Raymond Burr
Raymond William Stacey Burr (May 21, 1917 – September 12, 1993) was a Canadian actor, primarily known for his title roles in the television dramas Perry Mason and Ironside. His early acting career included roles on Broadway, radio, television and in film, usually as the villain. He won two Emmy Awards in 1959 and 1961 for the role of Perry Mason, which he played for nine seasons between 1957 and 1966. His second hit series, Ironside, earned him six Emmy nominations, and two Golden Globe nominations. He is also known for his role as Steve Martin in both Godzilla, King of the Monsters! and Godzilla 1985. In addition to acting, Burr owned an orchid business and had begun to grow a vineyard. He was a collector of wines and art, and was very fond of cooking. After his death from cancer in 1993, Burr's personal life came into question as details of his known biography appeared to be unverifiable. Gradually, it was revealed that Burr had possibly contrived a life story that hid his homosexuality. Description above from the Wikipedia article Raymond Burr, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2016 · FantastiCozzi as (archive footage)
- 1999 · Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 1993 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss as Perry Mason
- 1993 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host as Perry Mason
- 1993 · The Return of Ironside as Robert T. Dacier
- 1993 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal as Perry Mason
- 1992 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride as Perry Mason
- 1992 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo as Perry Mason
- 1992 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing as Perry Mason
- 1992 · Grass Roots as Judge Boggs
- 1991 · Showdown at Williams Creek as The Judge
- 1991 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion as Perry Mason
- 1991 · Delirious as Carter Hedison
- 1991 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin as Perry Mason
- 1991 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster as Perry Mason
- 1991 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter as Perry Mason
- 1990 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter as Perry Mason
- 1990 · Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- 1990 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer as Perry Mason
- 1990 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception as Perry Mason
- 1990 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen as Perry Mason
- 1989 · Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin as Perry Mason
- 1989 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder as Perry Mason
- 1989 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson as Perry Mason
- 1988 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake as Perry Mason
- 1988 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace as Perry Mason
- 1987 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel as Perry Mason
- 1987 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam as Perry Mason
- 1987 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit as Perry Mason
- 1987 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love as Perry Mason
- 1986 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star as Perry Mason
- 1986 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun as Perry Mason
- 1985 · Perry Mason Returns as Perry Mason
- 1985 · Godzilla 1985 as Steven Martin
- 1983 · Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1982 · Airplane II: The Sequel as Judge D.C. Simonton
- 1981 · Out of the Blue as Dr. Brean
- 1981 · Peter and Paul as Herod Agrippa I
- 1980 · The Night the City Screamed as The Mayor
- 1980 · The Curse of King Tut's Tomb as Jonash Sabastian
- 1980 · The Return as Dr. Kramer
- 1979 · Disaster on the Coastliner as Estes Hill
- 1979 · Eischied as Police Commissioner
- 1979 · The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo as The Godfather
- 1979 · Love's Savage Fury as Lyle Taggart, Sr.
- 1978 · The Jordan Chance as Frank Jordan
- 1978 · Centennial as James Clark
- 1978 · The Bastard as Narrator (voice)
- 1978 · Tomorrow Never Comes as Burke
- 1977 · 79 Park Avenue as Armand Perfido
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Malcolm Dwyer
- 1977 · Kingston: Confidential as R.B. Kingston
- 1977 · Godzilla as Steve Martin
- 1977 · Aliens from Spaceship Earth as Self
- 1976 · The Captain and Tennille as Self
- 1976 · Kingston as R.B. Kingston
