Talk:Raymond Burr

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Christian Nyby was mentioned in this article as attending a memorial service for Raymond Burr on 10/1/1993. According to other sources, including Wikipedia, Nyby died on 9/17/1993, two weeks prior to the Burr Memorial Service in Pasadena. Unless he was represented in absentia, I doubt he was present :) 24.99.137.135 00:27, 8 July 2007 (UTC)


Never heard of him, but he looked like a meancing-mean lawyer, will you put back the sentence in the article, also I do not like him at all.

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[edit] Mary Pason

You Canadians are really humourous. Go drink some maple syrup.

[edit] Really Gay?

I think it wrong to paint a fellow as 'gay' after death, who refused to paint himself as homosexual in life. "No romantic relationship has ever been proved between Burr and Natalie Wood." And where is the 'proof' of his romantic relationship with Robert Benevides. "However, these details were fabricated in an attempt to hide the fact that Burr was gay." The purported fabrication of personal loss seems quite out of character. The writer of this article is not offended by the discovery of such deception? Then the writer has no respect for truth. The validity of the entire article must come into question. User:216.167.235.11

In 1950's Hollywood, homosexuality was very much frowned upon. Claiming to be a widower would be a relatively harmless way of asserting heterosexuality, while not having to carry on a pretense of dating, etc. It is generally acknowledged that he was gay, and it is highly unlikely that everyone who knew him (including his good friend and co-star, Barbara Hale) would lie about him after his death. Raider Duck 06:46, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
I remember seeing an episode of Biography, a TV program produced by the A&E Network in the US, that treated his homosexuality as a fact. That seems to indicate that it's fairly well-accepted as factual. Accounting4Taste 00:48, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
It is the kind of discussion which I find without interest. What counts, it is what this man did, his private life looked at only him. Those which are baited on this question cannot recognize what is important. Gloubik 21:30, 11 October 2007


Much of the article is poorly written, like a press release: I have tried to clean up the English. Rothorpe 23:29, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Natalie Wood had told a friend that her relationship with Burr had become physical. Finstad's bio of Natalie Wood states this with references. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.95.147.164 (talk) 06:59, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Incomprehensible

After reading this bio, I began trying to edit it into standard English. When I got to the part about Raymond's mother moving to California, I didn't have a clue what the author meant, so I Googled Raymond Burr and came up with many conflicting versions of his life. In one, his mother was a single parent the first 10 years of his life; in one Burr began his acting career in Canada in live theater; another mentions 3 marriages and a son that died of leukemia. I suspect that Mr. Burr invented and re-invented his early life and that this brief bio does it little justice.Ibstubro 20:40, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

All that one finds on Internet is not the truth, it is only the reflection of what believes or thinks somebody. It is necessary to take some and leave some... Gloubik 21:35, 11 October 2007

[edit] A Bleeding mess is what this is!!!!

after rummaging through the history on this article, i discovered why and how it's gotten so way outta whack and screwed up. on 24 January 2007, Gcollinsii (talk · contribs) began posting tons of crap, and it's been down-hill ever since. it's my suggestion that we go back, re-boot from that date and try to clean it all up. most, if not all was added without attribution and it is almost completely unintelligible anyway. who's with me? --emerson7 | Talk 02:43, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Go for it. I can't see how it could ever have been good enough for a "Class B" rating from any rater, but stepping back to January will definitely improve it, even though "MISTER Bonobo" is only the most obvious bogus item in that version. Jim.henderson 10:58, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Honourary Doctorate

Should mention. --Daniel C. Boyer 23:21, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Involvement in Godzilla

This page details very little of Burr's involvment with his two Godzilla movies. Godzilla being a recognizable world icon, his role as reporter Steve Martin helped introduce audiences outside of Japan to the famous movie series. Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, and to a lesser extent Godzilla 1985, and definitely note worthy films in his filmography.

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Raymondburrfl.jpg

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[edit] Gravesite photo

If anyone wants to do the heavy lifting of checking copyrights and deciding relevance, here's a pic of his grave. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rcousine (talk • contribs) 20:41, 18 October 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Cause of Death

At one place the article mentions that Burr died of liver cancer...and at another places it says that he died of kidney cancer. Now, which one of this malign diseases caused his death - unless it was both? --83.250.72.173 (talk) 19:49, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

His cancer initially touched the colon then was propagated to the kidney. User:Gloubik 16:49, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Filmology

Wasn't that Raymond Burr as the bad guy in Rear Window? I should think that was a major film role and completely out of character. He was the sort that was the good guy, but was convincing and meancing as the killer Jimmy Stewart was peeping at. Given the success of that film, his role should be mentioned. Pamtrek (talk) 01:10, 28 December 2007 (UTC)Pamtrek

[edit] Mistake on the bottom section of the page

There is a mistake on the bottom of the page in the external link to the TCM movie database, it took me to Tom Canning instead of Raymond Burr.Franklin Delano Roosevelt (talk) 19:11, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] News Articles Appearing Today Say Burr was gay

This article needs to be updated to show that Burr was gay. Numerous articles appeared today are saying so. See ABC News: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Books/story?id=4930725&page=1 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.6.22.207 (talk) 15:48, 26 May 2008 (UTC)