Perry Mason: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

1932, Los Angeles. While the rest of the country recovers from the Great Depression, this city is booming! Oil! Olympic Games! Talking Pictures! Evangelical Fervor! And a child kidnapping gone very, very wrong! Based on characters created by Erle Stanley Gardner, this limited series follows the origins of American Fiction's most legendary criminal defense lawyer, Perry Mason. When the case of the decade breaks down his door, Mason's relentless pursuit of the truth reveals a fractured city and just maybe, a pathway to redemption for himself.

Series details

• Title: Perry Mason
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Crime, Legal
• Premiere date: 2020-06-21
• Final broadcast date listed: 2023-04-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: HBO
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 40420
• IMDb ID: tt2077823
• TVDB ID: 363026

Cast and credited roles

• Matthew Rhys — Perry Mason
• Juliet Rylance — Della Street
• Eric Lange — Detective Gene Holcomb
• Shea Whigham — Pete Strickland
• Chris Chalk — Paul Drake
• Diarra Kilpatrick — Clara Drake
• Justin Kirk — Hamilton Burger
• Tatiana Maslany — Sister Alice McKeegan
• Katherine Waterston — Ginny Aimes
• John Lithgow — Elias Birchard "E.B." Jonathan

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2020-06-21; final listed air date 2020-08-09; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2023-03-06; final listed air date 2023-04-24; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Perry Mason on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.