William Talman (actor)
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William Talman in The Hitch-Hiker (1953).
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William Whitney Talman, Jr. February 4, 1915 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | August 30, 1968 (aged 53) Encino, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | lung cancer |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California - Plot: Court of Liberty, Lot 833. |
| Occupation | Film and television actor |
| Years active | 1949–1967 |
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William Whitney Talman, Jr. (February 4, 1915 – August 30, 1968) was an American television and movie actor, best known for playing Los Angeles District Attorney Hamilton Burger in the long-running series Perry Mason.
Talman was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Ada Barber and William Whitney Talman, a vice president of an electronics company. His maternal grandparents, Catherine Gandy and James Wells Barber, were immigrants from England.
Talman founded the drama club at the Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He continued to act at Dartmouth College and the University of Michigan. After college, he worked in summer stock and at an iron foundry, paper mills, boat yards, and as an automobile salesman.
Talman served for 30 months in the United States Army in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, beginning his service as a private on February 4, 1942, at Camp Upton in Yaphank, Long Island, New York. He was ultimately commissioned a major during the war.
Talman began his acting career on the stage. He was the leading man in the summer stock company at Ivoryton, Connecticut, where he met his first wife, and he played the male lead in Dear Ruth during part of the play's New York run. He appeared on Broadway in Beverly Hills, Spring Again and A Young Man's Fancy, and toured with the road companies of Yokel Boy and Of Mice and Men.
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