Raymond Burr and everybody thought I was out of my mind," Burr told Tom Shales of "The Washington Post". "But it wasn't the large sum of money. It was the fact that, first of all, I kind of liked 'Godzilla,' and where do you get the opportunity to play yourself 30 years later? So I said yes to both of them." He agreed to do the Mason movie if Barbara Hale returned to reprise her role as Della Street. Hale agreed, and when "Perry Mason Returns" aired in December 1985, her character became the defendant. The rest of the principal cast had
Burr W. Jones Burr W. Jones Burr W. Jones (March 9, 1846 – January 7, 1935) was an American politician, jurist, and lawyer. Born in the Town of Union, Rock County, Wisconsin, Burr W.Jones attended the common schools and the Evansville Seminary, in Evansville, Wisconsin, and taught at the school for several years. He graduated from the literary department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1870 and from the law department in 1871 and was admitted to the bar in 1871 commencing practice in Portage, Wisconsin. He moved to Madison, Wisconsin in 1872 where he continued to practice law. He became the prosecuting