Raymond Burr died, but Hale's real-life son William Katt played the role of Paul Drake, Jr. The movie was so successful that Burr made a total of 26 Perry Mason television films before his death. Many were filmed in and around Denver, Colorado. By 1993, when Burr signed with NBC for another season of Mason films, he was using a wheelchair full-time because of his failing health. In his final Perry Mason movie, "The Case of the Killer Kiss", he was shown either sitting or standing while leaning on a table, but only once standing unsupported for a few seconds. Twelve more
Henry Burr Cecilia. His widow died of a heart ailment in 1954 in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Although Burr is rarely heard today in mainstream musical culture, his 1922 rendition of "My Buddy" was used on the soundtrack of a "Boardwalk Empire" episode, originally broadcast on October 8, 2012 (Season 3, Episode 4, "Blue Bell Boy"). Notably, in the 1960s, the famous ukulele-playing singer Tiny Tim frequently played Burr songs on stage and on such programs as "The Johnny Carson Show". Burr's 1915 recording of "There's a Little Spark of Love Still Burning" was used on Ernie Kovacs' "Eugene" special in 1960, and