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William Talman (1915–1968)

Actor | Writer

William Talman is best known for his role as Hamilton Burger, the district attorney who perpetually lost to Perry Mason in the long-running series Perry Mason. Talman was an accomplished screenwriter and stage and screen actor, and appeared in numerous roles on television as a character actor from the mid-'50s until his death from lung cancer in August of 1968... See full bio »

Born:

William Whitney Talman Jr.
in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Died:

(age 53) in Encino, California, USA
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1967 The Invaders (TV series)
Colonel Frank Griffith
– Quantity: Unknown (1967) … Colonel Frank Griffith
 
1967 The Ballad of Josie
District Attorney Charlie Lord
 
1966 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
Sheriff
– The Night of the Man-Eating House (1966) … Sheriff
 
1957-1966 Perry Mason (TV series)
Hamilton Burger / D.A. Hamilton Burger / District Attorney Hamilton Burger / …
– The Case of the Final Fade-Out (1966) … Hamilton Burger
– The Case of the Crafty Kidnapper (1966) … Hamilton Burger
– The Case of the Positive Negative (1966) … Hamilton Burger
– The Case of the Misguided Model (1966) … Hamilton Burger
– The Case of the Dead Ringer (1966) … Hamilton Burger
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1963 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Race
– Legends Don't Sleep (1963) … Race
 
1960-1961 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
George Jondill / Sheriff
– Long Way Home (1961) … Sheriff
– The Shooting of Jessie May (1960) … George Jondill
 
1958 Cimarron City (TV series)
Jeff Conway
– To Become a Man (1958) … Jeff Conway
 
1958 Goodyear Theatre (TV series)
Lieutenant Herman Brule
– Disappearance (1958) … Lieutenant Herman Brule
 
1958 Alcoa Theatre (TV series)
Lt. Herman Brule
– Disappearance (1958) … Lt. Herman Brule
 
1958 Wagon Train (TV series)
Walt Archer
– The Sarah Drummond Story (1958) … Walt Archer
 
1958 Tombstone Territory (TV series)
Logan Beatty
– The Return of the Outlaw (1958) … Logan Beatty
 
1956-1958 Climax! (TV series)
Gene / Joe MacKenzie / Stan
– Scream in Silence (1958) … Gene
– Dark Wall (1956) … Stan
– Sit Down with Death (1956) … Joe MacKenzie
– The Louella Parsons Story (1956)
 
1957 Trackdown (TV series)
Blaine Sand
– Like Father (1957) … Blaine Sand
 
1957 Hell on Devil's Island
Bayard
 
1957 The Persuader
Matt Bonham/Mark Bonham
 
1956 Telephone Time (TV series)
Lew Reese / Undetermined Role
– The Sergeant Boyd Story (1956) … Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
– Scio, Ohio (1956) … Lew Reese
 
1956 The Man Is Armed
Hackett
 
1956 Uranium Boom
Grady Mathews
 
1956 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
Barney
– No. 5 Checked Out (1956) … Barney
 
1955 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Jock McLain
– South of Selangor (1955) … Jock McLain
 
1955 Science Fiction Theatre (TV series)
Norman Conway
– The Water Maker (1955) … Norman Conway
 
1955 TV Reader's Digest (TV series)
Insurance Investigator
– Old Master Detective (1955) … Insurance Investigator
 
1955 Two-Gun Lady
Marshal Dan Corbin
 
1955 Cavalier Theatre (TV series)
Wes Hardin
– The Texas Rangers (1955) … Wes Hardin
 
1955 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
Wes Hardin
– The Texas Rangers (1955) … Wes Hardin
 
1955 Smoke Signal
Capt. Harper
 
1955 Crashout
Luther Remsen/Swanee Rawlins/Reverend Remington
 
1955 Four Star Playhouse (TV series)
Eddie
– Eddie's Place (1955) … Eddie
 
1955 Big House, U.S.A.
William 'Machine Gun' Mason
 
1954 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Brad Ringer
– Pick of the Litter (1954) … Brad Ringer
 
1953 City That Never Sleeps
Hayes Stewart
 
1953 The Hitch-Hiker
Emmett Myers
 
1952 One Minute to Zero
Col. John Parker
 
1951 The Racket
Officer Bob Johnson
 
1950 Armored Car Robbery
Dave Purvis
 
1950 The Kid from Texas
Minninger
 
1949 The Woman on Pier 13
Bailey
 
1949 Red, Hot and Blue
Bunny Harris
 
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1967 The Virginian (TV series)
– A Welcoming Town (1967) (story)
 
1957 Joe Dakota
 
1956 I've Lived Before
 
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1963 Stump the Stars (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 8 July 1963 (1963) … Himself - Guest Panelist
 
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(1940) Stage: Appeared (as "Ted Farlow") in "Beverly Hills" on Broadway. Written by Lynn Starling and Howard J. Green. Directed by Otto Preminger (who co-produced with Laurence Schwab). Fulton Theatre: 7 Nov 1940-30 Nov 1940 (28 performances). Cast: Effie Afton (as "Mrs. Burnside")... See more »
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