Editing Raymond Burr (section)

==Accolades==
For his work in the TV series ''Perry Mason'', Burr received the Emmy Award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series|Best Actor in a Leading Role (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series]] at the [[11th Primetime Emmy Awards]] in 1959. Nominated again in [[12th Primetime Emmy Awards|1960]], he received his second Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead) at the [[13th Primetime Emmy Awards]] in 1961.<ref name="Emmy Database">{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominations/award-search|title=Awards Search|website=Emmys|publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|access-date=May 26, 2016}}</ref> Burr was named Favorite Male Performer, for ''Perry Mason'', in ''[[TV Guide]]'' magazine's inaugural [[TV Guide Award|''TV Guide'' Award]] readers poll in 1960.<ref name="Tucson">{{cite news |last=United Press International |date=March 26, 1960 |title=Burr, Loretta Awarded Top TV Honors |newspaper=[[Tucson Daily Citizen]] }}</ref> He also received the second annual award in 1961.<ref name="PM Show Book TVG">{{cite book |last1=Kelleher |first1=Brian |last2=Merrill |first2=Diana |year=1987 |chapter=Barbara Hale as Della Street |chapter-url=http://www.perrymasontvshowbook.com/pmb_c405.htm |title=The Perry Mason TV Show Book |location=New York |publisher=St. Martin's Press |pages=[https://archive.org/details/perrymasontvshow00kell/page/54 54] |isbn=978-0-312-00669-3 |access-date=May 26, 2016 |url=https://archive.org/details/perrymasontvshow00kell/page/54 }}</ref><ref name="Hadley">{{cite web |url=http://www.itsabouttv.com/2013/02/this-week-in-tv-guide-february-18-1961.html |title=This week in TV Guide: February 18, 1961 |last=Hadley |first=Mitchell |date=February 16, 2013 |website=It's About TV! Classic TV and American Culture |access-date=May 26, 2016}}</ref>

In 1960, Burr was awarded a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6656 [[Hollywood Boulevard]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Hollywood Walk of Fame |url=http://www.walkoffame.com/raymond-burr |title=Raymond Burr |access-date=July 13, 2011}}</ref> Burr received six Emmy nominations (1968–72) for his work in the TV series ''Ironside''.<ref name="Emmy Database"/> He was nominated twice, in [[26th Golden Globe Awards|1969]] and [[29th Golden Globe Awards|1972]], for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama]].<ref name="Golden Globes Burr">{{cite web |url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/person/raymond-burr |title=Winners and Nominees&nbsp;– Raymond Burr |website=Golden Globe Awards |publisher=[[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]] |access-date=May 26, 2016}}</ref> A benefactor of legal education, Burr was principal speaker at the founders' banquet of the [[Thomas M. Cooley Law School]] in Lansing, Michigan, in June 1973. The Raymond Burr Award for Excellence in Criminal Law was established in his honor.<ref name=nytbar /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cooley.edu/about/_docs/brennan/brennan_booklet.pdf |title=Starting a Law School |last=Brennan |first=Thomas E. |pages=16–17 |publisher=[[Western Michigan University Cooley Law School]] |access-date=May 18, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210419/http://www.cooley.edu/about/_docs/brennan/brennan_booklet.pdf |archive-date=September 23, 2015 }}</ref>

Burr was ranked No. 44 on ''TV Guide''{{'}}s 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time in 1996.<ref>{{cite journal |year=1996 |title=Special Collectors' Issue: 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time |journal=[[TV Guide]] |issue= December 14–20 }}</ref> Completed in 1996, a circular garden at the entrance to the [[Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum]] in [[Sanibel, Florida]], honored Burr for his role in establishing the museum. Burr was a trustee and an early supporter who chaired the museum's first capital campaign, and made direct contributions from his own shell collection.<ref name="Raymond Burr Memorial Garden">{{cite web |url=http://www.shellmuseum.org/memorial_garden.cfm |title=The Raymond Burr Memorial Garden |publisher=[[Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407164029/http://shellmuseum.org/Memorial_Garden.cfm |archive-date=April 7, 2015 |access-date=May 18, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shellmuseum.org/about/news/raymond-burr-nieces-visit-shell-museum |title=Raymond Burr Nieces Visit Shell Museum |date=March 18, 2015 |publisher=Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum |access-date=May 18, 2016}}</ref> A display about Burr as an actor, benefactor and collector opened in the museum's Great Hall of Shells in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shellmuseum.org/newsdetail.cfm?articleID=502 |title=Raymond Burr Exhibit Renovation Complete |last=Suau |first=John |date=August 18, 2012 |publisher=Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327024728/http://shellmuseum.org/newsdetail.cfm?articleID=502 |archive-date=March 27, 2015 |access-date=May 18, 2016}}</ref>

From 2000 to 2006, the Raymond Burr Performing Arts Society leased the [[List of historic places in New Westminster|historic]] Columbia Theatre from the city of New Westminster, and renamed it the Raymond Burr Performing Arts Centre. Although the nonprofit organization hoped to raise funds to renovate and expand the venue, its contract was not renewed. The group was a failed bidder when the theater was sold in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|date=October 5, 2000 |title=Arts: Theatre honours the name Burr|newspaper=[[Vancouver Sun]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Spencer|first=Kent|date=May 1, 2006|title=Even Perry Mason can't seem to save theatre|newspaper=The Vancouver Province}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Luba|first=Frank|date=July 31, 2015|title=Performing-arts petition launched for historic theatre|newspaper=[[The Vancouver Province]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cinematreasures.org/theater/9350|title=Columbia Theatre|publisher=Cinema Treasures|access-date=May 18, 2016}}</ref>

In 2008, [[Canada Post stamp releases (2005-2009)|Canada Post]] issued a postage stamp in its "Canadians in Hollywood" series featuring Burr.<ref>{{cite web|work=Canada Post|url=https://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/personal/collecting/stamps/2008/2008_june_hollywood.jsf|title=Canadians in Hollywood: The Sequel|date=June 30, 2008|access-date=May 18, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610150636/https://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/personal/collecting/stamps/2008/2008_june_hollywood.jsf|archive-date=June 10, 2016 }}</ref> Burr received the 2009 Canadian Legends Award and a star on [[Canada's Walk of Fame]] in Toronto. The induction ceremony was held on September 12, 2009.<ref name="ind2009">{{Cite web|url=http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductees/2009/raymond-burr|title=Raymond Burr|publisher=Canada's Walk of Fame|access-date=May 18, 2016}}</ref> A 2014 article in ''[[The Atlantic]]'' that examined how [[Netflix]] categorized nearly 77,000 different personalized genres found that Burr was rated as the favorite actor by Netflix users,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2014/01/06/new-dick-wolf-novel-out-this-week/ |title=New Dick Wolf Novel Out This Week |last=Starr |first=Michael |date=January 6, 2014 |website=[[New York Post]] |access-date=August 8, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/how-netflix-reverse-engineered-hollywood/282679/ |title=How Netflix Reverse Engineered Hollywood|last=Madrigal|first=Alexis C.|author-link=Alexis Madrigal|date=January 2, 2014|website=[[The Atlantic]]|access-date=August 8, 2015}}</ref> with the greatest number of dedicated microgenres.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2014/01/02/259128268/netflix-built-its-microgenres-by-staring-into-the-american-soul|title=Netflix Built Its Microgenres By Staring Into The American Soul|last=Madrigal|first=Alexis|date=January 2, 2014|website=[[Fresh Air]]|publisher=[[NPR]]|access-date=August 15, 2015}}</ref>