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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.
"The Case of Constant Doyle" is the 169th episode (season 6, episode 16) of the television series Perry Mason. This was the first of four consecutive episodes in which a "special guest star"—in this case, Bette Davis—filled Mason's role as the defending attorney; Raymond Burr, who portrayed Perry Mason, was in the hospital for surgery during these episodes.
Perry Mason is an American legal drama series originally broadcast on CBS television from September 21, 1957, to May 22, 1966. The title character, portrayed by Raymond Burr, is a Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner.
Interestingly, after a 20 year hiatus, both Barbara Hale and Raymond Burr reprised their roles in a series of Perry Mason television films for NBC, which aired from 1985-1995 as sequels. Burr ...
“Perry Mason” viewers love shots of urban Los Angeles, the flashy automobiles of the 1950s, Della’s (Barbara Hale) classic wardrobe and handsome detective Paul Drake (William Hopper).
Note: This was the last Perry Mason movie aired during Raymond Burr's lifetime. In addition, the film aired 17 days after Raymond was seen reprising his other long-running TV character, wheelchair-bound detective Robert Ironside, in The Return of Ironside, which also aired on NBC.
(The series served as a prequel to the classic Perry Mason TV series starring Raymond Burr and was based on the original Erle Stanley Gardner novels.) The supporting cast included Juliet Rylance ...
Hale and Raymond Burr in the CBS-TV series Perry Mason (1958) Hale was considering retirement from acting when she accepted her best known role, as legal secretary Della Street in the television series Perry Mason, starring Raymond Burr as the titular character. [7] The show ran for nine seasons from 1957 to 1966, with 271 episodes produced.