Raymond Massey

Personal Info

Birthday

August 30, 1896

Day of Death

1983-07-29

(86 years old)

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Also Known As

Raymond Hart Massey

Raymond Massey

Biography

Raymond Hart Massey 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

Robert Montgomery Presents

Climax!

Dr. Kildare

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Adventures in Paradise

Night Gallery

Riverboat

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Filmography

1973
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
as Matthew Cunningham
The President's Plane Is Missing
as Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
1972
All My Darling Daughters
as Matthew Cunningham
1971
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
as Abraham Lincoln
1969
Mackenna's Gold
as The Preacher
1967
Saint Joan
as The Inquisitor
1964
Choice
as Narrator
1962
How the West Was Won
as Abraham Lincoln
1961
The Fiercest Heart
as Willem Prisloom
1960
The Great Impostor
as Abbott Donner
Seconds for Survival
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1958
The Naked and the Dead
as General Cummings
1957
Omar Khayyam
as The Shah
Mayerling
as The Prime Minister
1956
The True Story of the Civil War
as Narrator
The Naked Eye
as Sprecher
1955
East of Eden
as Adam Trask
Seven Angry Men
as John Brown
Battle Cry
as Major General Snipes
Prince of Players
as Junius Brutus Booth
1953
The American Road
as Narrator
The Desert Song
as Sheik Yousseff
1952
Carson City
as Big Jack Davis
1951
Come Fill the Cup
as John Ives
David and Bathsheba
as Nathan
Sugarfoot
as Jacob Stint
1950
Dallas
as Will Marlow
Challenge: Science Against Cancer
as Narrated by (voice)
Barricade
as Boss Kruger
Chain Lightning
as Leland Willis
1949
Roseanna McCoy
as Old Randall McCoy
The Fountainhead
as Gail Wynand
1947
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Ezra Mannon
Possessed
as Dean Graham
1946
A Matter of Life and Death
as Abraham Farlan
1945
God Is My Co-Pilot
as Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
Hotel Berlin
as Arnim von Dahnwitz
1944
The Woman in the Window
as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Jonathan Brewster
1943
Action in the North Atlantic
as Capt. Steve Jarvis
1942
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
Desperate Journey
as Major Otto Baumeister
Reap the Wild Wind
as King Cutler
1941
Dangerously They Live
as Dr. Ingersoll
49th Parallel
as Andy Brock
1940
Santa Fe Trail
as John Brown
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Abe Lincoln
1938
The Drum
as Prince Ghul
Black Limelight
as Peter Charrington
1937
The Hurricane
as DeLaage
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Black Michael
Under the Red Robe
as Cardinal Richelieu
Fire Over England
as King Philip II of Spain
Dreaming Lips
as Miguel del Vayo
1936
Things to Come
as John Cabal / Oswald Cabal
1934
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Chauvelin
1932
The Old Dark House
as Philip Waverton
The Face at the Window
as Paul le Gros
1931
The Speckled Band
as Sherlock Holmes
1929
High Treason
as Member of Federated States Council