The Perry Mason Pages.
Episode Guide & Plot Synopsis.
1960-1961
Treacherous Toupee
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 96
Airdate: 09/17/60
Guests: Peggy Converse; Philip Ober; Bert Freed; Cindy Robbins; Thomas B. Henry; Robert Redford; Nelson Olmstead; Des Arlen; Jonathan Hole; Frank Wilcox; Lindsey Workman; Juney Ellis; Rita Duncan; Hal Smith; Len Hendry; George E. Stone; Lee Miller; Patricia Marlowe
Plot: An executive 'missing' for two years appears on the day of a vital stockholders meeting and is murdered.
Credulous Quarry
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 97
Airdate: 09/24/60
Guests: Katherine Squire; Russell Arms; John Conwell; Vinton Hayworth; Walter Reed; Nan Peterson; Russ Bender; Willis Bouchey; Fred Graham; Renee Godfrey; Bart Conrad; George E. Stone
Plot: A shady lawyer, a client charged with murder and a woman witness demanding a payoff complicate Perry's case.
Ill-fated Faker
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 98
Airdate: 10/01/60
Guests: William Campbell; Kenneth Tobey; June Dayton; Sue Randall; Howard Petrie; James Anderson; Tyler McVey; Sarah Selby; S. John Launer; Pitt Herbert; George E. Stone
Plot: A harried business executive wants to rid himself of a dishonest, freeloading nephew.
Singular Double
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 99
Airdate: 10/08/60
Guests: Harry Townes; Connie Hines; Arch Johnson; Alan Baxter; Andrea King; Wilton Graff; Mary Webster; Morris Ankrum; Michael Fox; Sue England; Richard Geary
Plot: A troubled girl assumes the identity of a non-existent cousin to report her own disappearance as a suspected suicide.
Lavender Lipstick
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 100
Airdate: 10/15/60
Guests: Joe Maross; Pat Breslin; John Lupton; Rita Lynn; Dabbs Greer; Whit Bissell; James Bell; Walter Coy; Nelson Leigh; Betty Farrington; George E. Stone; Charlotte Thompson
Plot: A chemist is accused of killing her employer after an attempt is made to frame her for industrial espionage.
Wandering Widow
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 101
Airdate: 10/22/60
Guests: Paul Langton; Coleen Gray; Dean Harens; Marguerite Chapman; Casey Adams; Ralph Clanton; Hugh Sanders; Robert Cornthwaite; Stephen Talbot; Richard Gaines; Robert Carson; Robert Whiting; Gil Rogers; Helen Spring
Plot: The long-missing witness in a 6-year-old homicide case blackmails the victim's widow.
Clumsy Clown
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 102
Airdate: 11/05/60
Guests: Kenneth Tobey; Chana Eden; Douglas Henderson; Maggie Hayes; Walter Sande; Willard Sage; Robert Clarke; Ken Curtis; Lillian Bronson; Jon Lormer; Russ Thompson
Plot: Murder at the circus, Mason, Street, Drake and Tragg are witnesses. The circus clown hires Perry when he is accused of the murder.
Provocative Protege
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 103
Airdate: 11/12/60
Guests: Virginia Field; Robert Lowery; Kathie Browne; Robert Karnes; Charles D. Cooper; Gregory Morton; Harry Jackson; Donald Foster; Barry Cahill; Morris Ankrum; Jon Lormer; George E. Stone; Cindy Courtland
Plot: A concert pianist's widow suspects her husband's fatal fall from a cliff was murder.
Nine Dolls
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 104
Airdate: 11/19/60
Guests: Maggie Mahoney; Jeanette Nolan; Laurie Perreau; Frances Helm; Gage Clarke; Francis X. Bushman; John Banner; Robert Karnes; Nelson Leigh; Eleanor Audley; Fred Essler; James Chandler; Eugene Borden
Plot: A child's request to learn who she is leads Perry on an international quest and to a murder trial.
Loquacious Liar
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 105
Airdate: 12/03/60
Guests: H. M. Wynant; Bruce Gordon; Lurene Tuttle; Wynn Pearce; Regis Toomey; Melora Conway; Jeanne Baird; Baynes Barron; S. John Launer; Dorothy Adams; Michael Fox; John Truax; Lori Kaye; George E. Stone
Plot: Perry searches for a stolen photograph that holds the key to a struggle for control of a boat-building firm.
