Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale Tribute: Perry Mason (Vicki! 4-23-93)

Barbara Hale, who played Della Street on the hit television series Perry Mason passed away this past Thursday (January 26, 2017), and we wanted to take a moment to pay tribute to her and her career... as well as that of her co-star on Perry Mason, one of television's very best, Raymond Burr.
Perry Mason ran on CBS from September 21, 1957 to May 22, 1966, an incredible nine seasons, 271 episodes, all in black and white. Burr received two Emmy Awards for lead actor in the series, while Hale received one for supporting actress. The show has been a cornerstone of the television syndication market from the 1960s up until right now on cable channels (COZI recently).
In this interview, Burr discusses how he began in the entertainment business, and he and Hale discuss their working relationship on the series. The two worked on a successful series of twenty six Perry Mason television films (on NBC) from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s. Raymond Burr passed away on September 12, 1993, not long after this Vicki! program aired in April of that year.
Barbara Hale (mother of actor William Katt) enjoyed a long, successful career on television beyond her star making role as Della Street on the various Perry Mason projects. She worked in movies during the 1940s at RKO Pictures, working with Frank Sinatra, Robert Young and Robert Mitchum and Larry Parks (Jolson Sings Again.)
In the early 1950s, she co-starred in movies with Jimmy Stewart, James Cagney, Charlton Heston, Rock Hudson and Fred MacMurray.
On television after Perry Mason, she made many guest starring appearances on television series including Ironside (again, with Raymond Burr) and Marcus Welby MD (again, with Robert Young).
May both Mr. Burr and Ms. Hale rest in peace. Television viewers are grateful for the legacy they leave us.
We'll have plenty more on Raymond Burr and his second landmark series, Ironside, later on this fall.
This video clip is presented here on KZbin for the entertainment and informational value of the viewer, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Enjoy.

[@sherrihinton8567]

Barbara was such a wonderful, elegant and beautiful lady.

[@korneliameyer4488]

@@gw437 I agree. Regards from Germany-Karlsruhe

[@livvymunro1929]

One of the very few Hollywood stars about whom it appears no-one had a bad word to say. She was one classy lady. And the chemistry with Raymond was magical. I don't care what anybody says, Perry and Della were in love and Ray and Barbara conveyed it without a word being spoken.

[@josephpowelliii9169]

I don't care whether he was gay or not....I saw him as a great Actor, & from what I've read about him, a great man....PERIOD.

[@karenshaffer7803]

My Mom just told me he was gay. I usually look up actors when im watching the show missed this but Love him more for finding Love and being happy.

[@seamuscampbell5987]

That's so generous of you!

[@superfuzzymomma]

Gay is about the least interesting thing I could imagine about this fine gentleman. Mr. Burr.

[@huiponoholoholonapaws-pono1032]

Its nobody's business whether he was or was not gay! Focus instead that he was a good actor.

[@SlyDellian]

He was also a compulsive liar. After he passed, several truths about his life were revealed. For starters, he was *not* twice widowed, nor did he lose a son to leukemia. He also lied about his military service. Still, he was a great actor, in my opinion.

[@gigiduhermoine890]

Mr.Burr was by far one of the greatest television dramatic actor's of his generation..Cancer is a horrible disease...

[@matthewjones698]

Yes it is!!!

[@brendaalexander4574]

I love them both so much. Raymond had his florist develop a flower and had it named or dedicated to Barbara. That to me is the MOST ROMANTIC thing a man can do for his woman to show how special she is. Just lovely.

[@robertsherman7978]

When the two of them are together all is right with the world!!🥰📺🐕

[@scottj.kimball8527]

So sad about five months after this was filmed he passed away. RIP Raymond Burr!

[@patburton837]

I love Perry Mason shows. I love all the characters.

[@pamelakain4879]

I really admired the whole cast of Perry Mason.

[@nadyarossi5102]

Except for Karl Held.

[@m.e.d.7997]

Barbara seems to have an awesome personality!

[@patricerobertson5128]

I believe this was true and I think this only added to her loveliness. Barbara exuded beauty from the inside out!

[@belvinsweat7742]

All were great actors and I still watch Perry Mason every day.

[@sarahwilkesmore4517]

I have The Complete Series of Perry Mason TV Show I wish she and Raymond got together he was in love with her. I found out that he would even drive her home after they were done filming the episodes

[@kimberlyblossom3674]

Perry Mason and Della were awesome.

