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#199: The Case of the
Nervous Neighbor
Original Airdate: 02/13/64

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
Ventriloquist Paul Winchell stars in this episode concerning a woman who killed her husband during an argument, only to hit her head in the struggle and lose her memory. She then disappeared, but Paul tracks her down at the request of her family. He finds her in a rest home. So do the police, and she is charged with the homicide.

Although Perry gets her freed from the charge, the trouble continues when her son is charged with killing a fellow worker who was behind an embezzlement scheme.

Credits Edit

Opening

Starring Raymond Burr
in The Case of THE NERVOUS NEIGHBOR
Based upon characters created by Erle Stanley Gardner
Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman, Ray Collins

Trailing

Directed by Arthur Marks
Written by Samuel Newman
Arthur Marks / Art Seid | Producers
Gail Patrick Jackson | Executive Producer
Jackson Gillis | Associate Producer
Samuel Newman | Story Consultant

Raymond Burr as Perry Mason
Barbara Hale as Della Street
William Hopper as Paul Drake
William Talman as Hamilton Burger
Ray Collins as Lt. Tragg
Wesley Lau as Lt. Anderson

Music composed and conducted by Van Cleave

Cast

Paul Winchell as Henry Clement
Richard Rust as Charles Fuller
Jeanne Cooper as Mary Browne
Katherine Squire as Vera Hargrave
Sheila Bromley as Alice Bradley
Les Tremayne as George Browne
G. B. Atwater as Karl Dickinson
Booth Colman as Doctor Younger
Francis X. Bushman as Philip
Jesslyn Fax as Little Old Lady
S. John Launer as Judge

Uncredited Actors
Robert Wegner as Bailiff
(added by gracenote 3/10/2011)

Trivia Edit

Old time silent star Francis X. Bushman makes his final of three appearances here on Perry as Phillip. Francis X. Bushman would die on August 23, 1966, exactly 40 years to the day that fellow silent movie star idol Rudolph Valentino had died. Submitted by PaulDrake 33, 21 December 2009.

Sightings: We get to see where Quiet Old Man (#1) lives! It’s in the same retirement complex (Valley Gardens) as Charles’s mother, and he’s part of the Golden Age Club. We find him playing checkers with another resident. We also discover Distinguished Gentleman #1 among the Golden-Agers astonished by Alice’s arrest. (Didn’t think he was old enough yet.) We even catch a glimpse of the Quiet Old Man dancing in the final scene, but the Gentleman apparently decided to skip the party. Submitted by gracenote, 2/9/2011.
+ Distinguished Gentleman #1 and Quiet Old Man #1 show their support for their fellow Golden-Ager by turning up for the hearing. Little Old Lady #1 joins them, but she never appears at any Golden Age Club functions. Submitted by gracenote, 2/10/2011.

Uncredited Actors: Standing by the door of the courtroom is Robert Wegner (scowling) as a bailiff. Submitted by gracenote, 2/9/2011.

Comments Edit

Paul Winchell certainly toned down his distinctive voice for this episode. Usually it’s a little more exaggerated, a bit throatier and gruffer you might say, as in the Scrubbing Bubbles commercials of the 1970s and ’80s. Submitted by gracenote, 3/10/2011.

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