Red Riding Boots
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 106
Airdate: 12/10/60
Guests: Corey Allen; H. M. Wynant; Frank Maxwell; Elen Willard; Linda Leighton; John Archer; Shirley Ballard; Willis B. Bouchey; Richard Deacon; Sara Seegar; Reba Waters; Bill Idelson; George E. Stone; Michael Harris
Plot: A ranch hand is accused of killing a girl found stuffed in a car trunk on the eve of her wedding to a rancher.
Larcenous Lady
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 107
Airdate: 12/17/60
Guests: Ellen Drew; Arthur Franz; Louise Fletcher; Robert Brown; Patricia Huston; Edward Platt; King Calder; Bryon Morrow; William Boyett; Myron Natwick; Christopher Dark; Mara Massey; Robert Terry
Plot: A secretary is framed in a blackmail plot, then accused of the death of her employer's wife.
Envious Editor
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 108
Airdate: 01/07/61
Guests: Philip Abbott; James H. Coburn; Paul Lambert; H. M. Wynant; Barbara Lawrence; Jennifer Howard; Vinton Hayworth; Sara Shane; S. John Launer; Sid Tomack; Dave Willock; Jim Drum; Virginia Carroll; Paul Power; Donna Hayes; Harry Hollins; George E. Stone
Plot: A respected magazine editor's wife is accused of slaying her husband's ruthless publisher.
Resolute Reformer
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 109
Airdate: 01/14/61
Guests: Richard Eastham; Diana Millay; John Hoyt; Douglas Dick; James Westerfield; Phillip Terry; Byron Palmer; Maxine Stuart; John McLiam; Hardie Albright; Tom Harkness; Charles J. Conrad; Tony Hughes; Dennis Quinn; Bert Stevens; Dean Casey; Joe McGuinn; Gisele Verlaine
Plot: Bribery, blackmail and murder develop from a citizens' fight against a proposed construction project.
Fickle Fortune
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 110
Airdate: 01/21/61
Guests: Cathy O'Donnell; Vaughn Taylor; Philip Ober; Robert Casper; Liam Sullivan; Helen Brown; Virginia Christine; Richard Gaines; Eve March; Connie Cezon; Michael Fox; Berkeley Harris; Lee Miller; George E. Stone; Hal Taggert; Vincent Troy
Plot: A civil servant robbed of $153,000 is caught at a murder scene where part of the missing money is found.
Waylaid Wolf
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 111
Airdate: 02/04/61
Guests: Robert Karnes; Rebecca Welles; Andra Martin; Laurie Mitchell; Tony Travis; Barry Atwater; Benson Fong; Robert Carricart; Frances Fong; I. Stanford Jolley; Morris Ankrum; Bill Cord; Irvin Ashkenazy; Elizabeth Harrower; Tiger Joe Marsh; Pitt Herbert; Lee Miller; George E. Stone
Plot: A secretary is lured by her boss' son to a lonely beach house, where he is found knifed to death after she flees his advances.
Wintry Wife
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 112
Airdate: 02/18/61
Guests: Jerome Thor; Robert Karnes; June Vincent; Alan Hewitt; Marianne Stewart; Fredd Wayne; Jean Howell; Barney Phillips; Sue England; Willis B. Bouchey; Paul Barselow; Michael Fox; Robert Bice; George E. Stone; Rudolph Salinger; Chuck Stroud
Plot: A vindictive woman is found slain after she plotted to destroy her husband's underwater sounding device.
Angry Dead Man
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 113
Airdate: 02/25/61
Guests: Gloria Talbott; Edward Binns; Les Tremayne; Gordon Jones; Carol Ohmart; James Millhollin; Frank Ferguson; Naomi Stevens; Karl Held; Wally Brown; Ray Montgomery; Juney Ellis; Kenneth R. MacDonald; Phil Chambers; Charles Stroud
Plot: A man who staged his death so his wife could collect insurance returns to save her from a swindler, then is actually killed.
Blind Man's Bluff
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 114
Airdate: 03/11/61
Guests: John Conte; George Macready; Jean Allison; Jack Ging; Berry Kroeger; Merry Anders; Nelson Leigh; Benny Rubin; Alexander Lockwood; Arthur Hanson; Geraldine Wall; Sid Clute; Bart Conrad; Susan Davis; George E. Stone
Plot: A man is accused of pushing another out a penthouse window and fencing stolen jewels.
