The Perry Mason Pages.
Episode Guide & Plot Synopsis.
1965-1966
Laughing Lady
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 242
Airdate: 09/12/65
Guests: Constance Towers; Jean Hale; John Abbott; Bernard Fox; John Dall; Allison Hayes; Mickey Manners; John Gallaudet; Shirley O'Hara; Michael Rye; Irene Anders
Plot: A murder suspect thinks she saw the real killer on television.
Fatal Fortune
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 243
Airdate: 09/19/65
Guests: Julie Adams; Lee Philips; Jesse White; Ford Rainey; Nan Martin; Dean Harens; James Lanphier; Grandon Rhodes; Nora Marlowe; Alex Bookston; Belle Mitchell
Plot: A fortune teller's predictions come true for a woman, until she is arrested for murder.
Candy Queen
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 244
Airdate: 09/26/65
Guests: Nancy Gates; Patricia Smith; Nina Shipman; Robert Rockwell; H. M. Wynant; John Napier; John Archer; Kenneth MacDonald; Kitty Kelly; Walter Mathews; William Boyett; Lee Miller; Sam Flint; Charles Stroud; Russ Whiteman; Bebe Kelly
Plot: The owner of a successful diet-candy business is charged with murdering a gambler who held the formula for her product.
Cheating Chancellor
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 245
Airdate: 10/03/65
Guests: Peter Helm; Louise Latham; James Noah; Michael Walker; G. B. Atwater; Peter Hobbs; Jay Barney; Lee Meriwether; Adrianne Ellis; Linda Leighton; Joseph Mell; Phil Chambers; Stacy Keach
Plot: Perry defends an educator at his old alma mater who is accused of murder.
Impetuous Imp
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 246
Airdate: 10/10/65
Guests: Stuart Erwin; Bonnie Jones; Hanna Landy; Don Dubbins; Jeff Cooper; Frank Marth; Richard Webb; James McCallion; Byron Morrow; Michael Fox; Ed Prentis; Lee Miller; Clay Tanner; Helen Gerald; Rand Brooks; Wally West
Plot: A rich widower believed to be guilty of his wife's mysterious death is himself murdered.
Carefree Coronary
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 247
Airdate: 10/17/65
Guests: Robert Emhardt; Bruce Bennett; Benny Baker; Whit Bissell; David Lewis; Lawrence Montaigne; Hal Baylor; Joseph Sirola; Shirley Mitchell; Tracy Morgan; Dan Seymour; Alexander Lockwood; William Woodson; Tommy Farrell; Jay Weston
Plot: Mason, acting as an insurance company's attorney, investigates fraud and murder. Paul is seriously ill in hospital as a result of his investigations.
Hasty Honeymooner
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 248
Airdate: 10/24/65
Guests: Noah Beery; K. T. Stevens; Hugh Marlowe; Cathy Downs; Richard Evans; Strother Martin; Robert Colbert; Mark Tapscott; Al Checco; William Keene; Thom Carney; Lee Miller
Plot: Man with oil field marries woman with farm; she dies mysteriously. Son of previous marriage accuses him of being a Bluebeard.
12th Wildcat
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 249
Airdate: 10/31/65
Guests: Mona Freeman; Bill Williams; Regis Toomey; John Conte; Karl Swenson; Robert Quarry; Roy Roberts; Clark Howat; Willis Bouchey; George Cisar; Ivy Bethune; Tommy Farrell; Patrick Riley; Lee Miller; Sue England; Howard Wright; Lindon Crow; Joe Scibelli; Bill Munson; Don Chuy; Roman Gabriel; Cliff Livingston; Marlin McKeever; Mel Profit; Paul Power
Plot: The owner of a pro-football team is accused of killing her husband in a dispute over control of the franchise.
Wrathful Wraith
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 250
Airdate: 11/07/65
Guests: Jeanne Bal; Marion Moses; Douglas Dick; Lee Farr; Gene Lyons; Walter Brooke; Winifred Coffin; Robert Easton; Geraldine Wall; Byron Morrow; Don Dillaway; Henry Hunter; Frank Biro; Lester Dorr; George Conrad; Jack Carol; Cecil Elliott; John Hart; Mari Lynn
Plot: Seances and a ``corpse'' that won't stay dead complicate Perry's latest investigation.
Runaway Racer
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 251
Airdate: 11/14/65
Guests: Hank Brandt; Jan Shepard; Anthony Caruso; Michael Constantine; Richard Eastham; Gavin MacLeod; Robert H. Harris; Jimmy Cross; Michael Harris; Paul Winfield; Lawrence Green; Seamon Glass
Plot: A race driver is accused of killing a business partner who he felt was cheating him.
