Perry Mason premiered on CBS. As one of the first hour-long series on TV, Perry Mason introduced audiences to the genre of legal series. For nearly a decade, the series captivated audiences and paved ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CBS via Getty The cast of 'Perry Mason.' From left: Barbara Hale, Ray Collins, Raymond Burr, William Talman and William Hopper.

"Perry Mason," a legal drama starring Matthew Rhys, won't return for a third season on HBO. Chris Chalk and Juliet Rylance told UPI their characters, Paul and Della, a Black private investigator and ...

William Hopper, the actor who played the stalwart private detective Paul Drake on the hit 1957 legal drama "Perry Mason," was a notoriously prolific smoker, often seen with a ciga ...