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Actor, William Talman, was born William Whitney Talman Jr. on Feb 4, 1915 in Detroit, MI. Talman died at the age of 53 on Aug 30, 1968 in Encino, CA .

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What’s a guy to do? To modern audiences, may be best known as the luckless district attorney Hamilton Burger, who never won a case against TV?s popular defense attorney, Perry Mason. He also appeared in?19 feature films over a span of 18 years, including memorable performances i... Read full article


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Emmett Myers: My folks were tough. When I was born, they took one look at this puss of mine and told me to get lost.


Emmett Myers: I had a watch like this once when I was 17. Nobody gave it to me. I just took it.


Dave Purvis: I don't like things written down! I don't like it!


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He was actually fired from the "Perry Mason" (1957) series after a party at which he was a guest was raided by Los Angeles police. Although he denied any wrongdoing, he was fired from the show due to the morals clause in his contract. Although the cast and crew persuaded the network to rehire him, it damaged his acting career. He did not work very much as an actor after the incident.

When he came down with lung cancer, he was the first actor to do a TV commercial on the danger of smoking.

Appears as district attorney Hamilton Burger, with Raymond Burr as lawyer Perry Mason, on a 44¢ USA commemorative postage stamp in the Early TV Memories issue honoring "Perry Mason" (1957), issued 11 August 2009.

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