[@MarinCipollina]

Also Hamilton Burger, Lt Tragg, and Paul Drake. A first rate cast of characters.

[@lisapeterson729]

I watch Perry Mason every night. I love that some stations will still play these awesome old shows😊

[@janicechristian8475]

I love it too!!!

[@jamesbaker6265]

Raymond Burr was the best. Perry Mason and the team were unstoppable. Exposing the rich white collar criminal element. RIP! Raymond. You were the man

[@susanhudson8243]

I still watch Perry Mason everyday on that old TV show channel on cable. Love it.

[@califdad4]

me tv M-F 9am and 11:30PM , I watched both times, and you might have a 1963 show in the morning and a 1958 show at night,

[@shakeriacrawford5580]

Me too...faithfully!

[@susanhudson8243]

@@gw437 , Hello. Perhaps you can find his shows on the web. Try searching on KZbin. By the way, I watch your Nicola White's videos on mudlarking all the time on KZbin!

[@stevenrichards3699]

Watch Raymond Burr in some of the dozen or so Noir movies (B movies) that are available on youtube, great actor, he could play a villian or a cop with ease.

[@Celluloidwatcher]

They both looked well in this segment, in their 70's, although the world would lose Ray Burr nearly five months later on September 12, 1993. And Barbara was still attractive at 71 @ the time. May they R.I.P.

[@MyREDTAIL]

Ms Hale lived well into her 90's May she & Raymond Burr RIP They will be Sadly missed by all of their Fans etc.

[@paddymac6245]

Raymond Burr was incredible.

[@taggett666]

Gay or Not. HE"S PERRY MASON MAN !!!!!!!!! There is no one else like him.

[@robertsherman7978]

YES!!

[@gloriarobinson2488]

Exactly 💯

[@damonmedina3063]

The James Bond of the courtroom.

[@beedalton9675]

His voice in godzilla iconic

[@Chosen1-561]

You are absolutely correct 👍🏿

[@karenshaffer7803]

Love them both. Watching Perry Mason now on METV. Everyday at 9am. Rest in Peace💕

[@deanalawson6809]

Watching Perry Mason now1

[@karenshaffer7803]

@@deanalawson6809 Enjoy I Love that show. Favorite part is when all of the cast are all in court together battling it out. Love how him and the detective have that special chemistry together they crack me up.

[@craignelson9045]

I love the tv movies especially sinister spirt. Amaon sells them

[@kimberlysims2349]

Me too!

[@karenshaffer7803]

@@kimberlysims2349 🤗. I actually also watch at 11:30 pm.

Burr is AMAZING in Hitchcock's "Rear Window" with Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly. If you haven't seen that, please do. Amazing film.

[@deanalawson6809]

I have watched Rear Window several times love it and of course Raymond Burr was excellent

[@chuckkady7282]

I first saw "Rear Window" as a child at the Drive Theater back in the 50s with Mom and Dad. Today I own it. What I found amazing was this. It was shot basically on one set! The cast was a few actors. They kept our attention of the drama in the other Apt buildings. :o) I agree John. It's worth the watch.

[@dorabarkley6335]

Loved the attraction between the Perry Mason stars Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale - thought it was so elegant-you knew they were in love but they didn’t have to flaunt it 💕

[@clemsonbloke]

LMAO, Raymond Burr was gay and was in a relationship with a man for 40+ years!

[@dorabarkley6335]

@@clemsonbloke yes, I know I’m speaking of the chemistry between the actors ( they knew he was gay even when we didn’t )

[@bdh70]

Barbara Hale was always perfect and classy, and did some lovely ads for the Amana Radarange in the seventies. Loved her!

[@dapperdoggy]

I miss them both, they were so talented.

[@lpdog82]

God Bless Raymond & Barbara, Absolutely wonderful people AND actors!, To this day I watch Perry Mason everyday on MeTV, That show is so good that it never gets old!, Ironside is very good too, Raymond was so professional, I sure miss TV shows like that, So awesome back then!

[@suzannehooper6725]

Raymond and Barbara were absolute perfection together. Perry Mason still ranks as one of my ALL TIME favorite shows and I like to think that Perry and Della got married and traveled off into the sunset... together.

[@robertsherman7978]

Yes, definitely!!🥹📺🐕

[@jeribailey2820]

I.loved him and.Barbara Hale. I still watch him every night.

[@donaldleslie1145]

My Mother's favorite show her favorite Lawyer.I always think of her when I think about Perry Mason. She would figure out who the murderer was midway into the show. I miss My Mother and those days. Whenever I look at the reruns of the show I get a little sad and also a bit happy because MY MOTHER...

