Stanley Gardner's literary success with the Perry Mason novels convinced Hollywood to try its hand, unsuccessfully with some motion pictures. However, the Perry Mason radio show stayed on the air for 12 years.

The radio Perry Mason eschued boring courtroom drama in favor of swapping gunshots with evildoers! Geared more towards action than courtroom drama, Perry Mason ran 12 seasons.

Cast

The actors portraying Mason switched greatly over the first three years of its run, starting with Bartlett Robinson, then followed by Santos Ortega and Donald Briggs, before settling on John Larkin, who played the famous attorney for the remainder of the broadcast. Della Street, in turn was portrayed by Radio Soap Queen Gertrude Warner, Jan Miner (Palmolive's "Madge" the Manicurist), and New York City Joan Alexander, radio's voice of Lois Lane

(Cast in order of portrayal)

• Perry Mason:
  • Bartlett Robinson,
  • Santos Ortega,
  • Donald Briggs,
  • John Larkin
• Della Street:
  • Gertrude Warner (actor),
  • Jan Miner,
  • Joan Alexander
• Paul Drake:
  • Matt Crowley,
  • Charles Webster
• Lieutenant Tragg:
  • Frank Dane,
  • Mandel Kramer