Raymond Massey
Acting
Born: 1896-08-30 in 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
Arsenic and Old Lace
Jonathan Brewster
East of Eden
Adam Trask
How the West Was Won
Abraham Lincoln
A Matter of Life and Death
Abraham Farlan
The Woman in the Window
Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
The Old Dark House
Philip Waverton
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Sam Pine
Things to Come
John Cabal / Oswald Cabal
Mackenna's Gold
The Preacher
The Fountainhead
Gail Wynand
49th Parallel
Andy Brock
Night Gallery
Dr. Glendon
Night Gallery
Colonel Archie Dittman (segment "Clean Kills and Other Trophies")
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Possessed
Dean Graham
David and Bathsheba
Nathan
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Chauvelin
Santa Fe Trail
John Brown
Reap the Wild Wind
King Cutler
Action in the North Atlantic
Capt. Steve Jarvis
The Prisoner of Zenda
Black Michael
The Hurricane
DeLaage
Fire Over England
King Philip II of Spain
The Naked and the Dead
General Cummings
Dallas
Will Marlow
Desperate Journey
Major Otto Baumeister
Wagon Train
Montezuma IX
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Abe Lincoln
Battle Cry
Major General Snipes
Chain Lightning
Leland Willis
The Drum
Prince Ghul
The Great Impostor
Abbott Donner
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Mourning Becomes Electra
Ezra Mannon
Carson City
Big Jack Davis
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie
Hotel Berlin
Arnim von Dahnwitz
The Speckled Band
Sherlock Holmes
Climax!
Sir George Sidney