[@keithfortner3200]

Well put!!!!

[@fredyh357]

And that’s one way she will always live though you rip

[@AstralPixie]

Absolutely love Raymond and Barbara!

[@remnant0888]

Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale got me, as Perry and Della, thru a very lonely childhood. The books and show peaked my interest in the law.. And I spent hours trying to write my own Perry Mason cases. RIP..Barbara and Raymond And TY for the memories. Btw in a 1933 book of a Perry Mason case.. He and Della ..they do kiss. on a camping trip to the Calif desert with a client.. And it is intimated that Della loves him and he her, but their work comes first. She says she wouldn't change him. Guess Earl Stanley Gardner didn't write romance.. Lol

[@MyREDTAIL]

Gardner was a Brilliant Writer With his inventing of Perry Mason etc.

[@annbartholomew6485]

In the case of the velvet claws perry and della get married. This was 1935 or 1936 and had different actors playing them

[@bashirmuhammad8181]

This is nice.I just came across this and I remember that my father never missed an episode and as young as I was,I tried to keep up.Father had a whole bookshelf with the Perry Mason novels and by 1971,at age 11 or so,I had read them all.May God rest the departed forevermore.

[@mariegriffin9952]

Amen

[@atulbesra822]

I too bought and read almost all Perry Mason novels.

[@robertortiz8540]

Barbara Hale and Raymond Burr my they both Rest In Peace.

[@Texas1836]

Love both of these people. I miss them. Rest in peace.

[@bosswomantt]

such a loss. beautiful people

[@peeraydeeray522]

Raymond Burr can't get enough of you!

[@sl.8646]

True patriots of their crafts❗ My brother started me watching PERRY MASON, and now I'm buying all complete series❗Worth every dollar ***** 2nd only to COLUMBO😘😘💖

[@Imortaltwin]

Love Perry Mason

[@barbaraashford4648]

I love perry mason, been watching them since i was a little girl

[@patburton837]

Most of the women characters wore pearls. I love the cars since it was filmed in the 50’s I think.

[@catherinestgermain3362]

I am also watching perry mason on metv! They are both great actors and no one can replace them!!

[@roberturkevich9014]

Sad to see them old the 50's was the best time to be young

[@esmeephillips5888]

The on--screen relationship between Perry and Della was remarkable not only for its longevity- 1957-1993- but because it was about friendship and mutual professional respect, not lerve. You saw little or nothing of the characters' private lives and no romancing in the office either- just a deepening trust, and Della's growth from 'perfect secretary' to right-hand aide. In a way she symbolized the changing position of working women. This evolution happens a lot in real life but is rarely depicted in movies or TV, which prefers the big bang of 'falling in love' to homely pleasures of collegiality. It is a tribute to the skills of both actors that they kept it going and made it, like Holmes and Watson, ultimately the real subject and fascination of the show. Neither was 'big' enough in personality to dominate the big screen. TV matched their scale. Burr's strange, hypnotic voice and faintly disgruntled expression, Hale's efficiency tinged with warmth. Simmering, not boiling.

[@idaclaire1869]

They both had been in many movies before they landed on tv.

[@esmeephillips5888]

@@idaclaire1869 Yes, and Burr had usually played a heavy, e.g. in 'Rear Window'. His image changed for Perry and Ironside, though he was still a brooding, ponderous fellow, without sex appeal. The unusual nature of his on-screen magnetism hinted at the strangeness of his nature, concealing and dissembling about his private life more than any other star of his time.

[@patricerobertson5128]

Barbara definitely changed the image and position women held in our culture by being a full-time working woman. She was one of the first who did this. She was proud of this and felt that women can and do add a lot to what they are involved in. She believed there should be much more of this.

[@cvf628]

Raymond is my second cousin once removed. My brother looks identical to him with his beard. His stoutness is from the Irish Johnston side of the family tree.

[@idaclaire1869]

Gordon Cavanaugh Did you know him and get to visit and spend time with him? What a privilege that would have been.

[@puranasoul4164]

Then your brother must be very attractive too.

[@elizabethgalligan1805]

This is wonderful to see Amazing actors together. Thank you. Perry Mason is a great show😊👌

[@albazamora1767]

Thank you for posting this. It was simply beautiful!

[@cplamar325]

I watch Perry Mason every chance I get on Dish network. Raymond was great as the villain in Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window" with Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly. I'm sure not many viewers will remember that he was in the original Japanese movie version of "Godzilla." I never suspected he was gay, doesn't matter anyway.

