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#188: The Case of the
Bigamous Spouse
Original Airdate: 11/14/63

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
Felton Grimes doesn't have both oars in the water, or so his wife's best friend, Gwynn Elston, thinks. It seems that the oddball Felton is often out of town on business, so much so that his wife Nell has asked Gwynn to move in with her. Gwynn does so and soon likes her new home and her job selling encyclopedias door to door.

But she doesn't like Felton. When he's home, he's constantly trying to put the move on Gwynn. One day on the job, Gwynn is astonished to see Felton's picture in someone else's house. Not only that, but to the Gillette family, Felton Grimes is Frank Gillette, husband and father. Then Felton, or whatever his real name is, tries to poison Gwynn. It's a close shave, but she survives. She sees Perry for advice. It's a good thing, too. Because when Felton is found shot to death, the police arrest Gwynn for the crime.

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Cast

Pippa Scott as Gwynn Elston
Patrick McVey as George Belding Baxter
Karl Swenson as Corley Ketchum
Michael Conrad as Felton Grimes
Allan J. Melvin as Carl Jasper
Jacqueline Loughery as Nell Grimes
Charles Irving as Judge
Claude Stroud as Bolton
Betsy Hale as Little Girl
Ann Mitchell as Mrs. Gillette
Jim Drum as Plainclothesman

Trivia Edit

+Michael Conrad makes his only Perry appearance here playing the title role. Even though Mr. Conrad would act for 30 years on television, it would be his final role as Phil Esterhaus on "Hill Street Blues " that would bring him his greatest fame and two prime time Emmys. Sadly Michael Conrad would die during the run of Hill Street Blues in 1983 at the age of 58. "You all be careful out there". Submitted by PaulDrake 33. 29 September 2009.

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