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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 television series Perry Mason.
William Talman is best known for his role as Hamilton Burger, the district attorney who perpetually lost to Perry Mason in the long-running series Perry Mason (1957).
William Talman is best known for his role as Hamilton Burger, the district attorney who perpetually lost to Perry Mason in the long-running series Perry Mason (1957). Talman was an accomplished screenwriter and stage and screen actor, and appeared in numerous roles on television as a character actor from the mid-'50s until his death from lung ...
William Talman. 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.
Jul 2, 2021 · William was the first Hollywood actor to film an antismoking PSA for the American Cancer Society. He had been a heavy smoker all his life and was dying of lung cancer while filming. He began with the words “Before I die, I want to do what I can to leave a world free of cancer for my six children.”
Feb 9, 2012 · As fictional prosecutor Hamilton Burger, Detroit-born actor William Talman had lost case after case to defense attorney Raymond Burr during nine seasons of Perry Mason. Now, Talman was reaching from beyond the grave to issue a startling firsthand warning about the lethal effects of smoking.
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.
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Actor, Writer. Born February 4, 1915 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. William Talman is best known for his role as Hamilton Burger, the district attorney who perpetually lost to Perry Mason in the long-running series Perry Mason (1957).
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 television series Perry Mason.
