To millions of people, he is the very image of American jurisprudence. But the man who played Perry Mason had a personal life as enigmatic as the mysteries his character solved. Raymond Burr came to California as a child, after his parents' divorce. After serving in World War II, he returned to the Golden State to pursue an acting career, landing bit parts in B-movies like Godzilla. It was not until the mid-fifties that his career took off, with roles in A Place in the Sun and Rear Window. Soon after, he debuted as Mason, and a legend was born. Yet for all his fame, little is known of his private life. He claimed to have three wives and one son, but there is scant evidence to support this, and he passed his final years at his Sonoma vineyard with his longtime friend and business partner, Robert Benevides. But while some aspects of his life are enigmatic, there is no doubt about his generosity--he was a foster parent to over 20 children and a noted philanthropist.

American reporter Steve Martin (Raymond Burr) is on the scene reporting on a 400 foot Tyrannosaurus Rex woken from undersea hibernation off the coast of Japan during atomic bomb testing. Now the "GODZILLA" has his sights on the destruction of Tokyo.

Movies & TV - Raymond Burr stars as the attorney who never lost a case Raymond Burr stars as the attorney who never lost a case in the landmark series Perry Mason. See the series that set the standard for all legal dramas that followed.Season 1, Volume 1 is available on DVD now.

Filmed on location in Rio De Janeiro, They Were So Young is a tawdry white slavery melodrama, elevated by a first-rate cast and excellent production values. Innocent young Johanna Metz is hired for a modelling job in South America. Upon her arrival, she finds herself broke, stranded and at the beck and call of a criminal gang. Escaping from the crooks, Johanna is rescued by Scott Brady, an engineer in the employ of tycoon Raymond Burr. Unfortunately, Burr turns out to be the leader of the gang from whom Johanna has escaped. Financed in Germany and released in the US by Lippert Productions, They Were So Young (aka Violated and Party Girls For Sale) was released in English- and German-language versions. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

With the Jerry Zucker-Jim Abrahams-David Zucker team absent, this sequel to the cash-cow 1980 spoof Airplane once again finds garrulous man-with-a-past Ted Striker (Robert Hays) compelled to take over the controls of crippled aircraft, all the while trying to patch up his relationship with stewardess Elaine (Julie Hagerty). This time, the first passenger space shuttle is launched into orbit -- and takes off for the moon - but the on-board computer malfunctions and sends the craft hurtling toward the sun, threatening the lives of everyone on board. Lloyd Bridges and Peter Graves return from the first Airplane, while William Shatner, Chad Everett, Sonny Bono, Raymond Burr and Chuck Conners join the cast, as they too lampoon their established images. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

Laid up with a broken leg, photojournalist L.B. Jeffries (James Stewart) is confined to his tiny, sweltering courtyard apartment. To pass the time between visits from his nurse (Thelma Ritter) and his fashion model girlfriend Lisa (Grace Kelly), the binocular-wielding Jeffries stares through the rear window of his apartment at the goings-on in the other apartments around his courtyard. As he watches his neighbors, he assigns them such roles and character names as Miss Torso (Georgine Darcy), a professional dancer with a healthy social life or Miss Lonelyhearts (Judith Evelyn), a middle-aged woman who entertains nonexistent gentlemen callers. Of particular interest is seemingly mild-mannered travelling salesman Lars Thorwald (Raymond Burr), who is saddled with a nagging, invalid wife. One afternoon, Thorwald pulls down his window shade, and his wife's incessant bray comes to a sudden halt. Out of boredom, Jeffries casually concocts a scenario in which Thorwald has murdered his wife and disposed of the body in

Previously filmed in 1931 under its original title, Theodore Dreiser's bulky but brilliant novel {-An American Tragedy} was remade in 1951 by George Stevens as A Place in the Sun. Montgomery Clift stars as George Eastman, a handsome and charming but basically aimless young man who goes to work in a factory run by a distant, wealthy relative. Feeling lonely one evening, he has a brief rendezvous with assembly-line worker Alice Tripp (Shelley Winters), but he forgets all about her when he falls for dazzling socialite Angela Vickers (Elizabeth Taylor). Alice can't forget about him, though: she is pregnant with his child. Just when George's personal and professional futures seem assured, Alice demands that he marry her or she'll expose him to his society friends. This predicament sets in motion a chain of events that will ultimately include George's arrest and numerous other tragedies, including a vicious cross-examination by a D.A. played by future Perry Mason Raymond Burr. A huge improvement over the 1931 An Am