Raymond Burr

ActorCrewWriterDirector May 21 (died age 76) New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada 1946–2021 (75 year career)

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Biography

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 nominati…

Known For

Film

Rear Window

Lars Thorwald

Film

A Place in the Sun

District Attorney R. Frank Marlowe

Film

Airplane II: The Sequel

Judge D.C. Simonton

Film

Perry Mason

Film

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

Steve Martin

Film

Godzilla 1985

Steven Martin

Film

Raw Deal

Rick Coyle

Film

Out of the Blue

Dr. Brean

Filmography

Acting (165)

Movies (126)

Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies

2021

as Self - (archive footage)

Godzilla Resurrection

as Steve Martin

FantastiCozzi

as (archive footage)

Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

1999

as Self (archive footage)

7.8

The Return of Ironside

1993

as Robert T. Dacier

4.8

Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal

1993

as Perry Mason

7.2

Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host

1993

as Perry Mason

7.2

Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss

1993

as Perry Mason

7.4

Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride

1992

as Perry Mason

7.8

Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing

as Perry Mason

Grass Roots

as Judge Boggs

Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo

1992

as Perry Mason

7.2

Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion

1991

as Perry Mason

7.3

Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter

as Perry Mason

Delirious

as Carter Hedison

Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster

1991

as Perry Mason

6.7

Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin

1991

as Perry Mason

7.3

Showdown at Williams Creek

1991

as The Judge

6.2

Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception

1990

as Perry Mason

6.8

Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer

1990

as Perry Mason

7.5

Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter

1990

as Perry Mason

7.1

Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen

1990

as Perry Mason

7.2

Night of 100 Stars III

1990

as Self

4.0

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson

1989

as Perry Mason

7.0

Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder

1989

as Perry Mason

6.5

Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin

1989

as Perry Mason

6.6

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake

1988

as Perry Mason

6.9

Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace

1988

as Perry Mason

7.1

Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit

1987

as Perry Mason

7.6

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love

1987

as Perry Mason

7.5

Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel

1987

as Perry Mason

7.4

Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam

1987

as Perry Mason

6.8

Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun

1986

as Perry Mason

7.1

Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star

as Perry Mason

Godzilla 1985

as Steven Martin

Perry Mason Returns

as Perry Mason

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5

Airplane II: The Sequel

1982

as Judge D.C. Simonton

Out of the Blue

as Dr. Brean

The Return

as Dr. Kramer

The Night the City Screamed

1980

as The Mayor

5.0

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb

1980

as Jonash Sabastian

4.3

Disaster on the Coastliner

as Estes Hill

Love's Savage Fury

as Lyle Taggart, Sr.

The Jordan Chance

as Frank Jordan

The Bastard

as Narrator (voice)

Tomorrow Never Comes

as Burke

Aliens from Spaceship Earth

as Self

Godzilla

as Steve Martin

Kingston

as R.B. Kingston

Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence

1976

as Arthur Mallory

The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena

1976

as Himself (Narrator) (voice)

6.0

The Inventing of America

1975

as Self

Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John

1973

as Angelo Roncalli, Pope John XXIII

Survival of Spaceship Earth

1972

as Self - Narrator

The Priest Killer

1971

as Robert T. Ironside

Festival at Ford's

1971

as Self

P.J.

1968

as William Orbison

5.7

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

1968

as Self (uncredited)

