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Perry Mason

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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....

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