2/57, I Dream of Jeannie, TV, films Stuart Erwin, #157, 10/18/62, old time TV Star, many films Myrna Fahey, #90, 4/23/60, Father of the Bride, died young Norman Fell, #86, 2/27/60, Three's Company et al [1] John Fiedler, #220, 11/19/64, Piglet in Pooh, many shows, films [4] Sylvia Field, #7, 11/2/57, Dennis the Menace, Mr. Peepers Pat Finley, #179, 5/2/63, a Seattle TV personality, years ago Constance Ford, # 24, 3/1/58, many guest spots [33] Bernard Fox, #242, 9/12/65, Bewitched, many guest spots [9] Michael Fox, #10, 11/23/57, much TV, many films Florida Friebus, #181, 5/16/63, The Bob Newhart Show [6] Mark Goddard, #180, 5/9/63, Lost In Space Bruce Gordon, #75, 11/14/59, The Untouchables [1] Harold Gould, #222, 12/3/64, Rhoda, Golden Girls, movies [2] Dabbs Greer, #22, 2/15/58, Picket Fences, much TV, movies [21] Virginia Gregg, #18, Dragnet (TV 1969), many films, much radio Alan Hale (Jr.), #137, 12/16/61, Gilligan's Island, many movies Neil Hamilton, #35, 5/31/58, Batman Vinton Hayworth, #97, 9/24/60, I Dream of Jeannie, (69-70) [2] David Hedison, #159, 11/1/62, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Gloria Henry, #1, 9/21/57, Dennis the Menace [2] Darryl Hickman, #2, 9/28/57, tmlo Dobie Gillis, TV, films [1] Connie Hines, #99, 10/8/60, Mister Ed Will Hutchins, #261, 2/20/66, Sugarfoot [16] Sherry Jackson, #190, 11/28/63, Make Room for Daddy [10] Stacy Keach (Sr.), #201, 2/27/64, films also, dad of... [25] Joe Kearns, #50, 12/20/58, Dennis the Menace [2] De Forest Kelley, #137, 12/16/61, Star Trek, films, TV Ed Kemmer, #81, 1/9/60, Cmdr. Buzz Corry, many films Werner Klemperer, #27, 3/22/58, Hogan's Heroes, many guest spots Harvey Korman, #160, 11/8/62, The Carol Burnett Show Nancy Kovack, #193, 12/19/63, many guest spots, just because [18] Nancy Kulp, #36, 6/7/58, Beverly Hillbillies, Bob Cummings Show [1] Wesley Lau, #125, 9/16/61, Time Tunnel, some lawyer show David Lewis, #12, 12/7/57, General Hospital 78-93 [12] June Lockhart, #214, 10/8/64, Lost In Space, TV, many films [2] John Lupton, #77, 12/5/59, Days of Our Lives 67-72, 75-79) [16] David McCallum, #200, 2/20/64, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Peggy McCay, #33, 5/17/58, Love of Life, many guest spots [4] Gavin MacLeod, #122, 5/27/61, Love Boat, many guest spots Frank Maxwell, #82, 1/23/60, many guest spots [12] Allan Melvin, #188, 11/14/63, All in the Family [2] Lee Meriwether, #226, 1/7/65, Barnaby Jones, much TV Marvin Miller, #176, 4/4/63, The Millionaire, many films Carl Milletaire, #128, 10/14/61, The Untouchables Billy Mumy, #183, 10/3/63, Lost In Space, TV, many films Ed Nelson, #134, 11/25/61, lots of TV, many films [17] Leonard Nimoy, #166, 1/3/63, Star Trek, films, TV Hugh O'Brian, #171, 2/14/63, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Philip Ober, #30, 4/26/58, many guest spots, films Kevin O'Neal, #262, 2/27/66, Ryan's brother [30] Barbara Parkins, #160, 11/8/62, Peyton Place, Valley of the Dolls [7] Paul Picerni, #23, 2/22/58, many guest spots, films [3] Edward Platt, #107, 12/17/60, the Chief in Get Smart Pat Priest, #210, 5/14/64, The Munsters [1] Denver Pyle, #24, 3/1/58, Duke's of Hazard et al, movies [1] Alejandro Rey, #133, 11/18/61, The Flying Nun [1] Rhodes Reason, #256, 1/9/66, many popular TV shows; film; stage Frances Reid, #169, 1/31/63, Days of Our Lives since 1965 [4] Grant Richards, #19, 1/25/58, The Untouchables Roy Roberts, #115, 3/18/61, Gale Storm Show, many films Robert Rockwell, #66, 5/16/59, Our Miss Brooks [13] Kasey Rogers, #63, 4/18/59, Bewitched [16] Hayden Rorke, #119, 4/21/61, I Dream of Jeannie, TV, films [2] Marion Ross, #56, 2/14/59, Happy Days [1] Herbert Rudley, #140, 1/13/62, The Mothers-In-Law [2] Arline Sax (Arlene Martel), #146, 3/17/62, many guest spots, just because William Schallert, #5, 10/19/57, over 500 titles [34] Susan Seaforth, #161, 11/15/62, Days of Our Lives [16] Marian Seldes, #30, 4/26/58, TV, stage, film actress Robert F. Simon, #27, 3/22/58, Bewitched, many guest spots, films Julie Sommars, #235, 3/25/65, Matlock [1] Olan Soulé, #39, 2/28/58, Dragnet 1967, TV and movies [21] Karen Steele, #19, 1/25/58, many guest spots, just because George Takei, #73, 10/24/59, 1/3/63, Star Trek, films, TV Nita Talbot, #42, 10/4/58, Hogan's Heroes, much TV, many films [1] Kenneth Tobey, #98, 10/1/60, many TV shows and films [16] George Tobias, #207, 4/16/64, Bewitched, many films [16] Constance Towers, #126, 9/30/61, General Hospital [11] Dan Travanty (Daniel J. Travanti), #257, 1/16/66, Hill Street Blues Paul Tripp, #153, 5/26/62, pioneer kids TV educator (1949) [22] Bobby Troup, #57, 2/21/59, Dr. Early on Emergency, many films Jerry Van Dyke, #204, 3/26/64, Coach Joyce van Patten, #168, 1/17/63 many shows and films [1] Harry von Zell, 151,5/5/62, The George Burns Show Richard Webb, 246, 10/10/65, Captain Midnight, many films Rebecca Welles, #10, 11/23/57, not Orson & Rita's daughter [28][11] Adam West, #115, 3/18/61, Batman Jack Weston, #28, 3/29/58, The Hathaways, movies [1] David White, #181, 5/16/63, Bewitched [2] Jesse White, #46, 11/8/58, the Maytag repairmen, many roles [1] Bill Williams, #145, 3/3/62, The Adventures of Kit Carson, films Dave Willock, #108, 1/7/61, Do It Yourself, many films Paul Winchell, #199, 2/13/64, Paul Winchell-Jerry Mahoney Show Paul Winfield, #251, 11/14/65, Julia et al, many films [1] Meg Wyllie, #161, 11/15/62, Mad About You (1992), much TV Victor Sen Yung, #72, 10/17/59, Hop Sing on Bonanza, much TV, many films [1]