Erle Stanley Gardner
Writing
Born 1889-07-17
Died 1970-03-11
Malden, Massachusetts, USA
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A writer was born in the city of Malden, Massachusetts, graduated from the Palo Alto High School in 1909 and entered the Valparaiso University School of Law in Indiana; passed the examination of the state commission for the title of lawyer in 1911. In 1917 Gardner opens an attorney's office in Merced, California. A few years later, he moved to work in a sales agency, and five years later, in 1921, he opened a law firm, Sheridan, Orr, Drapo and Gardner, in Ventura, California. Gardner is gaining popularity with vivid presentations at court trials until 1933, but after the release of his first detective novel "The Case of Velvet Claws," it is decided to devote himself to the literature entirely. Gardner in 1946 founded and until the 1960s was one of the members of the committee "The Court of Last Hope," a human rights organization to review the death sentences. For a documentary about this organization, he was awarded the Edgar Poe Award of the American Association of Detective Writers in 1962 in the Grand Master nomination. Gardner also deserves to attract public attention (by publishing an article in the magazine "Life" in 1962) to the rock carvings of Lower California, some of which were later listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. In addition, in 1968, together with Charles Hapgood, Gardner participated in the research of the so-called Akambaro figurines later unequivocally recognized as counterfeits of the 20th century. In 1968, Gardner married his longtime secretary Agnes Bethel (1902-2002), who became the prototype of Della Street, the secretary of the main literary hero Gardner, the lawyer of Perry Mason.
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Filmography
Writing
41 credits
Perry Mason
The New Perry Mason
The Court of Last Resort
Gladiator for Rent
Perry Mason Returns
Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss
Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
The Case of the Howling Dog
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
Granny Get Your Gun
The Case of the Curious Bride
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing
They Call It Murder
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun
Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster
Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam
The Case of the Black Cat
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen
Special Investigator
All Against One
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host
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Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
Cool and Lam
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
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