Perry Mason (TV movies)
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| Created by | Based on characters created by Erle Stanley Gardner |
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| Theme music composer | Fred Steiner |
| Opening theme | "Park Avenue Beat" |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | ~95 minutes |
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| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | December 1, 1985 – April 10, 1995 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Perry Mason (1957–66) |
This is a list of the Perry Mason TV movies (1985–95), a successful series of 30 television films aired on NBC as a sequel to the popular CBS-TV series Perry Mason. After a hiatus of nearly 20 years, Raymond Burr reprised his role as fictional Los Angeles defense attorney Perry Mason in 26 of the television films. After Burr died in 1993, Paul Sorvino and Hal Holbrook starred in the remaining four that aired from 1993 to 1995.
The original Perry Mason television series was broadcast on CBS television from 1957 to 1966. Raymond Burr starred as Perry Mason, a fictional Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer. The character was created by American author and attorney Erle Stanley Gardner.
Television producer Dean Hargrove resurrected the Perry Mason character popularized in the 1957–66 television series in a series of television films for NBC beginning in 1985. Hargrove was able to bring back the two then-surviving major stars, Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale (reprising their roles as Mason and Della Street, respectively) for the first telefilm, Perry Mason Returns, in which Mason resigns his position as an appellate court judge to defend Street on a murder charge.
William Katt, Hale's real-life son, was cast as private investigator Paul Drake, Jr., the son of private investigator Paul Drake. William Hopper, who played private investigator Paul Drake in the original television series, had died years earlier; his photograph appears on Paul Drake Jr.'s desk. Katt appeared in the first nine movies.
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