# Shows and movies that star the same actors in the same roles decades later

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-that-star-the-same-actors-in-the-same-roles-decades-later/968665>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 27, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-that-star-the-same-actors-in-the-same-roles-decades-later/968665 "2022-07-27T18:39:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 80

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-that-star-the-same-actors-in-the-same-roles-decades-later/968665/80 "2022-07-29T14:39:14Z")

</div>

_Burke’s Law_. 81 episodes in the early 60s. 27 episodes in the mid 90s. Both starring Gene Barry.

_Perry Mason_ ran from 1957 to 1966. 30 Perry Mason tv films ran from 1985 to 1995. Cast members Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale returned for those. There were a few more Perry Mason films after Burr died with Hale appearing briefly in some.

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-that-star-the-same-actors-in-the-same-roles-decades-later/968665)._