Remembering Raymond William Stacy Burr (1917-93), the Emmy-winning Canadian television, stage, film and radio actor, born in British Columbia #OnThisDay. He portrayed two iconic TV characters - #PerryMason and #Ironside - for much of his career, but was also an intimidating, often sinister screen presence in #FilmNoir and thrillers of the 1940s and 50s...

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The first of many birthday drinks

#birthday #sandiego #ironside #martini #oyster

52 years ago today:
Ironside
S4E26: Walls Are Waiting
A parole officer famed for his hard line against drug pushers begins to fear for his life after a shooting. The line of suspects, however, as well as including one of his current clients, also seems to include that client's lawyer, and even the parole officer himself.
Airdate: 1971-04-15
https://themoviedb.org/tv/4582/season/4/episode/26
#Ironside #RaymondBurr #DonGalloway #WilliamShatner #NBC #tvseries

54 years ago today:
Ironside
S2E26: Not With a Whimper, But a Bang
A local college is plagued by false bomb alerts, and the editor of the campus paper is convinced that leftist militants are responsible. However, when the fourth bomb proves to be real, and a member of the bomb squad is killed, the Chief begins to look in another direction.
Airdate: 1969-04-10
https://themoviedb.org/tv/4582/season/2/episode/26
#Ironside #RaymondBurr #DonGalloway #NBC #Television

55 years ago today:
Ironside
S1E29: Return of the Hero
A decorated Vietnam war hero is found guilty of murder, but the Chief, amongst others, does not believe that he is guilty. Whilst he is trying to find out the truth, somebody else is killing off the witnesses, and the Chief himself may be next on the list.
Airdate: 1968-04-04
https://themoviedb.org/tv/4582/season/1/episode/29
#Ironside #RaymondBurr #DonGalloway #NBC #tvshows

54 years ago today:
Ironside
S2E25: A Matter of Love and Death
A young woman is found dead in a park, and it soon transpires that she died as a result of an illegal abortion. Greatly affected, Eve disguises herself as a pregnant woman, and tries to discover who the back-street abortionist is.
Airdate: 1969-04-03
https://themoviedb.org/tv/4582/season/2/episode/25
#Ironside #RaymondBurr #DonGalloway #NBC #JeannotSzwarc #ClassicTV

53 years ago today:
Ironside
S3E25: Little Dog, Gone
A dog belonging to a rich friend of the Commissioner's goes missing, and Ironside is assigned to the case. Somewhat scornful of the task, he details Ed and Eve to investigate instead; but is soon lured back when, helped by Mark, they uncover a racket stealing dogs for ransom.
Airdate: 1970-04-02
https://themoviedb.org/tv/4582/season/3/episode/25
#Ironside #RaymondBurr #DonGalloway #NBC #TV

52 years ago today:
Ironside
S4E25: Grandmother's House
An old woman whose handbag has been snatched asks Ironside to take her case. Moved by his friendship with her late husband, he agrees, and finds a lonely old woman reaching out for somebody to share her long days.
Airdate: 1971-04-01
https://themoviedb.org/tv/4582/season/4/episode/25
#Ironside #RaymondBurr #DonGalloway #NBC #ClassicTV

50 years ago today:
Ironside
S6E25: A Game Of Showdown
Ed and the Chief are on their way out of the city for a fishing trip, when they get mixed up in a fatal shooting at a motel-cum-poker hall run by a sleazy professional gambler. Interested at first only in solving the murder, Ironside soon becomes involved in a young couple's struggle to win back the...
Airdate: 1973-03-22
https://themoviedb.org/tv/4582/season/6/episode/25
#Ironside #NBC #tvshows

55 years ago today:
Ironside
S1E27: Trip to Hashbury
Ed is charged with police brutality following a raid on a hippie drug den. As always, of course, things are far from being as they seem, and the trail leads to a group of apparently model students at a local private school.
Airdate: 1968-03-21
https://themoviedb.org/tv/4582/season/1/episode/27
#Ironside #NBC #tvshows

