who played paul drake on the perry mason show
William DeWolf Hopper Jr.
title: Paul Drake (character) text: short-lived 1973–74 revival, "The New Perry Mason", Paul Drake was played by Albert Stratton. In the successful series of Perry Mason television films that began in 1985, the Paul Drake character was part of the back story: his son Paul Jr. served as Mason's private investigator in the first nine films. Drake's son was played by William Katt, real-life son of Barbara Hale, who played Della Street both in the TV series and the TV movies. Paul Drake (character) Paul Drake is a fictional private detective in the "Perry Mason" series of murder mystery novels by Erle Stanley Gardner. Drake title: William Hopper text: William Hopper William DeWolf Hopper Jr. (January 26, 1915March 6, 1970) was an American stage, film, and television actor. The only child of actor DeWolf Hopper and actress and Hollywood columnist Hedda Hopper, he appeared in predominantly minor roles in more than 80 feature films in the 1930s and '40s. After serving in the United States Navy during World War II, he left acting, but in the mid-1950s, he was persuaded by director William Wellman to resume his film career. He became best known for his work in television, as private detective Paul Drake in the CBS series, "Perry Mason". title: Paul Drake (character) text: the Spudsy role in the 1936 film "The Case of the Velvet Claws". Garry Owen played the investigator, now known simply as Paul Drake, in 1936's "The Case of the Black Cat", and Joseph Crehan took over in 1937's "The Case of the Stuttering Bishop". In 1957, the CBS television network launched a "Perry Mason" series based on Gardner's characters. William Hopper auditioned for both the Mason and Drake roles. "He was perfect as Drake, and we got him," recalled executive producer Gail Patrick Jackson. "Paul Drake in the Erle Stanley Gardner books was an entirely different character," Hopper said title: Margaret Lindsay text: Culver City, California. Lindsay's sister, Jane Kies (1909–1985), was also an actress under the stage name Jane Gilbert. Lindsay's niece, Peggy Kenline, and great-nephew, Brad Yates, were also actors. In 1940, Jane Gilbert wed actor William Hopper, son of Hedda Hopper, best known for his role as Paul Drake in the "Perry Mason" television series. The couple had a daughter, Joan, in 1947. Margaret Lindsay Margaret Lindsay (born Margaret Kies, September 19, 1910 – May 9, 1981) was an American film actress. Her time as a Warner Bros. contract player during the 1930s was particularly productive. She was noted for title: Perry Mason text: in a series of television films for NBC beginning in 1985. The two surviving stars of the CBS-TV series, Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale, reprised their roles as Mason and Della Street. In the first telefilm, "Perry Mason Returns", Mason is an appellate court judge who resigns his position to successfully defend his secretary Della on murder charges. William Katt, Hale's son, was cast as Paul Drake, Jr. William Hopper, who played private investigator Paul Drake in the original TV series, had died years earlier; Hopper's photograph appears on Paul Drake Jr.'s desk. In the later TV movies, Mason used