RAYMOND BURR COLLECTIONOLD TIME RADIO - 3 CD - 124 mp3 - Total Playtime: 61:09:57Burr was born Raymond William Stacey Burr in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, to William Johnston Burr (1889–1985), an Irish hardware salesman, and his wife, Minerva (née Smith, 1892–1974), a concert pianist and music teacher, who was of English and Scottish descent. After his parents divorced, Burr moved to Vallejo, California with his mother and younger siblings, Geraldine and James Edmond. He attended a military academy for a while and graduated from Berkeley High School.In later years Burr freely invented stories of a happy childhood. He told the Modesto Bee in 1986, for example, that when he was twelve and a half years old, his mother sent him to New Mexico for a year to work as a ranch hand. He was already his full adult height and rather large and "had fallen in with a group of college-aged kids who didn't realize how young Raymond was, and they let him tag along with them in activities and situations far too sophisticated for him to handle." He developed a passion for growing things and, while still a teenager, joined the Civilian Conservation Corps for a year. Throughout his teenage years he had some acting work, making his stage debut at age 12 with a Vancouver stock company.Burr may have served in the Coast Guard, but never in the United States Navy as he and his publicists later claimed. Nor was he seriously wounded in the stomach during the Battle of Okinawa in the latter stages of World War II. Other invented biographical details include years of college education at a variety of institutions, world travel, an acting tour of the United Kingdom, and success in high school athletics. Such claims were accepted as fact by the press during his lifetime and by his first biographer.In 1937 Burr began his acting career at the Pasadena Playhouse. In 1941, he landed his first Broadway role in Crazy with the Heat. He became a contract player at RKO studio, playing a film noir villain in Raw Deal (1948).Burr appeared in over 60 movies between 1946 and 1957. In 1976 Richard Schickel cited his performance in Pitfall (1948) as a prototype of film noir in contrast with the appealing television characters for which Burr later became famous. He received favorable notice for his role as an aggressive prosecutor in A Place in the Sun (1951), co-starring Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift and Shelly Winters. Perhaps his best-known film role of the period was that of a suspected murderer in the Alfred Hitchcock classic Rear Window (1954), starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly. He played the part of reporter, Steve Martin, in Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956).Burr emerged as a prolific television character actor in the early to mid-1950s. He made his television debut on the April 24, 1952 episode "The Tiger" of Gruen Playhouse on the DuMont TV network. (At about the same time, Burr guest-starred on an episode of The Amazing Mr. Malone on ABC.) This part led to other roles in such programs as Dragnet, Chesterfield Sound Off Time, Four Star Playhouse, Mr. & Mrs. North, Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, The Ford Television Theatre, and Lux Video Theatre.During this time Burr's distinctive voice also could be heard on network radio, appearing alongside Jack Webb in the short-lived Pat Novak for Hire on ABC radio, as well as in early episodes of NBC's Dragnet. He also made guest appearances on other Los Angeles-based shows, such as Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar and landed a starring role in CBS's Fort Laramie (1956), which depicted 19th-century life at old Fort Laramie. One year later, Burr became a television star as Perry Mason.EPISODES LISTCBS Radio Workshop 560525 The Little PrinceCBS Radio Workshop 570421 The Son of ManCBS Radio Workshop 570630 The Battle of GettysburgCBS Radio Workshop 570714 The Silent WitnessDr Kildare 50-10-20 Eddie Jenkins And The ArsonistDragnet 49-06-17 Production 3 aka The WerewolfDragnet 49-06-24 Production 4 aka Homicide aka Quick Trigger Gun MenDragnet 49-07-07 The Helen Corday MurderDragnet 49-07-14 Red Light BanditDragnet 49-07-21 Attempted City Hall BombingDragnet 49-07-28 Missing Persons - Juanita LaskyDragnet 49-08-04 Benny Trounsel - NarcoticsDragnet 49-08-11 Production 10 aka Homicide aka Maniac Murderer aka Mad Killer At LargeDragnet 49-08-18 Production 11 aka Sixteen Jewel ThievesDragnet 49-09-01 Auto Burglaries - Myra the RedheadDragnet 49-09-10 Sullivan KidnappingDragnet 49-09-17 James Vickers - Cop Killing - Tunnel ChaseDragnet 49-09-24 Brick-Bat SlayerDragnet 49-10-01 Truck Hi-jackers - Tom LavalDragnet 49-11-24 Mrs. Rinard Albert Barry - Mother-In-Law MurderDragnet 50-08-24 The Big ChanceEscape 510718 MacaoFamily Theater 49-08-24 Robert of SicilyFamily Theater 49-11-23 The Courtship of Miles StandishFamily Theater 50-01-25 Lodging for the NightFamily Theater 50-03-08 The Prince and the PauperFamily Theater 50-06-28 Sir