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In 1960, Burr met Robert Benevides, an actor and Korean War veteran, on the set of Perry Mason. [77] Benevides gave up acting in 1963, [6]: 102–03, 120 [77] and he became a production consultant for 21 of the Perry Mason TV movies. [78] They owned and operated an orchid business and then a vineyard [79] in California's Dry Creek Valley.
Years after his death, Burr's life partner, Benevides, named their vineyard after him since he never tasted the product before his passing. Each drink reminds the movie producer of the life he shared with the great "Perry Mason" star.
From there, he appeared in more than 90 films before landing the titular character on Perry Mason (1957), the role for which he was best-known. Decades later, he reprised the role opposite former co-star Barbara Hale in a series of NBC television movies.
Other than what is learned of his character from the novels themselves, very little is known about Perry Mason. His family, personal life, background, and education are not depicted, although according to the first chapter of The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece (1935), his astrological sign was Leo.
Raymond Burr is synonymous with Perry Mason. Yet the Canadian-born actor was far more than television's greatest defense lawyer. Of course, he played the titular wheelchair-bound police consultant on Ironside, too. Early in his film career, he was a natural in film noirs.
May 26, 2008, 8:24 AM. May 26, 2008 -- Raymond Burr, who played Perry Mason in the wildly popular television show "Perry Mason" and later in "Ironside," lived a secret gay life in Hollywood when such a revelation would destroy a career.
Starr interviewed 30 people who knew or worked with Burr, including the actor's "Perry Mason" co-star, Barbara Hale with whom he was quite close.