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Raymond Massey
Raymond Massey

Raymond Massey

ActingBorn August 30, 1896Died July 29, 1983 (age 86)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).

Filmography

1974
Dinah!

as Self

TV
1973Movie
1973
The President's Plane Is Missing

as Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey

Movie
1972
All My Darling Daughters

as Matthew Cunningham

Movie
1971Movie
1970
Night Gallery

as Dr. Glendon

TV
1970
Night Gallery

as Colonel Archie Dittman (segment "Clean Kills and Other Trophies")

TV
1969
Mackenna's Gold

as The Preacher

Movie
1967
Saint Joan

as The Inquisitor

Movie
1966
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

as B. Elzie Bubb

TV
1964
Choice

as Narrator

Movie
1962
How the West Was Won

as Abraham Lincoln

Movie
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie

TV
1961
The Fiercest Heart

as Willem Prisloom

Movie
1960
The Great Impostor

as Abbott Donner

Movie
1960TV
1960
Seconds for Survival

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie
1959
Adventures in Paradise

as Captain William Brooks

TV
1959
Riverboat

as Sir Oliver Garnett

TV
1958TV
1958
The Naked and the Dead

as General Cummings

Movie
1957
Wagon Train

as Montezuma IX

TV
1957
Omar Khayyam

as The Shah

Movie
1957
Mayerling

as The Prime Minister

Movie
1956TV
1956
Armchair Theatre

as Sir George Sidney, MP

TV
1956
The Naked Eye

as Sprecher

Movie
1955TV
1955TV
1955
East of Eden

as Adam Trask

Movie
1955
Seven Angry Men

as John Brown

Movie
1955
Battle Cry

as Major General Snipes

Movie
1955
Prince of Players

as Junius Brutus Booth

Movie
1954
Climax!

as Sir George Sidney

TV
1954
Climax!

as Doc Woodward

TV
1953Movie
1953
The Desert Song

as Sheik Yousseff

Movie
1953TV
1953
General Electric Theater

as Paul von Hindenburg

TV
1952
Carson City

as Big Jack Davis

Movie
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as The Inquisitor

TV
1951
Come Fill the Cup

as John Ives

Movie
1951Movie
1951
Sugarfoot

as Jacob Stint

Movie
1950
Dallas

as Will Marlow

Movie
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Abe Lincoln

TV
1950
Challenge: Science Against Cancer

as Narrated by (voice)

Movie
1950TV
1950
Barricade

as Boss Kruger

Movie
1950
Chain Lightning

as Leland Willis

Movie
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

TV
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents

as Dr. Henry Craig

TV
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents

as Dr. Clark Evans

TV
1950TV
1949
Roseanna McCoy

as Old Randall McCoy

Movie
1949
The Fountainhead

as Gail Wynand

Movie
1948
The Ford Theatre Hour

as Clinton Jones

TV
1947Movie
1947
Possessed

as Dean Graham

Movie
1946Movie
1945
God Is My Co-Pilot

as Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault

Movie
1945
Hotel Berlin

as Arnim von Dahnwitz

Movie
1944
The Woman in the Window

as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor

Movie
1944
Arsenic and Old Lace

as Jonathan Brewster

Movie
1943
Action in the North Atlantic

as Capt. Steve Jarvis

Movie
1942Movie
1942
Desperate Journey

as Major Otto Baumeister

Movie
1942
Reap the Wild Wind

as King Cutler

Movie
1941
Dangerously They Live

as Dr. Ingersoll

Movie
1941
49th Parallel

as Andy Brock

Movie
1940
Santa Fe Trail

as John Brown

Movie
1940Movie
1938
Black Limelight

as Peter Charrington

Movie
1938
The Drum

as Prince Ghul

Movie
1937
The Hurricane

as DeLaage

Movie
1937
The Prisoner of Zenda

as Black Michael

Movie
1937
Under the Red Robe

as Cardinal Richelieu

Movie
1937
Fire Over England

as King Philip II of Spain

Movie
1937
Dreaming Lips

as Miguel del Vayo

Movie
1936
Things to Come

as John Cabal / Oswald Cabal

Movie
1934Movie
1932
The Old Dark House

as Philip Waverton

Movie
1932
The Face at the Window

as Paul le Gros

Movie
1931
The Speckled Band

as Sherlock Holmes

Movie
1929
High Treason

as Member of Federated States Council

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayAugust 30, 1896
Day of DeathJuly 29, 1983
Place of BirthToronto, Ontario, Canada
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