Silent Six
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 252
Airdate: 11/21/65
Guests: Skip Homeier; Dianne Foster; Cyril Delevanti; Virginia Gregg; David Macklin; Hampton Fancher; Chris Noel; Tyler MacDuff; Kenneth MacDonald; John Heath; Walter Mathews; Peter Baron; Lee Miller; Dale Van Sickle
Plot: A police officer faces charges of slaying his sister's tormentor.
Fugitive Fraulein
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 253
Airdate: 11/28/65
Guests: Susanne Cramer; Jeanette Nolan; Gregory Morton; Kevin Hagen; Ronald Long; Lilyan Chauvin; Wolfe Barzell; Eileen Baral; Barbara Morrison; Peter Hellman; Horst Ebersberg; Hans Heyde; Charles Hradilac; George Perina; Shony Alex Braun
Plot: Perry travels behind the Berlin Wall to defend a woman accused of slaying an East German agent.
Baffling Bug
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 254
Airdate: 12/12/65
Guests: Grant Williams; Dee Hartford; Ben Cooper; Alizia Gur; Gilbert Green; Bryon O'Byrne; Teru Shimada; S. John Launer; Mary Treen; Robert Okazaki; Nancy Hsueh
Plot: A trusted employee's murder leads Perry into the world of industrial espionage.
Golden Girls
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 255
Airdate: 12/19/65
Guests: Philip Bourneuf; Paula Stewart; Angela Dorian; Mark Roberts; Jean Engstrom; George Neise; Bruce Glover; John Gallaudet; Lee Fredericks; Lee Miller; Charles Stroud; Annazette; Nancy Czar
Plot: A man is charged in the death of his shady business partner.
Bogus Buccaneer
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 256
Airdate: 01/09/66
Guests: Rhodes Reason; Patricia Cutts; Mary Mitchel; Richard Jaeckel; Kathleen Crowley; John Milford; Steve Harris; Leonard Stone; Michael Fox; Meg Wyllie; Willis Bouchey; Lee Miller; Len Hendry; Linda Lee; John Strong; Jack Swanson; Hugh Warren; John Underhill; Jack Shea; Patricia Joyce
Plot: In a bizarre murder, a neighbor's ``eyewitness'' testimony seems to doom Perry's client.
Midnight Howler
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 257
Airdate: 01/16/66
Guests: Lee Patterson; Myrna Fahey; Dan Travanty; Alan Baxter; Cathleen Cordell; Ian Wolfe; Grandon Rhodes; Pitt Herbert; Lee Miller; Marc Desmond; Phil Arnold
Plot: A man is shot and killed while a huge radio audience, including Perry, is listening.
Vanishing Victim
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 258
Airdate: 01/23/66
Guests: Lisa Gaye; Jeanne Cooper; George Wallace; Richard Erdman; Russell Arms; John Matthews; S. John Launer; John Goddard; Carl Prickett; Carol Brewster; Tom Vize; Lee Miller; Glen Vernon
Plot: Perry investigates a private-plane crash, a missing supply of drugs and a millionaire who lives a double life.
Golfer's Gambit
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 259
Airdate: 01/30/66
Guests: Carl Reindel; Nancy Kovack; Harry Townes; Phyllis Hill; Dennis Patrick; Don Dubbins; Alan Reed, Jr.; Bartlett Robinson; Gertrude Flynn; Regina Gleason; Byron Morrow; Bill Brundige; Ted Stanhope; Maurice Wells; Bud Perkins; Maureene Gaffney
Plot: A golf pro is killed after his biggest win, and the man he defeated is charged with the murder.
Sausalito Sunrise
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 260
Airdate: 02/13/66
Guests: Francine York; Donald Murphy; Mark Tapscott; Allan Melvin; Peter Mamakos; Elisabeth Fraser; Richard Angarola; Stanley Clements; Steve Conte; Paul Genge; Kenneth MacDonald; William Erwin; Dirk Evans; Bebe Kelly; Linda Burton; Charles Cirillo
Plot: Perry defends the owner of an art gallery and his pretty assistant, twice accused of murder.
Scarlet Scandal
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 261
Airdate: 02/20/66
Guests: Will Hutchins; Gene Evans; Luana Patten; Mala Powers; Lloyd Gough; Clint Sundberg; Richard Devon; Dee Pollock; Connie Gilchrist; Blair Davies; William Keene; Walter Stocker; Carl Prickett; Jack Swanson; Alex Bookston; Paul Sorenson; Pat McCaffrie
Plot: A young musician is charged with the murder of an art patroness who befriended him.
Twice Told Twist
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 262
Airdate: 02/27/66
Guests: Richard Anderson; Dan Tobin; Victor Buono; Kevin O'Neal; Scott Graham; Lisa Pera; Lisa Seagram; Nicolas Sorovy; Marc Rambeau; Keg Johnson; Judson Pratt; Beverly Hills; Harlan Warde; Harry Holcombe; Byron Morrow; Helen Kleeb; Will J. White; Coby Denton; Jim Farley
Plot: While Perry and Della visit a client, Perry's car is stripped. One of the boys in the gang responsible is then implicated in a murder, and Perry defends him.
