Person Details

Birthday: 1889-07-17 01:00:46

Death: 1970-03-11 01:00:46

Aliases: A.A. Fair , Charles M. Green , Carleton Kendrake , Charles J. Kenny , А. А. Фэйр , Калетон Кендрейк , Чарльз Дж. Кенн , Чарлз М. Грин , Кил Конинг , Роберт Пар , Robert Parr , Делла Стрит , Della Street , Лес Тиллрей , Les Tillray , Эрл Стэнли Гарднер

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Malden, Massachusetts, USA

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Movie Involvements: 42

TV Involvements: 9


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Perry Mason
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8

Perry Mason

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The Court of Last Resort
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0

The Court of Last Resort

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Perry Mason
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7

Perry Mason

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The New Perry Mason
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8

The New Perry Mason

(1973) Creator
Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
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7
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
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8
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
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7
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
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7

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1957 Judge Two (uncredited)
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Writing

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1995 Novel
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1992 Novel
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1991 Novel
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1990 Novel
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1987 Characters
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1986 Novel
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1973 Novel
1971 Novel
1957 Novel
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1935 Novel
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1934 Story
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1957 Creator
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