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William Talman (William Whitney Talman Jr.) was born on 4 February, 1915 in Detroit, Michigan, USA, is an actor,writer. Discover William Talman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 53 years old?

Popular As William Whitney Talman Jr.
Occupation actor,writer
Age 53 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 4 February 1915
Birthday 4 February
Birthplace Detroit, Michigan, USA
Date of death 30 August, 1968
Died Place Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality United States

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William Talman Height, Weight & Measurements

At 53 years old, William Talman height is 5' 10" (1.78 m) .

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Height 5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Who Is William Talman's Wife?

His wife is Margaret Larkin Flanigan (5 November 1961 - 30 August 1968) ( his death) ( 2 children), Barbara Read (May 1952 - 23 August 1960) ( divorced) ( 2 children), Lynne Carter (14 September 1942 - 8 May 1952) ( divorced) ( 1 child)

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Wife Margaret Larkin Flanigan (5 November 1961 - 30 August 1968) ( his death) ( 2 children), Barbara Read (May 1952 - 23 August 1960) ( divorced) ( 2 children), Lynne Carter (14 September 1942 - 8 May 1952) ( divorced) ( 1 child)
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William Talman Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is William Talman worth at the age of 53 years old? William Talman’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated William Talman's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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1915

on February 4, 1915, in Detroit, Michigan, the first son of William Talman Sr. and Ada B. Talman. His father was vice-president of an electrical company that manufactured industrial heat-measuring recording devices and yachts.

1940

Talman began his acting career on Broadway in the early 1940s. His first roles were in "Beverly Hills", "Yokel Boy" and "Of Mice and Men.

1942

" He was appearing in "Spring Again" at Henry Miller's Theatre in January of 1942 when he received his draft notice for induction into the US army. Prior to leaving for active duty he married actress Lynne Carter. He entered the army as a private and saw 30 months of service in the Pacific, where he won a commission and eventually was promoted to the rank of major. During the war his assignments included the managing of a school that trained soldiers to put on shows. At one point he was in charge of training boxing and baseball teams. He was proud of the fact that his teams won both the boxing and baseball championships of the Western Pacific. Talman returned to Broadway after the war. Two of his more notable postwar roles were in Joseph M.

1946

Hyman's and Bernard Hart's production of "Dear Ruth" in 1946 and Henry Adrian's production of "A Young Man's Fancy" in 1947.

1949

In 1949 the actor moved to Hollywood and began making films.

His first picture was Red, Hot and Blue (1949), in which he played gangster Bunny Harris. Other movie and television roles soon followed.

1951

In 1951 his wife sued him for divorce, citing extreme cruelty. She claimed that Talman had criticized her publicly in front of their friends.

Some of his more notable films include The Racket (1951), Armored Car Robbery (1950), Smoke Signal (1955), Big House, U. S. A.

1952

The divorce was granted in September of 1952 with custody of the couple's three-year-old daughter, Lynda, and 24% of Talman's income awarded to his former spouse. He went on to perform in over 17 films, several of which he starred in.

Talman married actress Barbara Read in 1952.

1953

His best known role was as escaped killer and kidnapper Emmett Myers in the classic film noir The Hitch-Hiker (1953), directed by Ida Lupino.

1955

(1955), One Minute to Zero (1952) and Two-Gun Lady (1955).

1956

He also co-wrote two feature films, I've Lived Before (1956) and Joe Dakota (1957).

1957

William Talman is best known for his role as Hamilton Burger, the district attorney who perpetually lost to Perry Mason in the long-running series Perry Mason (1957).

1959

The couple had two children, Barbie and Billy, but they separated in September of 1959.

1960

In March of 1960 Talman made headlines when he was arrested during a police raid of an alleged "wild nude party" being held at the home of an acquaintance, Richard Reibold. The incident caused CBS to invoke a morals clause in his contract that cost him his job on "Perry Mason. " The charges were eventually dropped after a trial that was closely followed by the newspapers and sensationalized by the tabloids. Talman always maintained his innocence, and following the trial the judge in the case criticized the police for arresting him.

He remained off the show until December of 1960, when CBS reinstated him after a flood of fan mail from supporters. He married Margaret (Peggy) Flanigan and adopted her two children from a previous marriage, Steve and Debbie.

1963

During an interview with "TV Guide" in April of 1963, Talman told writer Richard Gehman that his father made a good deal of money, "enough to send me to school in a limousine each day. Public school. That meant I had to fight my way in and out. " In school Talman developed an avid interest in athletics, especially boxing and baseball. He furthered his interest in boxing early in life by fighting on the local parish boxing team of the Episcopal Church. At one point in his life he played semi-professional baseball. He was educated at Cranbrook School and later attended Dartmouth College, where his interest in acting first took hold. He left Dartmouth in his sophomore year after an incident in which a freshman he knew "loaned" him a car so that he could go visit a girlfriend at Smith College. A bus forced the car off of the road and it hit a tree. A boy who was with them was killed and it later turned out that the car was stolen. Talman was asked to resign from Dartmouth, which he did. Although invited back the next year, he never returned.

In a tragic turn of events, his former wife took her own life in December of 1963 by closing up her house and turning on the gas jets. Notes she left behind blamed ill health for her action.

1966

After the "Perry Mason" show ended in 1966, Talman went on a six-week tour of Vietnam to entertain the troops. Upon his return home, it was discovered that he had lung cancer.

1967

His last film was The Ballad of Josie (1967), with Doris Day. Near the end of his life, Talman did something that, while common nowadays, was an extraordinarily courageous thing for an actor to do at that time. A heavy smoker for most of his life, he was angered by a newspaper article he read about actors being afraid to make anti-smoking messages for fear of losing opportunities to make lucrative cigarette commercials. He decided to do something about it.

1968

Talman was an accomplished screenwriter and stage and screen actor, and appeared in numerous roles on television as a character actor from the mid-'50s until his death from lung cancer in August of 1968. He was born William Whitney Talman Jr.

Talman volunteered to make a short film for the American Cancer Society, part of which was shown in late 1968 and 1969 as a television anti-smoking commercial. He was the first actor to ever make such a commercial. When the message was being filmed, Talman knew he was dying, was in a great deal of pain and was in fact under heavy sedation for it. The short film begins, "Before I die I want to do what I can to leave a world free of cancer for my six children. . .

1990

Once worked in nightclubs as a dancer and emcee. One of his children, Timothy, went on to become a musical comedy dancer, once performing on Broadway in Cathy Rigby's revival of "Peter Pan" in 1990.

2009

Appears as district attorney Hamilton Burger, with Raymond Burr as lawyer Perry Mason, on a 44¢ USA commemorative postage stamp in the Early TV Memories issue honoring "Perry Mason" (1957), issued 11 August 2009.