Jim Davidson - The Perry Mason Book: A Comprehensive Guide to Americas Favorite Defender of Justice

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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Obviously, a book like this wouldnt be possible withoutinput from many, many people. Im indebted to the people listed below.

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Those associated with the various TV incarnations of PerryMason: Robert Benevides, the late Ben Brady, the late Howard Browne, the lateRaymond Burr, Yvonne Craig, Dean De Benedictis, Dick De Benedictis, thelate Walter Doniger, the late Michael Fox, Ernest Frankel, Cosmo Genovese, thelate Herschel Burke Gilbert, the late Jackson Gillis, the late Lud Gluskin andhis wife Frances, Barbara Hale, the late Orville H. Hampton, Carl Held, thelate Barney Kessel, the late S. John Launer, the late Seeleg Lester, the lateCharles Macaulay, David Macklin, Monte Markham, Arthur Marks, the late LaurenceMarks, the late Andrew V. McLaglen, the late Lee Miller, the late ChristianNyby Sr., Christian Nyby II, the lateTed Post, Tracy Salkowitz (daughter ofwriter Sy Salkowitz), the late Art Seid, the late Billy Ray Smith, the late BenStarr, the late Fred Steiner, Bill Swan, dancer Wilda Taylor.

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Those who knew, worked with, or were related to Erle Stanley Gardner orGail Patrick: the late Jean Gardner, Kenneth Gardner Jr., Lawrence Hughes, thelate Marshall Houts, Alan McKittrick, the late Grace Naso, the late ValerieNaso, the late Bud Velde, Ruth Moore, Marguerite Downs, Tom Jackson, JenniferJackson, Joseph Horacek III, Beau Halfon, Drew Velde Gay, the late ThomasChastain.

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Others associated with TV or music in some capacity: John Behrens, LindaClark, Joan Quick, the late Anne Nelson, and Robert Drasnin of CBS; CathyHenderson, Dr. Ray Daum, Dr. Charles Bell, and Rachel Hertz of the Universityof Texas at Austin; Donna Colabella and Carolyn Koppel of Viacom Productions;George Faber, Arigon Starr, and Bill Barron of Viacom Entertainment; LauraSiegel of Viacom Enterprises; Rob Maynor, Kathy Fearn-Banks, Iris Gelt, JosieEvans, and Stacy Herring ofNBC-TV; Ron Simon and Jeffrey Fuerst of The Museum of Television and Radio;Lisa Mataes and Dick Connell of TNT; Marc Wallace of Showtime; Michelle Ball,Ed Dubon, Rita Hughes, and Greg Pond of KOFY-TV in San Francisco; producer AviaRadbord of KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh; Diane Albert of The TV Collector; author JonHeitland; author John Javna; author David Schow; film collector Bob Connors;author David Wilson; William Talman III (son of the late actor); Tim Edwards ofthe UCLA Music Library Special Collections; TV music scholar Ford Thaxton;Noemi De Roca and Shawn LeMone of ASCAP; Bill Sumrall of the NortheastMississippi DailyJournal; stuntman-actor Chuck Hicks.

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From the world of comic strips and comic books: Mark Evanier, R. C. Harvey,the late Mel Keefer, Frank Thorne.

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Other experts: Susan L. Barnes, R.N.; Emily Davidson, D.C., P.A.;aviation journalist David P. Esler; auto aficionado Jim Hasler; mysterynovelist Sally Wright; Glynn Martin, executive director, Los Angeles PoliceHistorical Society; publishing professional TamaraMcNeill; Linda and Bobby Wu.

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Fans of Perry Mason: Adwoa Mante, Jay Sharp, Bradley Bourland, JeoffSiever, Jon Garnant, the late Ona L. Hill, Hilary Adair, Paige Andrews, KateBennett, Roger Christman, Brian Christman, Vivian Bostwick, Carlos Colon, SteveCosgrove, Mitchell J. Duryea, Claudia Eastman, Richard Erickson, the lateGeorge Fister, Ron Gump, Steve Haller, Greg Jackson Jr., Mary James, HelenaJohnson, Dr. Tom Joyce, Kenneth Lenoir, Mr. Lynn E. Loos, Gary S. Miller, RaeMiller, Bill N. Morris, Pam Murphy, Joe McGinn, David H. Nesbitt, Allen Pelvit,Karen and Forrest Pettigrew, Jud Phillips, Craig D. Pounds, Carol Reeves, Penny & Lee Simpson (Lee was in The Case of theMisguided Missile), Katie Wilson, and the members of the Perry Mason Yahoogroup, especially DavidSadowski, Mark J. Cuccia, and Jeffrey Marks.

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And various friends, fortheir moral support: Toni Mandara, Bruce Somers, Gina Glass.

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If Ive overlooked anybody,please forgive me; there have been so many.