Perry Mason

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fictional character fictional lawyer

Perry Mason is a fictional defense attorney, created by author Erle Stanley Gardner, who became widely known through a long-running American television series centered on his courtroom investigations and dramatic legal victories.

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Label Occurrences
Perry Mason canonical 77
Perry Mason (TV series) 16
Perry Mason (1957 TV series) 4

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
fictional lawyer ⓘ
appearsIn The Case of the Caretaker’s Cat ⓘ
The Case of the Counterfeit Eye ⓘ
The Case of the Curious Bride ⓘ
The Case of the Howling Dog ⓘ
The Case of the Lucky Legs ⓘ
associatedWith Della Street ⓘ
Hamilton Burger ⓘ
Lt. Tragg ⓘ
Paul Drake ⓘ
basedOn Perry Mason self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Perry Mason (novel series)
characteristic highly skilled courtroom litigator ⓘ
specializes in defending the wrongly accused ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Erle Stanley Gardner ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Perry Mason self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Perry Mason universe
firstAppearance The Case of the Velvet Claws ⓘ
firstAppearanceInMedium novel ⓘ
genre detective fiction ⓘ
legal fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation Perry Mason self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Perry Mason (film series)

Perry Mason self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Perry Mason (radio series)

Perry Mason self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Perry Mason television films
hasTheme justice ⓘ
legal ethics ⓘ
truth-seeking in court ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literarySeries Perry Mason self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Perry Mason series
medium film ⓘ
literature ⓘ
television ⓘ
narrativeFunction protagonist ⓘ
notableFor courtroom investigations ⓘ
dramatic legal victories ⓘ
notableWork Perry Mason self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Perry Mason (1957 TV series)

Perry Mason self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Perry Mason (2020 TV series)

Perry Mason self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Perry Mason (novel series)
occupation defense attorney ⓘ
popularCultureStatus iconic television lawyer ⓘ
publisher William Morrow and Company ⓘ
setting Los Angeles ⓘ
televisionPortrayal Matthew Rhys ⓘ
Raymond Burr ⓘ
timePeriodOfCreation 20th century ⓘ
typicalRole defense counsel for murder defendants ⓘ

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Fay Wray → televisionAppearance → Perry Mason ⓘ
Murray Hamilton → notableWork → Perry Mason ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason (TV series)
Perry Mason → fictionalUniverse → Perry Mason self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason universe
Perry Mason → notableWork → Perry Mason self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason (1957 TV series)
Perry Mason → notableWork → Perry Mason self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason (novel series)
Perry Mason → notableWork → Perry Mason self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason (2020 TV series)
Perry Mason → basedOn → Perry Mason self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason (novel series)
Perry Mason → hasAdaptation → Perry Mason self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason (radio series)
Perry Mason → hasAdaptation → Perry Mason self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason (film series)
Perry Mason → hasAdaptation → Perry Mason self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason television films
Perry Mason → literarySeries → Perry Mason self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason series
Tatiana Maslany → notableWork → Perry Mason ⓘ
Raymond Burr → knownFor → Perry Mason ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Perry Mason (TV series)
Raymond Burr → characterPortrayed → Perry Mason ⓘ
Nancy Gates → notableWork → Perry Mason ⓘ
Martha Vickers → appearedIn → Perry Mason ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason (TV series)
Ray Collins → notableWork → Perry Mason ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason (TV series)
Elaine Devry → workedOn → Perry Mason ⓘ
Matthew Rhys → notableWork → Perry Mason ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason (TV series)
Matthew Rhys → role → Perry Mason ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason in Perry Mason (TV series)
Matthew Rhys → performedIn → Perry Mason ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason (TV series)
Robert Shayne → appearedIn → Perry Mason ⓘ
Frances Bavier → performedIn → Perry Mason ⓘ
Jack Arnold → notableWork → Perry Mason ⓘ
Frances Rafferty → notableWork → Perry Mason ⓘ
Warren William → portrayed → Perry Mason ⓘ
Erle Stanley Gardner → notableWork → Perry Mason ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason series
Erle Stanley Gardner → creatorOf → Perry Mason ⓘ
The Case of the Velvet Claws → series → Perry Mason ⓘ
The Case of the Velvet Claws → featuresCharacter → Perry Mason ⓘ
The Case of the Velvet Claws → firstInSeries → Perry Mason ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason series
The Case of the Velvet Claws → protagonist → Perry Mason ⓘ
Della Street → employer → Perry Mason ⓘ
Della Street → worksFor → Perry Mason ⓘ
Della Street → appearsInWork → Perry Mason ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason novel series
Della Street → appearsInWork → Perry Mason ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason (TV series, 1957)
Della Street → appearsInWork → Perry Mason ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason (TV film series)
Della Street → appearsInWork → Perry Mason ⓘ
this entity surface form: The New Perry Mason (1973 TV series)
Della Street → associatedWith → Perry Mason ⓘ
Della Street → portrayedIn → Perry Mason ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason (1957 TV series)
Della Street → portrayedIn → Perry Mason ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason (2020 TV series)
Paul Drake → appearsIn → Perry Mason ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason novel series
Paul Drake → appearsIn → Perry Mason ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason (1957 TV series)
Paul Drake → appearsIn → Perry Mason ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason (film adaptations)
Paul Drake → worksFor → Perry Mason ⓘ
Paul Drake → associatedWith → Perry Mason ⓘ
Paul Drake → basedOnWork → Perry Mason ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason novels
Paul Drake → hasClient → Perry Mason ⓘ
Hamilton Burger → appearsIn → Perry Mason ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perry Mason (1957 TV series)