Perry Mason

fictional character
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Perry Mason, fictional American trial lawyer and detective, the protagonist of more than 80 mystery novels (beginning with The Case of the Velvet Claws, 1933) by American attorney Erle Stanley Gardner. Mason, who almost never lost a case, also had a successful legal career in film, radio (1943–55), and especially on television, as portrayed by Raymond Burr (1957–66 and 1985–93). Perry Mason is assisted by Della Street, his faithful secretary, and private investigator Paul Drake. Other regular characters include Sergeant Holcomb and Lieutenant Tragg of the Los Angeles Police Department, as well as District Attorney Hamilton Burger, whose carefully prepared ...(100 of 159 words)