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People Say:

was the gayest show ever. Veils and opera gloves on the witness stand. William Hopper and these tweed suits.
Very smooth on tv: William Hopper as "Paul Drake", Gene Barry as "Bat Masterson" & "Amos Burke", Van Williams as "The Green Hornet".
In 1970, actor William Hopper, who played Paul Drake on TV s Perry Mason, died at age 55 of pneumonia.
William Hopper who plays "Perry Mason" assistant w/ his ever-present smoke about the 2nd shiftiest cat on teevee. But hey, he a Private Eye.
Ms. Barbara Hale was the last icon of a Drama Dynasty to leave us following William Talman, William Hopper, Raymond Burr. Ref: Perry Mason.