[@sickofliberals9403]

I watch Perry every night at 10:30 , love it👍👍

[@fredyh357]

My wife is younger then me and she be like what are you watching!! Im like shhhhhh and just watch... now she like I hate commercials I want to see what happens next!! 😂

[@fredyh357]

2021 and I watch perry mason at night before I knock out he was a good actor and a good person from what I read about him RIP RAY

[@bluenetmarketing]

Thanks for posting. I like Vicki Lawrence here. She is great too. And so is Raymond Burr.

[@amazing152]

I absolutely loved Perry Mason/Raymond Burr, I still watch the show, he was and is my favorite!!!!

[@susanarnold8492]

Awesome actor and a good man

[@matthewjahnke6956]

I've never met him but he was a great actor.

[@josephdunlap6747]

The glorious Perry Mason and Della Street! Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale will live forever in our hearts! RIP magnificent stars!! 🙏🙏

[@sauluribe7082]

Amazing person Vikki Lawrence. Even had a hit song " The Lights Went Out"

[@melissapartin7534]

I'm watching Perry Mason right now hubby and I are addicts of it and Gunsmoke we absolutely love them both I'd love to find Ironside

[@jshepard152]

It's available on DVD.

[@terikearl8737]

I still love this show. One of the best legal dramas in its time. Having worked in courts all my life, I love how accurate it was. I am obsessed

[@marythomson9610]

Truly the best .

[@dianafeliciano741]

I love ❤️ the whole cast I miss them all there will never be another show like it , I still watch the reruns to this day and enjoy it . ❤️❤️💋🤗😊👍👍👍 PS I also watched the film Rear Window which he star in with Jimmy Steward and Grace Kelly great film by Hitchcock.

[@pontifixmax]

I believe the stories that Raymond Burr was gay. I also believe the stories that he was an incredibly generous and thoroughly decent man. It's just sad that he had to hide who he was to be accepted in Hollywood when he gave so much of himself both personally and professionally.

[@fantasyqwest]

Jason S. spoken like a true younger person. I thought the lgbt was about being comfortable with who u r. he was comfortable not telling EVERY little secret about his personal life. nobody has to know every little thing about everybody. it's none of our business and his to keep. whether he was gay or not, idc. being gay doesn't make someone a great person. ppl r so touchy nowadays. u kids wouldn't have lasted 2 days back n that era. grow up and move on, nobody owes anybody anything.

[@remnant0888]

Jason S. Yes he was supposedly gay and was very private.

[@MyREDTAIL]

I guess after a few failed Marriages he did not have any more faith in trusting any Woman with his personnel life & had a Male Companion that he trusted with his Business & Investments, And left his Will & Holdings all in his Companion's Name etc.

[@trurobertson]

@Jason S. He made a career from being talented at what he did not who he slept with like so many do today.

[@youcanbesmartaskhow3857]

@@trurobertson plus 1 this comment

[@Bonner901]

I'm still watching Perry Mason as of Jan 2022 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@patburton837]

Love the show. I have 9 episodes on my DVR. I had a crush with Paul Drake . So handsome.

[@gregoryschleitwiler9601]

He portrayed the military father in THE BAD SEED. Love the it was those shoes line from the maintenance guy that she burned to death while playing the piano.

[@pooh44100]

Raymond burr was gay but he was a class act didn't go shouting it out on the rooftops kept his private life private that is what talented classy people do..

[@sanjayshetty5640]

I think the cast of both shows knew too and kept it quiet. It must have been hard when William Hopper was there. His mom was Hedda Hopper, the famed gossip columnist.

[@davidrahrer]

@ Winnie Levine If you think it is "classy" to have to remain secretive about your spouse or family in order to keep your career, then I guess so. That certainly isn't my interpretation, nor has that standard been applied equally in the past. It says rather more about your own issues I would think.

[@elizabeththompson6644]

@@sanjayshetty5640 I understand hopper (a very good looking guy) died at age 54 from a heart attack.

[@Ron-jd4th]

Actually, Mr. Hopper was 55 when he died, on March 6, 1970. He was admitted to the hospital on Feb. 14, 1970, after suffering a stroke. While hospitalized, he contracted pneumonia, and died of it, 3 weeks later.

[@heppcat]

He "didn't go shouting it out on the rooftops" because at that time in this country, it would have been career suicide. Agree with you wholeheartedly on him being a "class act" but not for that reason.

