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#59: The Case of the
Stuttering Bishop
Original Airdate: 03/14/59

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
Carol Delaney was raised in an orphanage and never knew who her parents were. Charles Burroughs, is a multimillionaire whose only daughter ran away years ago, leaving a baby daughter in an orphanage before she died. When the stuttering Bishop Mallory brings these two people together, he expects a joyous reunion.

But when Burroughs is stabbed to death Carol becomes the main suspect. Perry must prove not only Carol's innocence but her right to inherit Burroughs's name and fortune.

Credits Edit

Cast

Vaughn Taylor as Bishop Mallory
Ken Lynch as Wallace Lang
Herb Ellis as Deputy District Attorney
Rebecca Welles as Carol Delaney
Joan Vohs as Janice Burroughs
Jonathan Kidd as Philip Burroughs
Carl Benton Reid as Charles Burroughs
Peter Garey as Larry Kenyon
Morris Ankrum as Judge
Jon Lormer as Doctor
Claire Carleton as Blanche Atkins
Killer Karl Davis as Leo Kaster
George E. Stone as Court Clerk
Jim Brandt as Teenage Boy
Lee Miller as Sgt. Brice
Hubie Kerns as Skin Diver

Trivia Edit

CARS: 1959 Ford Skyliner retractable, black, medium interior, top down (Mason), 1959 Plymouth 4dr hardtop (roof & interior only), 1959 Plymouth Savoy 4dr sedan, black & white (Police). From The Cars by Greg Cockerill.

Based on the Erle Stanley Gardner novel of the same name, The Case of the Stuttering Bishop was previously made into a movie in 1937. Donald Woods starred as Mason, with Ann Dvorak as Della Street.

+The home occupied by Charles Burroughs would be used again only three episodes later, # 62 TCOT Howling Dog. Oh, there is different furniture, and some things have been rearranged, but the distinctive double doorway entrance, and the sun burst over the doors gives it away. Submitted by PaulDrake 33.

When Philip Buroughs is being sworn in off camera, the "I do" is clearly in the distinctive voice of actor Ken Lynch (Wallace Lange).

+Killer Karl Davis (pictured above) makes his only appearance on Perry here playing Leo Kaster. Most people would think that Killer is a strange name for an actor, but Karl Davis was orginally a professional wrestler, and Killer was his ring name. Submitted by PaulDrake 33. 11 August 2009.

+Herb Ellis makes his only Perry appearance here playing the Deputy District Attorney. Herb Ellis was the original Officer Frank Smith on the original Dragnet in 1952 for 8 episodes before he was replaced by the more familiar Ben Alexander playing the same role. Submitted by PaulDrake 33. 11 August 2009.

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