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Raymond Burr

1917 - 1993

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Raymond William Stacy Burr (May 21, 1917 – September 12, 1993) was a Canadian actor known for his lengthy Hollywood film career and his title roles in television dramas Perry Mason and Ironside. Burr's early acting career included roles on Broadway, radio, television, and film, usually as the villain. His portrayal of the suspected murderer in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Rear Window (1954) is his best-known film role, although he is also remembered for his role in the 1956 film Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, which he reprised in the 1985 film Godzilla 1985. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raymond Burr has received more than 8,138,135 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Raymond Burr is the 1,918th most popular actor (down from 1,753rd in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from Canada (down from 145th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Canadian Actor.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

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  • 2.03

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  • 4.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Raymond Burr ranks 1,918 out of 9,996. Before him are Leon Russom, Joe Viterelli, Edward Mulhare, Anthony Edwards, Lars Mikkelsen, and Richard Anderson. After him are Vasily Livanov, Rocío Dúrcal, Lindsay Lohan, Katherine MacGregor, Nicholas Hammond, and Gene Barry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Raymond Burr ranks 136. Before him are Wieland Wagner, June Allyson, Đỗ Mười, Donald Davidson, Kerim Kerimov, and Han Suyin. After him are Robert Conquest, Isang Yun, Sameera Moussa, Mongo Santamaría, Fulbert Youlou, and Shams Pahlavi. Among people deceased in 1993, Raymond Burr ranks 88. Before him are Héctor Lavoe, József Antall, Richard Jordan, William L. Shirer, Frunzik Mkrtchyan, and GG Allin. After him are Sun Ra, Marian Anderson, Monte Melkonian, Bruno Rossi, Deke Slayton, and Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Raymond Burr ranks 149 out of 1,350. Before him are Jordan Peterson (1962), Sid Meier (1954), Henry Taube (1915), Eugene Levy (1946), Joe Shuster (1914), and Deanna Durbin (1921). After him are Marie Dressler (1868), Arthur Hiller (1923), Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914), Chris Benoit (1967), Robert D. Hare (1934), and Shulamith Firestone (1945).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Raymond Burr ranks 45. Before him are Tom Cavanagh (1963), Eric McCormack (1963), Lorne Greene (1915), Katheryn Winnick (1977), Eugene Levy (1946), and Deanna Durbin (1921). After him are Marie Dressler (1868), James Doohan (1920), Cobie Smulders (1982), John Ireland (1914), Elisha Cuthbert (1982), and Neve Campbell (1973).

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