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Raymond Burr (William Stacey Burr)
actor
Born: 5/21/1917
Birthplace: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
A heavy-set character actor, he gained fame playing mainly bad guys, as the murderer in Hitchcock's Rear Window (1954). He later starred in two successful television series, as the crime-solving lawyer in Perry Mason (1957–66) and as the wheelchair-bound detective in Ironside (1967–75). His other movies include Desperate (1947) and Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956). Died: 9/12/1993
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- Godzilla - Leapin' Lizards! Does the Return of Godzilla Mean Anything Big? by Alicia Potter As any film ...
- Crime of Passion (1957) - Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr, Fay Wray, Virginia Grey
- Rear Window - Starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey, Raymond Burr
- Gorilla at Large - Starring Anne Bancroft, Raymond Burr
- Cry in the Night, A (1956) - Starring Edmond O'Brien, Brian Donlevy, Natalie Wood, Raymond Burr, Richard Anderson
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