Why is Perry Mason in a wheelchair? What accident did Perry Mason have?

A Canadian actor, Raymond William Stacy Burr was best known for his title roles in the television dramas Perry Mason and Ironside.

He was born in Canada on May 21, 1917, and he passed away on September 12, 1993.

In his early playing career, Burr played villainous characters frequently on Broadway, radio, television, and in movies.

Although he is also recognized for his part in the 1956 movie Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, which he reprised in the 1985 movie Godzilla 1985, his most well-known film role is his portrayal of the suspected killer in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Rear Window (1954).

Why is Perry Mason in a wheelchair?

Burr was permanently confined to a wheelchair due to his deteriorating health by 1993 when he contracted with NBC for a second season of the Mason movies.

What accident did Perry Mason have?

Raymond Burr’s right arm is first in a cast and then a sling for four straight Perry Mason episodes in Season 8. Burr said that he had hurt it in a chopper crash in Viet Nam, where he frequently visited the troops, in a recent interview with TV Guide.