7.6

Split Second to an Epitaph

1968

as Robert Ironside

Ironside

as Robert Ironside

When Sally Fell

Interrupted Morning

as Narrator

Desire in the Dust

1960

as Col. Ben Marquand

3.3

Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

as Steve Martin

Affair in Havana

as Mallabee

The Greer Case

as Lester Friedman

Secret of Treasure Mountain

1956

as Cash Larsen

3.0

Please Murder Me

1956

as Attorney Craig Carlson

5.8

The House Without a Name

1956

as Doctor

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

1956

as Steve Martin

6.5

Crime of Passion

1956

as Inspector Tony Pope

6.1

Great Day in the Morning

1956

as Jumbo Means

5.9

Ride The High Iron

1956

as Ziggy Moline

A Cry in the Night

as Harold Loftus

The Brass Legend

as Tris Hatten

A Man Alone

as Stanley

You're Never Too Young

as Noonan

Count Three and Pray

as Yancey Huggins

Rear Window

as Lars Thorwald

Passion

as Captain Rodriguez

They Were So Young

as Jaime Coltos

Casanova's Big Night

as Bragadin

Gorilla at Large

as Cy Miller

The Immortal City

as Narrator

A Star Is Born World Premiere

as Self

Khyber Patrol

as Ahmed Shir

Thunder Pass

as Tulsa

The Blue Gardenia

as Harry Prebble

The Bandits of Corsica

1953

as Jonatto

6.4

Tarzan and the She-Devil

as Vargo

Fort Algiers

as Amir

Serpent of the Nile

as Mark Antony

Horizons West

as Cord Hardin

Meet Danny Wilson

as Nick Driscoll

Mara Maru

as Brock Benedict

A Star Shall Rise

as Balthazar

The Magic Carpet

1951

as Boreg al Buzzar

4.7

A Place in the Sun

1951

as District Attorney R. Frank Marlowe

as Pottsy

His Kind of Woman

as Nick Ferraro

New Mexico

as Pvt. Anderson

The Whip Hand

as Steve Loomis

Bride of the Gorilla

as Barney Chavez

FBI Girl

as Blake

Unmasked

as Roger Lewis

Borderline

as Pete Ritchie

Key to the City

as Les Taggart

Love Happy

as Alphonse Zoto

Black Magic

as Alexandre Dumas, Jr.

Abandoned

as Kerric

Bride of Vengeance

as Michelotto

Red Light

as Nick Cherney

Ruthless

as Pete Vendig

Adventures of Don Juan

as Capitão Alvarez

Pitfall

as MacDonald

Raw Deal

as Rick Coyle

I Love Trouble

as Herb

Station West

as Lawyer Mark Bristow

Walk a Crooked Mile

as Krebs

Sleep, My Love

as Detective Sergeant Strake

6.3

Fighting Father Dunne

1948

as Attorney in Trial Montage

Code of the West

as Boyd Carter

Desperate

as Walt Radak

Without Reservations

as Paul Gill (uncredited)

6.2

San Quentin

1946

as Jeff Torrance

6.3

Television (39)

Perry Mason Returns

as Perry Mason

Peter and Paul

as Herod Agrippa I

The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo

1979

as The Godfather

5.9

Eischied

1979

as Police Commissioner

Centennial

as James Clark

The Bastard

as Narrator (voice)

The Love Boat

as Malcolm Dwyer

Kingston: Confidential

as R.B. Kingston

79 Park Avenue

as Armand Perfido

Donny & Marie

as Self

The Sonny and Cher Show

1976

as Self

6.8

The Captain and Tennille

1976

as Self - Guest

5.5

People's Choice Awards

as Self

Dinah!

as Self

Keep US Beautiful

as self

The Flip Wilson Show

1970

as Self

4.6

The Don Knotts Show

1970

as Self

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

as Self

It Takes a Thief

as SIA Bureau Chief

The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show

1968

as Self

Ironside

1967

as Robert Ironside

6.9

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Perry Mason

as Perry Mason

The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Major Tetley

Climax!

as Lieutenant Shea

The Oscars

as Self

Four Star Playhouse

as Gonzales

The Ford Television Theatre

as Red Lefwick

Chevron Theatre

Mr. & Mrs. North

as Charles

Dragnet

The Red Skelton Show

as Man in Bathroom Mirror (uncredited)

7.4

Tales of Tomorrow

1951

6.0

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

as Dr. Sutton

7.2

What's My Line?

1950

as Self - Mystery Guest

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

Lux Video Theatre

The Emmy Awards

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Crew (4)

Movies (3)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss

In Memory Of

Godzilla 1985

Additional Dialogue

Godzilla 1985

Writer

Television (1)

Ironside

1967

Director

6.9