Raymond Burr

Canadian Screen Star Raymond Burr, pictured here in a scene where he plays āHarry Prebbleā from Fritz Langās American Film Noir classic āThe Blue Gardeniaā (1953), also starring Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern, George Reeves, and also featuring Nat King Cole singing the title song composed by Bob Russell and Lester Lee āBlue Gardeniaā arranged by Nelson Riddle. And, of course, we also all remember Raymond Burr as the title characters on the television programmes āPerry Masonā and āIronsideā. Remembering Raymond Burr on his birthday. He was born on this day, the 21st of May in 1917 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, and he passed away in his home in Healdsburg, California on the 12th of September in 1993.