Barefaced Witness
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 115
Airdate: 03/18/61
Guests: Paul Fix; Josephine Hutchinson; Malcolm Atterbury; Roy Roberts; Adam West; Enid Janes; Russ Conway; Eloise Hardt; Lewis Martin; Tom Fadden; Charles Briggs; Russ Bender; Rosemary Day
Plot: An embezzler's return to his hometown jeopardizes one of Paul Drake's former clients.
Difficult Detour
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 116
Airdate: 03/25/61
Guests: Jeff York; Suzanne Lloyd; Jason Evers; Mort Mills; Lee Farr; Joe di Reda; Neil Hamilton; Joan Camden; Bert Freed; John Gallaudet; S. John Launer; Mike Masters
Plot: A bankrupt road builder is charged with murdering the man responsible for his financial woes.
Cowardly Lion
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 117
Airdate: 04/08/61
Guests: Carol Rossen; Fred Beir; Phyllis Coates; Leslie Bradley; Warren Kemmerling; O. Z. Whitehead; Betty Lou Gerson; Paul Birch; Paul Langton; Eddie Quillan; Mack Williams; Bill Quinn; Norman Leavitt; Art Lewis; Ralph Manza; Bert Remsen
Plot: A baby gorilla is kidnapped while a murder victim is left to be mauled in a lion's cage.
*Many of the scenes were shot at the San Deigo Zoo.
Torrid Tapestry
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 118
Airdate: 04/22/61
Guests: Conrad Nagel; Paula Raymond; Robert H. Harris; Lillian Buyeff; John Holland; Ray Kellogg; Kenneth R. MacDonald; Percy Helton; Syd Saylor; John Graham; Lloyd Nelson; Louis Serrano
Plot: A museum worker jailed for burning art returns to confront the man who framed him, and is accused of his murder.
Violent Vest
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 119
Airdate: 04/29/61
Guests: Myrna Fahey; Hayden Rorke; Sonya Wilde; Erik Rhodes; Joe Cronin; Dorothy Green; Rosemary Eliot; Frank Jenks; Richard Gaines; Barbara Pepper; Bill Erwin; Robert Harrow; Sam Flint; George E. Stone
Plot: A model is accused of killing an adman who was pursuing her against her wishes.
Misguided Missile
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 120
Airdate: 05/06/61
Guests: Bruce Bennett; Jeanne Bal; Simon Oakland; Robert Rockwell; Richard Arlen; William Schallert; Med Flory; George Neise; Stephen Roberts; Richard Shannon; Ronnie Knox; Larry Gray; Clark Howat; Alan Dexter; Paul Lees; James Sikking
Plot: An Air Force officer is court-martialed on a murder charge.
Duplicate Daughter
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 121
Airdate: 05/20/61
Guests: Don Dubbins; Anne Helm; Walter Kinsella; Kaye Elhardt; Joyce MacKenzie; Willis Bouchey; Dick Whittinghill; Harlan Warde; Nelson Olmsted; Michael Fox; Don Harvey; George Selk; Charles Stroud
Plot: A man finds himself accused in the murder of a woman detective.
Grumbling Grandfather
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 122
Airdate: 05/27/61
Guests: Patricia Barry; Otto Kruger; Karl Held; Frances Rafferty; Gavin MacLeod; Phil Arthur; Fifi D'Orsay; Dub Taylor; John Gallaudet; Kenneth MacDonald; Henry Hunter; John Close; Maura McGiveney; Fred Coby; Hal Dawson; Lee Miller
Plot: A young man is accused of murdering his girlfriend's estranged husband.
*Karl Held begins a recurring role as the young aspiring lawyer "David Gideon", helping Perry in some of the upcoming episodes.
Guilty Clients
Season: 60/61
Episode#: 123
Airdate: 06/10/61
Guests: Lisa Gaye; Charles Bateman; Guy Mitchell; Faith Domergue; Barbara Stuart; Alan Bunce; William Mims; Ben Wright; Grandon Rhodes; Sydney Smith; Tom Vize; Pitt Herbert; Charles Stroud; Lee Miller; William Coffin
Plot: Perry's client makes a dramatic courtroom confession, possibly causing Mason to lose a case.
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