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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 ...
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.
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 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.
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.
In July 1968, her husband, 53-year-old William Talman, taped a landmark antismoking public service announcement that warned of the hazards of cigarettes. Talman, the actor who played the ...
Actor. Birth Date: February 4, 1915. Death Date: August 30, 1968. Birth Place: Detroit, Michigan. Actor William Talman was known for his roles on the silver screen.
