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Raymond William Stacey Burr (May 21, 1917 – September 12, 1993) was a Canadian-American actor, primarily known for his title roles in the television dramas ''Perry Mason'' and ''Ironside''. He was prominently involved in multiple charitable endeavors, such as working on behalf of the United Service Organizations. Burr's early acting career included roles on Broadway, radio, television and in film, usually as the villain. His portrayal of the suspected murderer in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller, ''Rear Window'' (1954), is regarded as his best-known film role. He won two Emmy Awards, in 1959 and 1961, for the role of Perry Mason, which he played for nine seasons between 1957 and 1966. His second hit TV series, ''Ironside'', earned him six Emmy nominations and two Golden Globe nominations. After Burr's death from cancer in 1993, his personal life came into question, as details of his known biography appeared to be unverifiable.〔Podolsky, J.D. "The Defense Rests". ''People''. September 27, 1993 Vol. 40, No. 13〕〔People/Television;For the Defense. ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette''. September 21, 1993. p. D6. Retrieved March 23, 2010.〕 In 1996, Burr was listed as one of the 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time by ''TV Guide''. A 2014 study found that Burr was rated as the favorite actor by Netflix users, with the greatest number of dedicated microgenres. ==Early life== Raymond William Stacey Burr was born in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada,〔 to William Johnston Burr (1889–1985), a hardware salesman,〔Obituary. ''Los Angeles Daily News''. September 14, 1993. Retrieved March 25, 2010.〕 and his wife, Minerva Annette (née Smith, 1892–1974), a concert pianist and music teacher.〔http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7504064〕 His mother was born in Chicago, Illinois; Burr's ancestry included Irish, English, Scottish, and German.〔〔http://ethnicelebs.com/raymond-burr〕 After his parents divorced, Burr, then six years old, moved to Vallejo, California,〔 with his mother and younger siblings, Geraldine and James Edmond, while his father remained in New Westminster. He attended a military academy for a while and graduated from Berkeley High School.〔Starr, ''Hiding in Plan Sight'', 10–13〕 In later years, Burr freely invented stories of a happy childhood. He told ''The Modesto Bee'' in 1986, for example, that when he was twelve and a half years old, his mother sent him to New Mexico for a year to work as a ranch hand. He was already his full adult height and rather large and "had fallen in with a group of college-aged kids who didn't realize how young Raymond was, and they let him tag along with them in activities and situations far too sophisticated for him to handle."〔''The Modesto Bee'': (Jane Ardmore "Welcome Home to Perry Mason", June 3, 1986 ), accessed March 26, 2010〕 He developed a passion for growing things and, while still a teenager, joined the Civilian Conservation Corps for a year.〔 Throughout his teenaged years, he had some acting work, making his stage debut at age 12 with a Vancouver stock company.〔 Burr may have served in the Coast Guard, but never in the United States Navy as his publicists and he later claimed.〔Starr, ''Hiding in Plain Sight'', 57–58. The National Personnel Records Center has no record of a Raymond Burr serving in any branch of the U.S. military.〕 He had claimed he was seriously wounded in the stomach during the Battle of Okinawa in the latter stages of World War II. Other invented biographical details include years of college education at a variety of institutions, two marriages, and a son who died as a teenager, world travel, an acting tour of the United Kingdom, and success in high school athletics.〔Starr, ''Hiding in Plain Sight'', 17, 20, 23–24, 40–41〕 Such claims were accepted as fact by the press during his lifetime〔 and by his first biographer.〔Hill, ''Raymond Burr'', 27, (available online ). Burr said that he never attended high school, but took courses at Long Beach Junior College, Stanford, and the University of California. ''The Modesto Bee'': (Jane Ardmore "Welcome Home to Perry Mason", June 3, 1986 ), accessed March 26, 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Raymond Burr」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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