Raymond Burr

Born: 1917-05-21 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Died: 1993-09-12

Known For: Acting

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 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.

Filmography

2021

Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies as Self - (archive footage)

2018

Godzilla Resurrection as Steve Martin

2016

FantastiCozzi as (archive footage)

1985

Godzilla 1985 as Steven Martin
Perry Mason Returns as Perry Mason
Perry Mason Returns as Perry Mason

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1982

Airplane II: The Sequel as Judge D.C. Simonton

1981

Peter and Paul as Herod Agrippa I
Out of the Blue as Dr. Brean

1980

The Return as Dr. Kramer
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb as Jonash Sabastian
The Night the City Screamed as The Mayor

1979

The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo as The Godfather
Eischied as Police Commissioner
Disaster on the Coastliner as Estes Hill
Love's Savage Fury as Lyle Taggart, Sr.

1978

Centennial as James Clark
The Bastard as Narrator (voice)
Tomorrow Never Comes as Burke
The Jordan Chance as Frank Jordan

1977

The Love Boat as Malcolm Dwyer
Kingston: Confidential as R.B. Kingston
79 Park Avenue as Armand Perfido
Godzilla as Steve Martin
Aliens from Spaceship Earth as Self

1976

Donny & Marie as Self
The Captain and Tennille as Self - Guest
The Sonny and Cher Show as Self
Kingston as R.B. Kingston
Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence as Arthur Mallory
The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena as Himself (Narrator) (voice)

1975

People's Choice Awards as Self
The Inventing of America as Self

1974

Dinah! as Self

1973

Keep US Beautiful as self
Keep U.S. Beautiful as Host
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John as Angelo Roncalli, Pope John XXIII

1972

Survival of Spaceship Earth as Self - Narrator

1971

The Priest Killer as Robert T. Ironside
Festival at Ford's as Self

1970

The Flip Wilson Show as Self
The Don Knotts Show as Self

1969

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self

1968

It Takes a Thief as SIA Bureau Chief
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show as Self
P.J. as William Orbison
The Dean Martin Christmas Show as Self (uncredited)
Split Second to an Epitaph as Robert Ironside

1967

Ironside as Robert Ironside
Ironside as Robert Ironside

1962

When Sally Fell

1961

Interrupted Morning as Narrator

1960

Desire in the Dust as Col. Ben Marquand

1957

Perry Mason as Perry Mason
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean as Steve Martin
Affair in Havana as Mallabee
The Greer Case as Lester Friedman

1956

Godzilla, King of the Monsters! as Steve Martin
Great Day in the Morning as Jumbo Means
Crime of Passion as Inspector Tony Pope
Please Murder Me as Attorney Craig Carlson
A Cry in the Night as Harold Loftus
Ride The High Iron as Ziggy Moline
The House Without a Name as Doctor
The Brass Legend as Tris Hatten
Secret of Treasure Mountain as Cash Larsen

1955

The 20th Century Fox Hour as Major Tetley
A Man Alone as Stanley
You're Never Too Young as Noonan
Count Three and Pray as Yancey Huggins

1954

Climax! as Lieutenant Shea
Rear Window as Lars Thorwald
Gorilla at Large as Cy Miller
Casanova's Big Night as Bragadin
Thunder Pass as Tulsa
The Immortal City as Narrator
Passion as Captain Rodriguez
A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self
They Were So Young as Jaime Coltos
Khyber Patrol as Ahmed Shir

1953

The Oscars as Self
The Blue Gardenia as Harry Prebble
Fort Algiers as Amir
Serpent of the Nile as Mark Antony
The Bandits of Corsica as Jonatto
Tarzan and the She-Devil as Vargo

1952

Four Star Playhouse as Gonzales
The Ford Television Theatre as Red Lefwick
Mr. & Mrs. North as Charles
Horizons West as Cord Hardin
Mara Maru as Brock Benedict
Meet Danny Wilson as Nick Driscoll
A Star Shall Rise as Balthazar

1951

Dragnet
The Red Skelton Show as Man in Bathroom Mirror (uncredited)
Tales of Tomorrow
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Dr. Sutton
A Place in the Sun as District Attorney R. Frank Marlowe
His Kind of Woman as Nick Ferraro
M as Pottsy
New Mexico as Pvt. Anderson
The Whip Hand as Steve Loomis
The Magic Carpet as Boreg al Buzzar
Bride of the Gorilla as Barney Chavez
FBI Girl as Blake

1950

What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
The Bob Hope Show as Self
Lux Video Theatre
Borderline as Pete Ritchie
Key to the City as Les Taggart
Unmasked as Roger Lewis

1949

The Emmy Awards as Self
Love Happy as Alphonse Zoto
Black Magic as Alexandre Dumas, Jr.
Red Light as Nick Cherney
Bride of Vengeance as Michelotto
Abandoned as Kerric

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
Adventures of Don Juan as Capitão Alvarez
Sleep, My Love as Detective Sergeant Strake
I Love Trouble as Herb
Station West as Lawyer Mark Bristow
Raw Deal as Rick Coyle
Pitfall as MacDonald
Walk a Crooked Mile as Krebs
Ruthless as Pete Vendig
Fighting Father Dunne as Attorney in Trial Montage

1947

Desperate as Walt Radak
Code of the West as Boyd Carter

1946

Without Reservations as Paul Gill (uncredited)
San Quentin as Jeff Torrance