*This is the only episode that was filmed in colour.
Avenging Angel
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 263
Airdate: 03/13/66
Guests: Richard Carlson; Sue Ann Langdon; Lurene Tuttle; Chick Chandler; Paul Stewart; Martin Horsey; Patricia Owens; Sandy Descher; Douglas Evans; Michael McGiveney; John McKee; Mary Statler
Plot: A rock 'n' roll musician is charged after a ruthless star-maker is slain during a recording session.
Tsarina's Tiara
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 264
Airdate: 03/20/66
Guests: Virginia Field; Kendall Clark; Vivienne Segal; Leonid Kinsky; Wesley Addy; Phillip Terry; Janet DeGore; Carlos Romero; Barbara Perry; Lew Brown; Lee Miller; Rudolfo Hoyos; Willis Robards; Fayrene King; Ray Hemphill; Kenneth MacDonald; Dante Orgolini; Larry Barton; Fred Krone
Plot: A gem authority in South America is charged with the murder of an international jewel thief.
Fanciful Frail
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 265
Airdate: 03/27/66
Guests: Pippa Scott; Barry Kelley; Arch Johnson; Joan Huntington; Coleen Gray; Abigail Shelton; John Rayner; Hunt Powers; Phil Arthur; Henry Hunter; Vera Marshe; Roy Engel; S. John Launer; Ray Montgomery; Timothy Blake; Marshall Kent; Seamon Glass; Lee Miller; Mildred Harrison
Plot: Two women exchange identities -- one to recover $50,000 she is suspected of stealing, and the other to evade a paid assassin.
Unwelcome Well
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 266
Airdate: 04/03/66
Guests: Wendell Corey; Paul Brinegar; Marilyn Erskine; Les Tremayne; James Best; Gloria Talbott; Danielle DeMetz; Edmund Hashim; William Lanteau; Hal Lynch; Gordon Westcourt; Martin Braddock; Frank Biro; Lee Miller; Robert R. Stephenson
Plot: A geologist is accused of killing the oil tycoon who betrayed him.
Dead Ringer
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 267
Airdate: 04/17/66
Guests: Indus Arthur; Arlene Martel; Oliver McGowan; Henry Beckman; Stewart Moss; Maurice Manson; Tom Palmer; Chet Stratton; Alan Fordney; Grandon Rhodes; Anthony Jochim; Ed Prentis; Roland La Starza; Mike Miguel De Anda; Alex Bookston
Plot: A Cockney merchant seaman by the name of Grimes becomes involved in a plot to discredit Perry.
*Raymond Burr plays dual roles in this episode. As well as Perry Mason he plays the part of the cockney sailor, Grimes.
Misguided Model
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 268
Airdate: 04/24/66
Guests: Mary Ann Mobley; Paul Lukather; Anthony Eisley; Rita Lynn; Don Dubbins; James Griffith; Harry Holcombe; Armand Harrison; Sarah Selby; Isabel Randolph; Lauren Gilbert; Eddie Quillan; Lisa Davis; Lee Miller; Darlene Enlow; Robert Legionaire; Jim Johnson; Howard Davis
Plot: A model is threatened and the person who attempted to wreck her career is slain.
Positive Negative
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 269
Airdate: 05/01/66
Guests: Brian Donlevy; Bettye Ackerman; Parley Baer; Dabbs Greer; Simon Scott; Anthony Hayes; Ted de Corsia; John Gallaudet; Jim Drum; Tom Allen
Plot: A retired general heading a local commission is charged with the murder of the community crime boss.
Crafty Kidnapper
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 270
Airdate: 05/15/66
Guests: Gary Collins; Cloris Leachman; Douglas Henderson; Anne Whitfield; Mary Foskett; John Lasell; Pat Priest; John Holland; William Bramley; Walter Burke; Willis Bouchey; Patricia Joyce; Lee Miller
Plot: A witness of a columnist's murder refuses to testify.
Final Fade-Out
Season: 65/66
Episode#: 271
Airdate: 05/22/66
Guests: James Stacy; Estelle Winwood; Jackie Coogan; Denver Pyle; Dick Clark; Gerald Mohr; Marilyn Mason; Kenneth MacDonald; William Tannen; Margaret Shinn; Linda Burton; Maureen Crow; Louis Elias; Saul Gorss; Lee Miller
Plot: Perry investigates a murder that took place during a staged gunfight, on a sound stage, during the filming of a TV series. Initially a TV producer is charged, and is later found murdered. Then Perry's new client is a jaded movie star.
*The final episode of Perry Mason - many of the crew and people involved "behind the scenes" are seen in this episode - and Erle Stanley Gardner plays one of the judges.
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