- 1976 · The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena as Himself (Narrator) (voice)
- 1976 · Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence as Arthur Mallory
- 1976 · The Sonny & Cher Show as Self
- 1976 · Donny & Marie as Self
- 1974 · Dinah! as Self
- 1973 · Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John as Angelo Roncalli, Pope John XXIII
- 1973 · Keep US Beautiful as self
- 1972 · Survival of Spaceship Earth as Self - Narrator
- 1971 · Festival at Ford's as Self
- 1970 · The Flip Wilson Show as Self
- 1970 · The Don Knotts Show as Self
- 1969 · The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self
- 1968 · The Dean Martin Christmas Show as Self (uncredited)
- 1968 · Split Second to an Epitaph as Robert Ironside
- 1968 · The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show as Self
- 1968 · P.J. as William Orbison
- 1968 · It Takes a Thief as S.I.A. Bureau Chief
- 1967 · Ironside as Robert Ironside
- 1967 · Ironside as Robert Ironside
- 1961 · Interrupted Morning as Narrator
- 1960 · Desire in the Dust as Col. Ben Marquand
- 1957 · Affair in Havana as Mallabee
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Perry Mason
- 1957 · Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean as Steve Martin
- 1957 · The Greer Case as Lester Friedman
- 1956 · Crime of Passion as Inspektor Pope
- 1956 · The Brass Legend as Tris Hatten
- 1956 · Ride The High Iron as Ziggy Moline
- 1956 · A Cry in the Night as Harold Loftus
- 1956 · Secret of Treasure Mountain as Cash Larsen
- 1956 · Godzilla, King of the Monsters! as Steve Martin
- 1956 · Great Day in the Morning as Jumbo Means
- 1956 · Please Murder Me as Attorney Craig Carlson
- 1956 · The House Without a Name as Doctor
- 1955 · A Man Alone as Stanley
- 1955 · The 20th Century Fox Hour as Major Tetley
- 1955 · Count Three and Pray as Yancey Huggins
- 1955 · You're Never Too Young as Noonan
- 1954 · They Were So Young as Jaime Coltos
- 1954 · Climax! as Lieutenant Shea
- 1954 · Climax! as Philip Moran
- 1954 · Climax! as Sergeant Ben Gurnick
- 1954 · Passion as Captain Rodriguez
- 1954 · A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self
- 1954 · Thunder Pass as Tulsa
- 1954 · Khyber Patrol as Ahmed Shir
- 1954 · Rear Window as Lars Thorwald
- 1954 · Gorilla at Large as Cy Miller
- 1954 · Casanova's Big Night as Bragadin
- 1953 · Fort Algiers as Amir
- 1953 · Tarzan and the She-Devil as Vargo
- 1953 · Serpent of the Nile as Mark Antony
- 1953 · The Blue Gardenia as Harry Prebble
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1953 · The Bandits of Corsica as Jonatto
- 1952 · A Star Shall Rise as Balthazar
- 1952 · Horizons West as Cord Hardin
- 1952 · Mr. & Mrs. North as Charles
- 1952 · The Ford Television Theatre as Red Lefwick
- 1952 · Four Star Playhouse as Gonzales
- 1952 · Mara Maru as Brock Benedict
- 1952 · Meet Danny Wilson as Nick Driscoll
- 1951 · Dragnet as
- 1951 · FBI Girl as Blake
- 1951 · The Magic Carpet as Boreg al Buzzar
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Dr. Sutton
- 1951 · Bride of the Gorilla as Barney Chavez
- 1951 · The Whip Hand as Steve Loomis
- 1951 · His Kind of Woman as Nick Ferraro
- 1951 · Tales of Tomorrow as
- 1951 · A Place in the Sun as District Attorney R. Frank Marlowe
- 1951 · New Mexico as Pvt. Anderson
- 1951 · M as Pottsy
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Colby
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Dan Reynolds
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Major Blakestone
- 1950 · Borderline as Pete Ritchie
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1950 · Key to the City as Les Taggart
- 1950 · Unmasked as Roger Lewis
- 1949 · Abandoned as Kerric
- 1949 · Love Happy as Alphonse Zoto
- 1949 · Red Light as Nick Cherney
- 1949 · Black Magic as Alexandre Dumas, Jr.
- 1949 · Bride of Vengeance as Michelotto
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self
- 1948 · Adventures of Don Juan as Capitão Alvarez
- 1948 · Walk a Crooked Mile as Krebs
- 1948 · Station West as Lawyer Mark Bristow
- 1948 · Pitfall as MacDonald
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1948 · Raw Deal as Rick Coyle
- 1948 · Fighting Father Dunne as Attorney in Trial Montage
- 1948 · Ruthless as Pete Vendig
- 1948 · Sleep, My Love as Detective Sergeant Strake
- 1948 · I Love Trouble as Herb
- 1947 · Desperate as Walt Radak
- 1947 · Code of the West as Boyd Carter
- 1946 · San Quentin as Jeff Torrance
- 1946 · Without Reservations as Paul Gill (uncredited)