Título: Raymond Burr
Seção: Radio
Background: Raymond William Stacy Burr was born May 21, 1917, in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. His father, William Johnston Burr (1889-1985), was a hardware salesman; his mother, Minerva Annette (nee Smith, 1892-1974), was a pianist and music teacher who was born in Chicago, Illinois. Burr's ancestry included Lebanese, Irish, English, Scottish, and German. When Burr was six, his parents divorced.

Conteúdo: As a young man Burr weighed more than 300 lbs., which limited his on-screen roles. "But in radio this presented no problems, given the magnificent quality of his voice," reported The Globe and Mail. "He played romantic leads and menacing villains with equal authority, and he earned a steady and comfortable income."  Working steadily in radio since the 1940s, often uncredited, Burr was a leading player on the West Coast. He had a regular role in Jack Webb's first radio show, Pat Novak for Hire (1949), and in Dragnet (1949-50) he played Joe Friday's boss, Ed Backstrand, chief of detectives. Burr worked on other Los Angeles-based series including Suspense, Screen Directors Playhouse, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Family Theater, Hallmark Playhouse and Hallmark Hall of Fame. He performed in five episodes of the experimental dramatic radio anthology series CBS Radio Workshop, and had what is arguably his best radio role in "The Silent Witness" (1957), in which his is the only voice.  In 1956 Burr was the star of CBS Radio's Fort Laramie, an adult Western drama produced, written and directed by the creators of Gunsmoke. He played the role of Lee Quince, captain of the cavalry, in the series set at a post-Civil War military post where disease, boredom, the elements and the uncharted terrain were the greatest enemies of "ordinary men who lived in extraordinary times". The half-hour transcribed program aired Sundays at 5:30 p.m. ET January 22 - October 28, 1956. Burr told columnist Shei

user: what did he do on the radio

assistant: He played romantic leads and menacing villains with equal authority, and he earned a steady and comfortable income."

user: how much did he make

assistant: he earned a steady and comfortable income."

user: what was he most known for

assistant: Working steadily in radio since the 1940s, often uncredited, Burr was a leading player on the West Coast.

user: did he ever win any awards

assistant: he had received 1,500 fan letters after the first broadcasts, and he continued to receive letters praising the show's authenticity and presentation of human dignity.

user: did he have any long running radio shows

assistant: Working steadily in radio since the 1940s,

user: What else interesting happened during this time

assistant: He had a regular role in Jack Webb's first radio show,

user: What was the name of the show

assistant: Hire (1949), and in Dragnet (1949-50)

user: where they a success

assistant: had what is arguably his best radio role in "The Silent Witness" (1957),

user: when did he leave radio

assistant: In August 1956, CBS announced that Burr would star in the television series Perry Mason.

user: Did he ever go back to radio

assistant: TV series required an extraordinary commitment and the radio show ended.