Paul Drake is a fictional private detective in the Perry Mason series of murder mystery novels by Erle Stanley Gardner. Drake is described as tall and slouching, undistinguished (which suits his profession), and frequently wearing an expression of droll humor.
He was known as "Detective Paul Drake" on the acclaimed original version of TV's Perry Mason series from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s. He was also the son of gossip columnist Hedda Hopper.
Paul J. Drake, Sr. peacefully passed away surrounded by his family at Auburn Community Hospital. A lifelong Auburn resident, he was the son of Raymond and Elizabeth Beyer Drake. Paul had retired as a Registered Nurse in the Cardiac Care Unit at Crouse Irving Hospital, Syracuse, NY.
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William Hopper was a famous American actor who played the role of Paul Drake, the private detective and loyal friend of Perry Mason, in the popular CBS television series. He appeared in more than 80 feature films and several TV shows, but he is best remembered for his work in Perry Mason.
William Hopper, the actor who played the stalwart private detective Paul Drake on the hit 1957 legal drama " Perry Mason," was a notoriously prolific smoker, often seen with a cigarette hanging from his lips on camera.
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’50s television icon who was immortalized for his role as Paul Drake on over 250 episodes of the series, Perry Mason. He played Natalie Wood’s character’s father in Rebel Without a Cause.