Título: Raymond Burr
Seção: Film
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: Burr appeared in more than 50 feature films between 1946 and 1957, creating an array of villains that established him as an icon of film noir. Film historian Alain Silver concluded that Burr's most significant work in the genre is in these ten films: Desperate (1947), Sleep, My Love (1948), Raw Deal (1948), Pitfall (1948), Abandoned (1949), Red Light (1950), M (1951), His Kind of Woman (1951), The Blue Gardenia (1953) and Crime of Passion (1957). Silver described Burr's private detective in Pitfall as "both reprehensible and pathetic", a characterization also cited by film historian Richard Schickel as a prototype of film noir, in contrast with the appealing television characters for which Burr later became famous.  "He tried to make you see the psychosis below the surface, even when the parts weren't huge," said film historian James Ursini. "He was able to bring such complexity and different levels to those characters, and create sympathy for his characters even though they were doing reprehensible things."  Other titles in Burr's film noir legacy include Walk a Crooked Mile (1948), Borderline (1950), Unmasked (1950), The Whip Hand (1951), FBI Girl (1951), Meet Danny Wilson (1952), Rear Window (1954), They Were So Young (1954), A Cry in the Night (1956) and Affair in Havana (1957). Beyond noir, Burr's villains were also seen in Westerns, period dramas, horror films and adventure films.  "I was just a fat heavy," Burr told journalist James Bawden. "I split the heavy parts wit

user: When was his film debut?

assistant: 1946

user: What was is first film?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: How did he embark in film industry?

assistant:   "He tried to make you see the psychosis below the surface, even when the parts weren't huge,

user: What was his role in the film industry?

assistant: Burr appeared in more than 50 feature films

user: What are the examples of such films?

assistant: Desperate (1947), Sleep, My Love (1948), Raw Deal (1948), Pitfall (1948), Abandoned (1949), Red Light (1950),

user: What were the subject matters of these films?

assistant: array of villains that established him as an icon of film noir.

user: Was these film followed by other activities?

assistant: Burr's occasional roles on the right side of the law

user: What roles he played in that?

assistant: the aggressive prosecutor in A Place in the Sun

user: How was he received by the fans and the press?

assistant: cited by film historian Richard Schickel as a prototype of film noir, in contrast with the appealing television characters for which Burr later became famous.

user: Did he receive any accolades for that?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Did his film career continue?

assistant: Other titles in Burr's film noir legacy include Walk a Crooked Mile (1948), Borderline (1950), Unmasked (1950), The Whip Hand (1951), FBI Girl (

user: Was FBI Girl followed by other projects?

assistant: ), Meet Danny Wilson (1952), Rear Window (1954), They Were So Young (1954), A Cry in the Night (1956) and Affair in Havana (1957).