"Well, I believe I will have another big orange."
Caught the last few minutes of a Have Gun Will Travel episode today.?ÿ A primary character was a Frenchman named Etienne.?ÿ I thought there was something familiar looking about him but couldn't figure it out in such a short time.?ÿ No wonder I had a problem.?ÿ It was Colonel Klink (Werner Klemperer, a native of Cologne, Germany)?ÿ from Hogan's Heroes using a French accent.
As I recall, both William Shatner and Steve McQueen appeared in Perry Mason episodes.
When I watch Perry, I always pay careful attention to see if Sgt Brice has a speaking part.
He was in 120 episodes of the 271 total.?ÿ Popular, but generally silent, fellow.
Did you know he was also in 17 episodes of Ironsides and made an appearance in the TV movie, Perry Mason Returns?
I knew he was in Ironsides. Supposedly, he doubled for Raymond Burr in some scenes of Perry Mason. I don't think I've ever caught him at that.
Learned several new things about Perry Mason last evening.?ÿ Episode 13 in Season 1, The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink, was very interesting.?ÿ It was filmed in 1956 and was the true pilot episode yet it aired in December 1957 after twelve previous episodes but carries a copyright date of 1958.?ÿ We actually saw Paul Drake in his office and got to see his receptionist.?ÿ His office is in the same building as Perry's office.?ÿ It is mentioned that Perry has a much larger staff than we ever see, but, there is no visible proof of this.?ÿ Lieutenant Tragg was a major character from start to finish.?ÿ At one point Tragg refers to someone as a "fink".?ÿ Today it would be a much worse four-letter or longer word.?ÿ Burger only had a few minutes as the true murderer was discovered outside of court.?ÿ Perry and Paul get around town in a Yellow Cab instead of a sleek convertible of some sort.?ÿ Mason and Tragg team up to get the bad guy.?ÿ After Tragg shoots the murderer, Perry says he will get an ambulance.?ÿ Tragg quietly tells him, "Don't-----uh-----hurry,"?ÿ He wanted the bad guy to suffer.
Here are some other trivia about that episode.?ÿ https://metv.com/lists/6-little-differences-you-never-noticed-in-the-perry-mason-pilot-episode?marketid=110
The small-time actor, Brian Hutton, who played the parking lot attendant went on to be a significant movie director.?ÿ Of the following, I think Kelly's Heroes was the most popular of his movies
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Lee Miller, who played Sgt. Brice did appear in Perry Mason Returns?ÿbut if you blink you will miss him. He is really just set dressing that the camera pans by as another character walks by him.
His real role in the shows production was as a stand in for Raymond Burr during camera setups, etc.
There is some debate as to which episode was the actual pilot of?ÿPerry Mason. TCOT Fan Dancers Horse?ÿalso features a short haired Perry in hat. He has a car in that episode. Judy Tyler, the titular fan dancer, was killed in a car accident before it aired. Perhaps for that reason it was the 15th episode to air.
Had never heard of Judy Tyler so looked her up on IMDB.?ÿ Turns out she was Princess Summerfall Winterspring on The Howdy Doody Show from 1950-1953.?ÿ We didn't even have a local TV station until December 1953 and we didn't have a TV in our house until 1958, so I only saw that show in reruns.