[@johnjarou2357]

Raymond burr was sure right when he said Barbara hale was beautiful. allways thought she was a real looker.

[@patricerobertson5128]

She was breathtaking, stunning and one of the most beautiful ever!

[@trurobertson]

Watching Perry Mason -The Case of the Grumbling Grandfather in 2019....

[@r.m2421]

Love them both

[@dapperdoggy]

Thank you for posting this

[@sarahswomley2580]

That kiss was in his next to the last Perry Mason movie

[@nadyarossi5102]

I love them both! Absolutely irreplaceable!

[@patricerobertson5128]

Nadya, you're so right! They are both Absolutely Irreplaceable! I miss them so much!

[@ursulajohnson-ahee9422]

Always love Raymond Burr, especially in Ironside, now I love Barbara Hale; thank you both ❤❤❤

[@kimberlysims2349]

Love this show!

[@U2WB]

Raymond Burr seemed like such a kind, generous human being. No one else could have been Perry Mason. And he was right: Barbara Hale was one of the most attractive women ever on TV, and she set a standard for other women as an intelligent and capable partner for the likes of Perry Mason.

[@dannydidonna2906]

Both were great,barbara outlived others until 94,and maybe because she did not Smoke.

[@idaclaire1869]

Danny didonna She surely got her share of secondhand smoke!! I have seen one picture of her with her husband, with a cigarette in her hand.

[@dannydidonna2906]

Barbara Cox then she was lucky to live to,94..

[@idaclaire1869]

Danny didonna I was disappointed when I found the picture with the cigarette in her hand. She must have quit many years ago. But she was beautiful and sweet and I will always love her. Would so love to have known her.

[@dttruman]

@@idaclaire1869 She probably did it for the sponsors. Way back when, Sam Snead (professional golfer) would endorse cigarettes, but he never smoked. He said if they are going to pay me a lot of money just to hold up a pack of cigarettes, it was O.K. by him.

[@idaclaire1869]

dttruman maybe so. I since have seen her in one of the very early cigarette ads. I believe Lucky Strike. Maybe it was just for the pay.

[@pamhamilton3488]

I had read somewhere that he had been married & had a son who died at a very young age & then divorced shortly after that. I don't know if that is true or not .He was an incredible actor & seemed to be a wonderful human being !

[@remnant0888]

Pam Hamilton I think the hollywood machine made that up. I read 3 wives. I used to scour magazines when a teen.

[@davidrahrer]

@C. Buck Hyres Yes, the rest could never be authenticated. They were well and often told lies by Burr at various interviews and in some books. The marriage in the 40s was quite brief.

[@carlsmith7796]

I'm watching Perry Mason now on MeTv

[@ricknelson4721]

Sadly he died in September 1993, just months after this show aired.

[@Audrey.Elizabeth]

“Isn’t that fun?” and her little wiggle in the chair!! I love them so much!

[@ChilesRussellTaylor]

R.I.P. Raymond Burr!

[@gailjohnson2761]

Me too I love him, he’s the greatest pm….

[@rhondahall3341]

Perry Mason was one of the best written shows on tv, So was Ironside , Raymond Burr was,still one my favorite stars, Back then tv was classy, And decent , Wish shows like Perry Mason,Twilight Zone,The Outer Limits,The Time Tunnel ,Bonanza,The Big Valley,The Rifleman,The Virginian,Davey Crockett, Daniel Boone,Lost In Space,Space 1999, All these shows was good,It was when Hollywood actually did good work ,and actors could act , (Classic versions,not modern versions )still Would be made , Be nice instead of all these lame reality shows, Why I quite watching tv almost entirely, I manly keep the thing for The Walking Dead only , And to watch these classic shows , With one exception above, There's no new stuff I care to watch , Was a few them nature shows , But they got taken off for some stupid Crap !😕

[@m.e.d.7997]

I loved the show but the last few years of the show were not as good as the first few...didn't come close.

[@karenshaffer7803]

RHONDA HALL if you have METV a lot of these shows still come on.

[@rachellem2143]

HEY EVERYONE THAT YOUNG MAN ASKING THE QUESTION AT :40 IS JEREMY RENNER! DAMN I'M GOOD! I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!

[@karenharris4027]

I 👀 Perry Mason m-f 8 & 9 pm! Love the show,!

[@vivianebeget]

loved perry mason shown

[@stephenbowles7153]

Raymond Burr also had a few radio programs. He played a cavalry officer for one.