50 years ago today:
Ironside
S6E24: The Best Laid Plans
The Chief is in the bank when it is robbed by a gang of three men, planning to await the arrival of a payroll delivery truck. The threesome are at odds with each other from the start, and Ironside plans to work on the antagonism between them, but they are wise to his plans and will stop at nothing t...
Airdate: 1973-03-15
https://themoviedb.org/tv/4582/season/6/episode/24
#Ironside #NBC #tvshows

53 years ago today:
Ironside
S3E23: Little Jerry Jessup
A thirteen year old boy is the only witness to his mother's murder, but finds it hard to co-operate with the Chief, knowing that it was Ironside who put his father in prison. Allowing Marty Jessup a temporary pass is the only way for the Chief to solve the murder and to lessen his conscience at the ...
Airdate: 1970-03-12
https://themoviedb.org/tv/4582/season/3/episode/23
#Ironside #WilliamShatner #NBC #tvshows

52 years ago today:
Ironside
S4E23: Accident
Driving to the garage whilst tired, Mark knocks down an old lady, with whom he develops a close relationship. It soon seems, however, that his guilt over the affair is going to lead to some revelations about his new friend that he might rather not hear.
Airdate: 1971-03-11
https://themoviedb.org/tv/4582/season/4/episode/23
#Ironside #NBC #Television

51 years ago today:
Ironside
S5E24: A Man Named Arno
Alone in the office, Fran Belding is attacked by an escaped convict, and helped by a mystery man who refuses to tell her his name. The next morning he is reported missing by his wife, and his disappearance seems to be connected to the case of a major drug dealer whose very existence has always been ...
Airdate: 1972-03-09
https://themoviedb.org/tv/4582/season/5/episode/24
#Ironside #NBC #tvshows

52 years ago today:
Ironside
S4E22: The Summer Soldier
An old Armenian, the uncle of a friend of Eve's, appears to be hiding some secret that has his niece deeply worried. It soon transpires that his two nephews are involved in the manufacture of narcotics, drugs which are then being sold to children. But the fact that their uncle is keeping quiet about...
Airdate: 1971-03-04
https://themoviedb.org/tv/4582/season/4/episode/22
#Ironside #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows

51 years ago today:
Ironside
S5E23: His Fiddlers Three
A violin tutor at a conservatory in San Francisco is murdered, and the suspects include an eclectic mix of talented musicians. The only clue possessed by the Chief is a message sent by the dead man to one of his students, hidden in a collection of pieces of classical music.
Airdate: 1972-03-02
https://themoviedb.org/tv/4582/season/5/episode/23
#Ironside #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows

49 years ago today:
Ironside
S7E21: Close to the Heart
When a woman crashes her car into the Chief's van after suffering a minor heart attack, doctors discover a bullet lodged in her chest, where it has apparently been for several years. When she claims to have no knowledge of ever being shot, the Chief investigates, and soon links her case to that of a...
Airdate: 1974-02-28
https://themoviedb.org/tv/4582/season/7/episode/21
#Ironside #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows

53 years ago today:
Ironside
S3E21: One Hour to Kill
Ironside becomes trapped in his office on his own, when a man comes looking for revenge. With Mark at school and Ed dragged to the opera by Eve, the Chief has to improvise a series of defences, whilst his team gradually come to realise that something is very wrong.
Airdate: 1970-02-26
https://themoviedb.org/tv/4582/season/3/episode/21
#Ironside #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows

52 years ago today:
Ironside
S4E21: The Riddle in Room Six
A court case is put in jeopardy when it seems that the jury is irrevocably hung over its verdict; until the Chief realises that one member must surely be on the take. He has a race against time to unmask the guilty party, however, before the judge must dismiss the jury and let the defendant walk fre...
Airdate: 1971-02-25
https://themoviedb.org/tv/4582/season/4/episode/21
#Ironside #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows

50 years ago today:
Ironside
S6E21: All About Andrea
A celebrated feminist writer is shot at in the street, and Fran is assigned to protect her. The Chief does what he can to help from behind the scenes, whilst Ed does what he can too; by promptly falling in love with the victim's granddaughter. There are many possible culprits - but which is the righ...
Airdate: 1973-02-22
https://themoviedb.org/tv/4582/season/6/episode/21
#Ironside #NBC #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows