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[h3]The oldest of three children, Raymond Burr was born to William Johnston Burr, an Irish hardware salesman, and his wife Minerva (Smith), a concert pianist and music teacher.[/h3]

While still young, his father moved the family to China after he secured a position as a trade agent. When the family returned to Canada, Raymond's parents divorced; his mother then took him to California, where she raised him with the aid of his grandparents. Raymond would eventually take jobs to support his mother, younger sister and younger brother.

Burr served in the US Navy during World War II. However, he was sent home after being shot in the stomach. Soon after this, Burr made his film debut in San Quentin (1946).

Burr emerged as a prolific television actor in the 1950s.He made his debut on an episode of: The Amazing Dr. Malone. The part led to other roles in shows such as Dragnet, Chesterfield Sound Off Time and Four Star Playhouse.

However, his big break came in 1956 when he auditioned for the title role of Perry Mason, a new courtroom drama, a part which eventually became the role Burr was most closely identified with in the public mind. He won two Emmy awards for his performances.
Between 1967 and 1975, Burr moved to CBS and assumed the role of paraplegic San Francisco Chief of Detectives Robert T. Ironside. This gave Burr another hit series.

His later projects included the short-lived TV show Kingston Confidential (1976), a cameo in Airplane 2: The Sequel (1982), and 26 two-hour Perry Mason specials, filmed between 1986 and 1993.

Burr's official biography states that he had been previously married, but both his wives and one child had died. In 1942, while working in London, he met Scottish Actress Annette Sutherland, and that year they married. Shortly before her death, Burr received a letter that Sutherland was working in Spain and would return to England and then America; Sutherland then boarded a flight from Lisbon to London and it has been widely reported that Sutherland then perished on BOAC Flight 777-A, the same flight that claimed actor [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/979:0/Leslie_Howard.htm]Leslie Howard[/urlnew]. However, Burr’s biographer Ona L. Hill writes that “no one by the name of Annette Sutherland Burr was listed as a passenger on the plane”.

In 1958, Raymond Burr started living with former actor Robert Benevides. They remained together, as both a couple and as business partners, until Burr's death from cancer in 1993.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss (1993) (TV)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host (1993) (TV)

The Return of Ironside (1993) (TV)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal (1993) (TV)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride (1992) (TV)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo (1992) (TV)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing (1992) (TV)

Grass Roots (1992) (TV)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion (1991) (TV)

Delirious (1991)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin (1991) (TV)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster (1991) (TV)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter (1991) (TV)

Showdown at Williams Creek (1991)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter (1990) (TV)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990) (TV)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (1990) (TV)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen (1990) (TV)

Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin (1989) (TV)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder (1989) (TV)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson (1989) (TV)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake (1988) (TV)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace (1988) (TV)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel (1987) (TV)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam (1987) (TV)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit (1987) (TV)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love (1987) (TV)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star (1986) (TV)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun (1986) (TV)

Perry Mason Returns (1985) (TV)

Gojira (1984)

Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)

Peter and Paul (1981) (TV)

The Night the City Screamed (1980) (TV)

Out of the Blue (1980)

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980) (TV)

The Return (1980)

The Thirteenth Day: The Story of Esther (1979) (TV) (voice)

Disaster on the Coastliner (1979) (TV)

"The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo" (1 episode, 1979)

"Eischied" .... Police Commissioner (2 episodes, 1979)

Love's Savage Fury (1979) (TV)

"The Love Boat" .... Malcolm Dwyer (2 episodes, 1979)

The Jordan Chance (1978) (TV)

"Centennial" (1978) (mini) TV Series

The Bastard (1978) (TV) (voice)

Tomorrow Never Comes (1978)

"Kingston: Confidential" (1977) TV Series

"Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue" (1977) (mini)

Kingston (1976) (TV)

Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence (1976) (TV) ....

"Ironside" (195 episodes, 1967-1975)

Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John (1973) (TV)

"The Bold Ones: The New Doctors"

The Priest Killer (1971) (TV)

"The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour" (1 episode, 1971)

P.J. (1968)

"It Takes a Thief" (1 episode, 1968)

Ironside (1967) (TV)

"Perry Mason" (271 episodes, 1957-1966)

"Pantomime Quiz" (1 episode, 1963)

"The Jack Benny Program" (1 episode, 1961)

Desire in the Dust (1960) .... Col. Ben Marquand

"Playhouse 90" (2 episodes, 1957)

Affair in Havana (1957)

"The Web" (1 episode, 1957)

"Undercurrent" (1 episode, 1957)

Crime of Passion (1957)

Ride the High Iron (1956)

The Brass Legend (1956)

"Climax!" (3 episodes, 1956)

"Lux Video Theatre" (4 episodes, 1954-1956)

A Cry in the Night (1956)

Secret of Treasure Mountain (1956)

Great Day in the Morning (1956)

"Celebrity Playhouse" (1 episode, 1956)

Please Murder Me (1956)

"The Ford Television Theatre" (2 episodes, 1954-1956)

"The 20th Century-Fox Hour" (1 episode, 1955)

Count Three and Pray (1955)

A Man Alone (1955)

You're Never Too Young (1955)

"Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1 episode, 1955)

Passion (1954)

Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1954)

Mannequins für Rio (1954)

Thunder Pass (1954)

Khyber Patrol (1954)

Rear Window (1954)

Gorilla at Large (1954)

"Mr. & Mrs. North" (1 episode, 1954)

Casanova's Big Night (1954)

"Four Star Playhouse" (1 episode, 1953)

Fort Algiers (1953)

Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953)

Serpent of the Nile (1953)

The Blue Gardenia (1953)

The Bandits of Corsica (1953)

"Your Favorite Story" (1 episode, 1953)

"Tales of Tomorrow" (1 episode, 1953)

"Family Theatre" (3 episodes, 1951-1952)

Horizons West (1952)

"Gruen Guild Playhouse" (3 episodes, 1952)

"The Unexpected" (1 episode, 1952)

Mara Maru (1952)

Meet Danny Wilson (1952)

"Rebound" (1 episode, 1952)

A Star Shall Rise (1952)

"Dragnet" (1 episode, 1951)

"Chesterfield Sound Off Time" (1 episode, 1951)

FBI Girl (1951)

Bride of the Gorilla (1951)

The Magic Carpet (1951)

The Whip Hand (1951)

His Kind of Woman (1951)

A Place in the Sun (1951)

New Mexico (1951)

M (1951)

"Stars Over Hollywood" (2 episodes, 1951)

"The Amazing Mr. Malone" (1 episode, 1951)

"The Bigelow Theatre" (1 episode, 1951)

Borderline (1950)

Key to the City (1950)

Unmasked (1950)

Black Magic (1949)

Abandoned (1949)

Love Happy (1949)

Red Light (1949)

Bride of Vengeance (1949)

Adventures of Don Juan (1948)

Walk a Crooked Mile (1948)

Station West (1948)

Pitfall (1948)

Raw Deal (1948)

Fighting Father Dunne (1948) (uncredited)

Ruthless (1948)

Sleep, My Love (1948)

I Love Trouble (1948)

Desperate (1947)

Code of the West (1947)

San Quentin (1946)

Without Reservations (1946) (uncredited)

Earl of Puddlestone (1940) (uncredited)
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