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Raymond Burr is famous for his starring roles as Perry Mason in the television drama "Perry Mason" but is also known as the actor who hid his sexuality from the world throughout his life. Raymond Burr biography, "Hiding in Plain Sight," explores the actor's life. Burr invented a biography for himself that included a wife and son who'd died, and used his busy schedule as a way to explain why he wasn't married. Raymond Burr
Perry Mason deserves a little recognition during Pride because of the actor most associated with the role: Raymond Burr, one of the first—if not the first—gay actors to ever star in the lead. Actor Raymond Burr was a regular TV presence for almost 20 years, first as crusading lawyer Perry Mason and then as wheelchair-bound detective Robert Ironside. He was a household name for millions of fans, but in the era before blogs and tabloid magazines nobody knew very much about his private life. 'Perry Mason' Star Raymond Burr Hid His Sexuality All Life
Raymond William Stacy Burr (May 21, – September 12, ) was a Canadian actor who had a lengthy Hollywood film career and portrayed the title roles in the television dramas Perry Mason and Ironside. Raymond Burr is famous for his starring roles as Perry Mason in the television drama "Perry Mason" but is also known as the actor who hid his sexuality from the world throughout his life. Before returning to British television screens in June , "Perry Mason" held sway as one of the biggest television drama series of the late s and s. Gay History
Burr beat out around 50 actors who auditioned for the gig, according to the book Raymond Burr: A Film, Radio and Television Biography. One catch: They made him take a crash diet, dropping his weight to pounds. Was Perry Mason married? Raymond was a Canadian-American actor known for his prolific career in film and television. 
Raymond Burr (Perry Mason) was gay?
Starr is not the first to report that Burr was gay. A&E touched on the subject in a March profile of the actor, and there have been articles written about Burr's life on the and in. Almost no one on the set knew he was dying of cancer. Biographer Michael Seth Starr is not surprised.
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Raymond Burr's partner was Isabella Ward, but his true
May 26, -- 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. .
Raymond Burr – How Hollywood Protected Him
During the 50s, 60s and 70s, Raymond Burr was a character actor in movies and television both in the states and abroad. In the late 60s, he became world famous in the role of Perry Mason in the series of the same name. During his career, he--and the studio bosses-knew if his homosexuality was revealed, it could ruin his career. This is the story of how the Hollywood brass protected him. .
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Raymond Burr was gay, but hid his sexuality for most of his life out of fear that it would damage his career. [6] He had a year romantic relationship with Robert Benevides (born ), a young actor and Korean war veteran whom Burr had met on the set of Perry Mason. [7] For several years in the s, according to an excerpt from Hiding in Plain Sight, a biography of Burr written by. .