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Raymond Burr

1917 - 1993

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Raymond William Stacy Burr (May 21, 1917 – September 12, 1993) was a Canadian actor who had a lengthy Hollywood film career and portrayed the title roles in the television dramas Perry Mason and Ironside. Burr's early acting career included roles on Broadway, radio, television, and film, usually as the villain. He portrayed the suspected murderer in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Rear Window (1954), and he also had a role in the 1956 film Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, which he reprised in the 1985 film Godzilla 1985. He won Emmy Awards for acting in 1959 and 1961 for the role of Perry Mason, which he played for nine seasons (1957–1966) and reprised in a series of 26 Perry Mason TV movies (1985–1993). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raymond Burr is the 1,425th most popular actor (up from 1,822nd in 2019), the 124th most popular biography from Canada (up from 142nd in 2019) and the 31st most popular Canadian Actor.

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Among actors, Raymond Burr ranks 1,425 out of 13,578. Before him are Stephen Fry, Marina Berti, Iain Glen, Margot Kidder, James Whitmore, and Patty McCormack. After him are Martin Short, Yaphet Kotto, Omar Sy, Libertad Lamarque, Emmanuelle Seigner, and Joshua Jackson.

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Among people born in 1917, Raymond Burr ranks 103. Before him are Jânio Quadros, Alexander Schmorell, Will Eisner, Stéphane Hessel, William H. McNeill, and Jean Rouch. After him are László Szabó, Zhang Chunqiao, Buddy Rich, Otto Kittel, Andrew Wyeth, and Nikolai Ogarkov. Among people deceased in 1993, Raymond Burr ranks 65. Before him are Eddie Constantine, Yen Chia-kan, Eleanor Hibbert, Yuri Lotman, Tofiq Bahramov, and Silvina Ocampo. After him are Sebastiano Baggio, Meliton Kantaria, Hervé Villechaize, Thomas Watson Jr., Jimmy Doolittle, and Pierre Bérégovoy.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Raymond Burr ranks 124 out of 1,622. Before him are Thomas Christopher Collins (1947), Donna Strickland (1959), Eric McCormack (1963), Joe Weider (1919), William H. McNeill (1917), and Margot Kidder (1948). After him are Martin Short (1950), Joshua Jackson (1978), Linda Evangelista (1965), Avril Lavigne (1984), Norman Bethune (1890), and Bonar Law (1858).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Raymond Burr ranks 31. Before him are Michael Ironside (1950), Yvonne De Carlo (1922), Graham Greene (1952), Norma Shearer (1902), Eric McCormack (1963), and Margot Kidder (1948). After him are Martin Short (1950), Joshua Jackson (1978), Walter Huston (1883), Bruce Greenwood (1956), Ryan Gosling (1980), and Rachel McAdams (1978).

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