[@wendyohman8340]

How sweet!!!!!

[@cw-s3582]

So nice to see Raymod Burr in casual easy going setting for his true self to come out as opposed to the very business like Perry character. They both were delightful together ...

[@charlessands6933]

One of the Perry Mason episodes was in color. The case of the "twice-told twist" episode in the last season was in color.

[@TelevisionVanguard]

Thank you for the info on the color episode. We did not know that. We always find it charming and fun to see these older late 1950s series that made it into the mid-1960s, still in b/w. The Perry Mason series started dealing with surfers and rock bands, etc. in that final season. We saw a recent Perry Mason episode in rerun/MeTV (if memory is correct), in which Perry and Della were seated in a cafe watching a rock band play. A clash of generations. Good stuff! Thank you for watching. - Television Vanguard staff

[@wendylawson3857]

These were real actors kids!

[@craignelson9045]

The tv movies are all on Amazon. I love sinister spirit. RIP Raymond n Barbara

[@califgirl101]

that was awesome!

[@komendorf]

Отлично сделанный сериал. Прекрасная игра актёров. Пересматривал много раз, любуясь Барбарой Хэйл

[@jcvr732]

Perry's secretary was a hottie in her days

[@crystalbutterfly4812]

Barbara Hale had a daughter and she would take her to my church on Thursdays nights we had a Christian Girls meeting. I use to play with her and my Mom got close to Barbara. I wonder where her daughter is today?

[@patricerobertson5128]

Barbara's oldest daughter Jody was a Speech Language Therapist and now lives with her partner Susan. Jody operates an animal support organization on social media. It sounds like you are speaking of Jody. She was very close with her mom.

[@gailjohnson2761]

I just saw the movie earlier/ perry mason: the cast of the tell- tale talk show host….. they kiss at the end it was beautiful

[@DavidRLentz]

I wish such public figures 1) could have their private lives, yet 2) be able to meet their fans. And more, In a manner that they would not have to worry about undue intrusion, or fear for their safety.

[@sarahwilkesmore4517]

I have The Complete Series of Perry Mason TV Show I wish she and Raymond got together he was in love with her. I found out that he would even drive her home after they were done filming the episodes

[@MikeMc442]

Nice segment... are there other segments from that show posted here?

[@TelevisionVanguard]

Hi - we will have quite a few more segments from this episode coming later this fall. We'll begin our 1967-68 TV Season 50th anniversary tribute this fall, and Ironside will be a big part of that tribute... including clips from this very show. All coming soon... Thank you for asking and for watching. - Television Vanguard staff

[@idaclaire1869]

TelevisionVanguard waiting for it patiently!

[@scasey1960]

Burr was a great heavy. For Mason, he could turn it on and off.

[@keithcarroll8235]

He was a great supporter of veterans. He visited them in Vietnam & he would take the names of hundreds of servicemen & when he returned to the states he would call their families, on his own time/expense, just to tell them that he saw their son/husband/father et al and tell them how they were doing. The only problem he had doing

[@keithcarroll8235]

This was some people upon hearing his voice assumed that it was some drunken relative doing a poor Perry Mason imitation!

[@helenlucas5274]

stop watching Raven girl loved him who cares if he was gay it's nobody's business

[@DJ-bj8ku]

He died eight months later. He fielded the questions about his romantic interests with grace.

[@barbarajackson7488]

How classy back in those days. No cleavage showing, no see throughs, the list goes on! Love it. ❤

[@wxman2003]

And he died 5 months later is the arms of his lover, Ernie.

[@cgrcustoms4791]

You see, TV shows back then had meaning to them, lessons learned, alot of heart in them. This shit nowadays is all trash. No meaning, no heart. You end up asking yourself WTF did I just watch?!? They will never make them like they used to. R.I.P GOOD OLD DAYS.

[@NelloCambelli]

time to pull out the Godzilla movie.

[@robertpage2023]

If I were in the audience I'd be asking Mr. Burr how or why he did a Godzilla movie?? Did he need the money? Was he actually in Japan when his scenes were shot? Just how did all that come about???

[@MisterBourgolini]

You could tell that kidney cancer was taking its toll on Raymond Burr. If he never got kidney cancer, he could have done Perry Mason TV specials until the year 2000. Too bad William Talman, Ray Collins, and William Hopper died before the return of Perry Mason in the 1980s. Barbara Hale died of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in 2017 at age 94.

[@edwardgleeson7080]

Barb was a babe, alright.