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#172: The Case of the
Surplus Suitor
Original Airdate: 02/28/63

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
Although just a corporation lawyer, Sherman Hatfield--played by Walter Pidgeon--takes the job of defending Hollis Wilburn, a woman accused of murdering her uncle. Paul Drake is hired for the footwork.

Interestingly, at one time in the early 1940s Pidgeon was almost hired to be the voice of Perry Mason in the popular radio series.

Credits Edit

Cast

Walter Pidgeon as Sherman Hatfield
Joyce Bulifant as Hollis Wilburn
James Best as Martin Potter
Carl Benton Reid as John Wilburn
Nellie Burt as Mrs. Abernathy
Linden Chiles as Vernon Elliot
Andrea King as Jean Crewe
Hayden Rorke as Gage McKinney
John Siegfried as Alex Gaussner
Lisa Davis as Receptionist
James Cross as Cabbie
Grandon Rhodes as Judge
Jean Harvey as Janitress
Russell Grieve as Cop

Trivia Edit

+Big time movie star Walter Pidgeon makes his only Perry appearance here filling in for the ailing Raymond Burr. Walter Pidgeon was twice nominated for an Academy Award in 1943 and 1944. Each time he played the husband of Greer Garson who was also nominated each year. Mr. Pidgeon lost out in 1943 to Jimmy Cagney and in 1944 to Paul Lukas. Submitted by PaulDrake 33. 9 September 2009.

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