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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 (1957). 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.
He was born William Whitney Talman Jr. on February 4, 1915, in Detroit, Michigan, the first son of William Talman Sr. and Ada B. Talman. His father was vice-president of an electrical company that manufactured industrial heat-measuring recording devices and yachts. During an interview with "TV Guide" in April of 1963, Talman told writer Richard Gehman that his father made a good deal of money, "enough to send me to school in a limousine each day. Public school. That meant I had to fight my way in and out." In school Talman developed an avid interest in athletics, especially boxing and baseball. He furthered his interest in boxing early in life by fighting on the local parish boxing team of the Episcopal Church. At one point in his life he played semi-professional baseball. He was educated at Cranbrook School and later attended Dartmouth College, where his interest in acting first took h
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William Talman (actor)
American actor (1915–1968)
William Talman | |
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Talman in the trailer for One Minute to Zero (1952) | |
| Born | William Whitney Talman Jr. (1915-02-04)February 4, 1915 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | August 30, 1968(1968-08-30) (aged 53) Encino, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California - Plot: Court of Liberty, Lot 833. |
| Other names | Bill Talman |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1940–1967 |
| Spouses | Lynne Carter (m. 1942; div. 1952)Barbara Read (m. 1953; div. 1959)Margaret Flanagan (m. 1963) |
William Whitney Talman Jr. (February 4, 1915 – August 30, 1968) was an American television and movie actor, best known for playing Los Angeles District Attorney Hamilton Burger in the television series Perry Mason.
Family and education
[edit]William Talman was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Ada Barber and William Whitney Talman, a vice president of an electronics company. His maternal grandparents, Catherine Gandy and James Wells Barber, were immigrants from England.