Raymond Burr

Legendary actor, Raymond Burr, was born Raymond William Stacey Burr on May 21, 1917 in New Westminster, Canada. Burr appeared in over 140 TV and film roles. His best known films include Adventures of Don Juan (as Captain Alvarez) in 1948, Love Happy (as Alphonse Zoto) in 1949, A Place in the Sun (as District Attorney R. Frank Marlowe) in 1951, Rear Window (as Lars Thorwald) in 1954, You're Never Too Young (as Noonan) in 1955, and Godzilla King of the Monsters (as Steve Martin) in 1956. Most notably, Burr starred in two long-running hit television series: first as master attorney Perry Mason in the show Perry Mason (1957-1966), then as wheelchair-bound detective Robert T. Ironside in Ironside (1967-1975). Burr died at the age of 76 on Sep 12, 1993 in Sonoma, CA and was laid to rest in Fraser Cemetery in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.

HONORS and AWARDS:

He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Television. In addition, Burr was inducted into the Canadian Walk of Fame and was immortalized on a US postal stamp in 2009. Burr was never nominated for an Academy Award.

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