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Raymond Massey

Acting · 1896–1983 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Raymond Hart Massey (August 30, 1896 – July 29, 1983) was a Canadian actor known for his commanding stage-trained voice. For his lead role in Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), Massey was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He reprised his role as Lincoln on TV and in How the West Was Won (1962). Among his other well-known roles were Dr Gillespie in the NBC TV series Dr Kildare (1961–1966), John Brown in Santa Fe Trail (1940), Seven Angry Men (1955), Abraham Farlan in A Matter of Life and Death (1946), and Jonathan Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).

Known for

Filmography

1974Dinah!Self
1973My Darling Daughters' AnniversaryMatthew Cunningham
1973The President's Plane Is MissingSecretary of State Freeman Sharkey
1972All My Darling DaughtersMatthew Cunningham
1971Walt Whitman: Poet for a New AgeAbraham Lincoln
1970Night GalleryDr. Glendon
1969Mackenna's GoldThe Preacher
1967Saint JoanThe Inquisitor
1966The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.B. Elzie Bubb
1964ChoiceNarrator
1962How the West Was WonAbraham Lincoln
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
1962Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian JourneyNarrator
1961The Queen's Guards
1961Dr. KildareDr. Leonard Barry Gillespie
1961The Fiercest HeartWillem Prisloom
1960The Great ImpostorAbbott Donner
1960Insight
1960Seconds for SurvivalSelf - Narrator (voice)
1959Adventures in ParadiseCaptain William Brooks
1959RiverboatSir Oliver Garnett
1958Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseAmos Claypool
1958The Naked and the DeadGeneral Cummings
1957Wagon TrainMontezuma IX
1957Omar KhayyamThe Shah
1957MayerlingThe Prime Minister
1956The True Story of the Civil WarNarrator
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreMalachi West
1956Armchair TheatreSir George Sidney, MP
1956The Naked EyeSprecher
1955The 20th Century Fox HourGeorge Apley
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSam Pine
1955East of EdenAdam Trask
1955Seven Angry MenJohn Brown
1955Battle CryMajor General Snipes
1955Prince of PlayersJunius Brutus Booth
1954Climax!Sir George Sidney
1953The American RoadNarrator
1953The Desert SongSheik Yousseff
1953General Electric TheaterLord Hook
1952Carson CityBig Jack Davis
1951Hallmark Hall of FameThe Inquisitor
1951Come Fill the CupJohn Ives
1951David and BathshebaNathan
1951SugarfootJacob Stint
1951The Victor Borge ShowSelf
1950DallasWill Marlow
1950Lux Video TheatreAbe Lincoln
1950Challenge: Science Against CancerNarrated by (voice)
1950The Bob Hope ShowSelf
1950BarricadeBoss Kruger
1950Chain LightningLeland Willis
1950What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest
1950Robert Montgomery Presents
1949Roseanna McCoyOld Randall McCoy
1949Lights Out
1949The FountainheadGail Wynand
1948Ford Theatre
1948The Ford Theatre HourClinton Jones
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
1947Mourning Becomes ElectraEzra Mannon
1947PossessedDean Graham
1946A Matter of Life and DeathAbraham Farlan
1945God Is My Co-PilotMaj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
1945Hotel BerlinArnim von Dahnwitz
1944The Woman in the WindowDist. Attorney Frank Lalor
1944Arsenic and Old LaceJonathan Brewster
1943Action in the North AtlanticCapt. Steve Jarvis
1942Breakdowns of 1942Self
1942Desperate JourneyMajor Otto Baumeister
1942Reap the Wild WindKing Cutler
1941Dangerously They LiveDr. Ingersoll
194149th ParallelAndy Brock
1940Santa Fe TrailJohn Brown
1940Abe Lincoln in IllinoisAbe Lincoln
1938Black LimelightPeter Charrington
1938The DrumPrince Ghul
1937The HurricaneDeLaage
1937The Prisoner of ZendaBlack Michael
1937Under the Red RobeCardinal Richelieu
1937Fire Over EnglandKing Philip II of Spain
1937Dreaming LipsMiguel del Vayo
1936Things to ComeJohn Cabal / Oswald Cabal
1934The Scarlet PimpernelChauvelin
1932The Old Dark HousePhilip Waverton
1932The Face at the WindowPaul le Gros
1931The Speckled BandSherlock Holmes
1930The Crooked Billet
1929High TreasonMember of Federated States Council

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