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Actor William Talman was known for his roles on the silver screen. Talman's career in acting began with his roles in various films like the drama 'I Married a Communist' (1950) with Laraine Day ...
Actor. He is remembered as a 20th century American actor, who was best-known playing the role of Hamilton Burger, the perpetually unsuccessful District Attorney on the popular 1957 to 1966 television murder-mystery series Perry Mason. Born William Whitney Talman Jr., the son of a wealthy businessman, his father was the...
William Talman is known as an Actor and Writer. Some of his work includes The Hitch-Hiker, Perry Mason, Armored Car Robbery, City That Never Sleeps, The Racket, One Minute to Zero, Big House, U.S.A, and Beware, My Lovely.
WILLIAM TALMAN OF 'PERRY MASON'; Actor Who Played District Attorney in TV Series Dies. Share full article. Aug. 31, 1968. Credit... The New York Times Archives.
This was the first of the celebrity "don't smoke" appeals. Bill Talman played the DA on "Perry Mason" and was under very heavy medication at the time this wa...
ENCINO, Calif. (UPl)—Actor William Talman, who played the no-win district attorney on the Perry Mason television Show, died Friday of lung cancer. He was 53. As the legal eagle who was always getting shot down, Talman received a reported $1,508 a week for his stint in the courtroom dramas based on the novels of Erie Stanley Gardner.
William Talman was an essential member of the team that made the Perry Mason show the enduring success that it is. His performance as Hamilton Burger was outstanding. Karrin Kain, a contributor to the site, has put me in contact with Mr. Talman's son, actor and entrepreneur Tim Talman, who has graciously provided material for this remembrance page.
