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Paul Drake is a character created by American author Erle Stanley Gardner for his Perry Mason series of novels. in the HBO Series he is portrayed by Chris Chalk.
Paul Drake is a street cop for L.A. Police Dept, Newton Division. As a black police officer, Drake is subject to the blatant racism and stereotypes of the day. It is apparent that the police hierarchy feel that he should be policing only black communities and that, essentially, his police powers do not apply to non-black citizens. Regardless of his status on the police force, he displays a keen ability for deductive reasoning and investigation as he finds himself drawn into a conspiracy to frame an innocent woman for the kidnapping and murder of her infant son.
Biography[]
Throughout Series[]
Season One[]
- In Chapter 1,
- In Chapter 2,
- In Chapter 3,
- In Chapter 4,
- In Chapter 5,
- In Chapter 6,
- In Chapter 7,
- In Chapter 8,
Season Two[]
Physical Appearance[]
Personality and Traits[]
Relationships[]
Appearances[]
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Other Appearances[]
- CBS Series - Paul Drake on the Perry Mason TV series was played by actor William Dewolf Hopper son of Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. As the legman for Perry Mason, Paul Drake gets into his share of fights, and in one episode nearly died after being poisoned. In another case, The Case of Paul Drake Dilema, Paul is arrested as a murder suspect after he got into a fight with a client who tried to get him involved in a hit and run murder accident. At least twice Drake saves Mason from being shot and killed by gun-carrying suspects who are later exposed as being guilty.
- TV Movies - When the Perry Mason series was redone as TV Movies, William Hopper had passed away and the part of Paul Drake [Jr] was played by actor William Katt. Ironically William Katt is the real life son of Barbara Hale who played Della Street in the original series.