Lancelot of the LakeFamily Theater 50-07-26 Julius CaesarFamily Theater 50-11-15 Peter ZengerFamily Theater 50-12-06 Robert of SicilyFort Laramie 55-07-25 ep00 AuditionFort Laramie 56-01-22 ep01 Playing IndianFort Laramie 56-01-29 ep02 The Boatwrights StoryFort Laramie 56-02-05 ep03 Squaw ManFort Laramie 56-02-12 ep04 The Woman at Horse CreekFort Laramie 56-02-19 ep05 BoredomFort Laramie 56-02-26 ep06 Captains WidowFort Laramie 56-03-04 ep07 ShavetailFort Laramie 56-03-11 ep08 Hattie PelfreyFort Laramie 56-03-18 ep09 The Beasley GirlsFort Laramie 56-03-25 ep10 The CowardFort Laramie 56-04-01 ep11 Lost ChildFort Laramie 56-04-15 ep12 Stage Coach StopFort Laramie 56-04-22 ep13 The New RecruitFort Laramie 56-04-29 ep14 CaptureFort Laramie 56-05-06 ep15 Never the TwainFort Laramie 56-05-13 ep16 War CorrespondentsFort Laramie 56-05-20 ep17 GoldFort Laramie 56-05-27 ep18 Sergeants BabyFort Laramie 56-06-03 ep19 Dont Kick My HorseFort Laramie 56-06-10 ep20 Young TrooperFort Laramie 56-06-17 ep21 Winter SoldierFort Laramie 56-06-24 ep22 The Loving CupFort Laramie 56-07-01 ep23 Troopers WidowFort Laramie 56-07-08 ep24 Talented RecruitsFort Laramie 56-07-15 ep25 Old EnemyFort Laramie 56-07-22 ep26 Spotted Tails ReturnFort Laramie 56-07-29 ep27 Nature BoyFort Laramie 56-08-05 ep28 The MassacreFort Laramie 56-08-12 ep29 The Assembly LineFort Laramie 56-08-19 ep30 Goodbye WillaFort Laramie 56-08-26 ep31 The ChaplainFort Laramie 56-09-02 ep32 The Return of Hattie PelfreyFort Laramie 56-09-09 ep33 The Buffalo HuntersFort Laramie 56-09-16 ep34 The PayrollFort Laramie 56-09-23 ep35 The Woman at Horse CreekFort Laramie 56-09-30 ep36 A Small BeginningFort Laramie 56-10-07 ep37 Galvanized YankeeFort Laramie 56-10-14 ep38 Still WatersFort Laramie 56-10-21 ep39 Indian ScoutFort Laramie 56-10-28 ep40 Army WifeLineup 501116 The Candy Store Murder aka Candy Store KillingLineup 501221 The Holsteder Case Hilston Brothers Robbery No Bank Robbed in Six Years Bank HoldUpLineup 510111 The Mad Bomber akaGeorge Hunter And The Time Bomb Lewis Black not same as 510626Lineup 520610 Lobdells PoodleCut Tomato Case akaHit Run Accident Wife KillerLineup 520729 The Charles Crocked Clobbering Case akaThe Stanley Farmer Murder Man Beaten To Death In AlleyLineup 521112 The Buggered Bunco Boys (aka-Grieving Families Cheated)Lux Radio Theater 50-10-16 House of StrangersMichael Shayne 48-12-18 Case of the Eager VictimNight Beat 520717 Taste of PeachesPat Novak for Hire 49-02-20 Jack Of ClubsPat Novak for Hire 49-02-27 Marcia HalpernPat Novak for Hire 49-03-20 Rory MalonePat Novak for Hire 49-03-27 Joe CandonoPat Novak for Hire 49-04-02 Father Lahey-Joe FeldmanPat Novak for Hire 49-04-23 Rita MalloyPat Novak for Hire 49-05-14 Geranium PlantPat Novak for Hire 49-05-21 Envelope To John St JohnPat Novak for Hire 49-06-18 Joe Denine StoryPresenting Charles Boyer 50-06-13 The Adventure of the Queen of Sheba (audition)Presenting Charles Boyer 50-09-21 The Adventure of Painting 137Railroad Hour 52-05-26 My MarylandRailroad Hour 53-08-10 TrilbyRichard Diamond 52 04 04 The Enigma of Big EdRichard Diamond 53 08 23 The Hollywood StoryRocky Fortune 54-03-02 The Doctor's DilemmaRomance 53-09-26 The TreadmillScreen Directors Playhouse 49-01-23 The ExileScreen Directors Playhouse 49-05-15 Hold Back the DawnScreen Directors Playhouse 49-10-17 PitfallScreen Directors Playhouse 50-03-24 Chicago DeadlineScreen Directors Playhouse 50-04-07 The Fighting OFlynnScreen Directors Playhouse 50-12-28 Alias Nick BealScreen Directors Playhouse 51-01-04 Prince of FoxesSuspense 481104 Death SentenceSuspense 570310 The Paralta MapSuspense 570728 Murder on MikeSuspense 571027 The Country of the BlindSuspense 581012 The Treasure Chest of Don JoseSuspense 581221 Out for ChristmasSuspense 590607 The Pit and the PendulumThe Silent Men 51-10-28 Case of the Rubber GlovesThe Whistler 52-02-24 A Matter of TimeThe Whistler 52-03-09 BreakawayThe Whistler 52-09-07 The Secret of Chalk PointYours Truly, Johnny Dollar 500411 The Dead First HelpersYours Truly, Johnny Dollar 500509 The Harold Trandem MatterYours Truly, Johnny Dollar 500720 The Henry J Unger MatterYours Truly, Johnny Dollar 500810 The Hartford Alliance MatterYours Truly, Johnny Dollar 501007 The Richard Splain MatterYours Truly, Johnny Dollar 501028 The Joan Sebastian MatterYours Truly, Johnny Dollar 501111 The Adam Kegg MatterYours Truly, Johnny Dollar 530130 The Kay Bellamy MatterYours Truly, Johnny Dollar 561230 The Squared Circle MatterBe Aware: MP3 CD WILL NOT PLAY IN REGULAR CD PLAYERS. Mp3 CD will play in mp3 CD players and car mp3 CD players.You can, also, upload the mp3 files to your ipod or itunes.Will, also, play in your computer, some regular DVD players and all Blu Ray Players.PUBLIC DOMAIN NOTEThis item is the public domain and was created between January 1, 1923 and December 31, 1971This item is in the public domain due to failure to comply with required formalitiesAfter a careful search of the Library of Congress and the United States Trademark and Patent Office, it has been deter