7. Raymond Burr went on a diet for the role
Raymond Burr sure cut a formidable figure in the courtroom during his nine-year run as Perry Mason. Indeed, with his broad-shouldered, more than 6 foot stature, the man sure looked like someone you didn’t want to mess with. However, when he got the part, Burr actually had an even more imposing presence.
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