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Available as an ebook from Amazon
Perry Mason, fictional champion lawyer created by author Erle Stanley
Gardner and embodied by actor Raymond Burr, is an American cultural icon.
His exploits have been enjoyed by generations of fans through
books, television, movies, radio, and other media.
Drawing on original interviews, correspondence, and production
records, this is the first in-depth history of the character, providing a
unique behind-the-scenes account of every stage in his development.
Included are detailed listings of every one of his cases,
thoroughly indexed. No Perry Mason
fan – from the casual to the most avid – will want to be without this
book.
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The very last episode
of the original Perry Mason show -
The Case of the Final Fade-Out
- is one of the most fun.
The plot involves a murder that occurs on the set of a popular TV
series. This TV series’s crew were played by the actual crew of the
Perry Mason show, giving viewers a chance to see the faces that
went with the names they’d seen for years flashing across the screen
at the end of each episode.
Unfortunately, none of these amateur TV stars got any billing,
so fans have long debated who’s who in each scene. Some are easy: the
hairdresser is played by Annabel Levy the hairdresser; the makeup man
is Perry Mason’s makeup man Irving Pringle. And most true
aficionados will be able to spot Mason creator Erle Stanley Gardner
looking dignified as the judge in the second of two trials. But others
are deceptive and even ironic: the director is played by the lowly
assistant prop man; and Jesse Hibbs, director of The Final Fade-Out,
is seen in the background of one scene, waxing a car - a rather menial
task for a man in his position. Now for the first time, we present a who’s who of these
erstwhile bit
players.
For the full story
behind The Case of the Final
Fade-Out, see
The Perry
Mason Book: A Comprehensive Guide to America’s Favorite Defender of
Justice by Jim Davidson (paid link).
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Cast
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Erle Stanley Gardner
(Author)
as Judge Two |
Ray Thompson
(Prop Man)
as Witness #1 |
Bernie
Oseransky
(Accountant)
as Witness #2 |
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Johnny Nickolaus
(Director of Photography)
as Witness #3 |
Bob Kaplan
(Electrician)
as Witness #4 |
John Ferry
(Assistant Prop
Man)
as Phil Shields
(Director) and
Gordon Webb
(Assistant Director)
as Assistant Director |
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Wendell Jones
(2nd Grip)
as Tad Wyman
(Photographer) |
Marshall Schlom
(Script
Supervisor)
as Cliff
(Script Supervisor)
with Dick Clark |
Herman Lewis
(Sound
Mixer)
as Sound Mixer
with Denver Pyle |
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Dave Marks (upper right corner)
(2nd Assistant Director and
Producer
Arthur Marks's father)
as 2nd Assistant Director |
Buck Jones
(Mill Foreman)
as Buck Jones
and Mickey Woods
(Construction
Coordinator)
as Construction Coordinator
with Richard Anderson |
Ann Bernaducci
(Art Marks's Secretary)
as Producer's Secretary,
Buff Carruth as Costumer's Dog,
Evelyn Carruth
(Costumer)
as
Costumer
with Lee Miller |
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Dennis Dalzell
(Assistant Cameraman)
as Assistant Cameraman
and Jack Woolf
(Camera Operator)
as Camera Operator
with
Richard Anderson |
Harry Jones
(Key Grip)
as Harry Jones
(Key Grip)
with
Richard Anderson |
Jim Lowery
(Dimmer Boy and Practical)
as Jim Lowery,
Larry
Peets
(Gaffer)
as Larry Peets,
and Cece Lupton
(Best Boy)
as Cece Lupton
with Richard Anderson
and Lee Miller
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Dick Farrell
(Film Editor)
as Cutter
with Lee Miller |
Annabel Levy
(Hair Stylist)
as Hair Stylist and
Irving
Pringle
(Makeup Man)
as Irving
(Makeup Man)
with Richard Anderson |
Jesse Hibbs
(Director)
as Man Waxing Car
with Gerald Mohr,
James Stacy,
and Dick Clark
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Mark Roberts
as Man in Background,
Arthur Marks
(Producer)
as Mr. Marks,
Barbara Hale
as Blonde Starlet, and
Carl
Biddiscombe
(Set Decorator)
as Man in Background |
Lewis Creber
(Art Director)
as Lewis
with Arthur Marks
and
Barbara Hale |
Bill Swan
(Raymond Burr's
Executive Assistant)
as Piano
Player
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Anne Nelson
(CBS Executive)
as Barmaid and
Corney Jackson
(Producer's Husband)
as Bartender |
Art Seid
(Producer)
as Man Facing
Woman at Bar and
Gail
Patrick Jackson
(Executive Producer)
as Woman at Bar |
Lester Salkow
(Raymond Burr's Agent)
as Man at Bar
with
Corney Jackson
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