Raymond Massey
Known for Acting · 90 credits
- Born
- 1896-08-30
- Died
- 1983-07-29
- Place of birth
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as
- Raymond Hart Massey
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
TV Shows (27)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Wagon Train
1957
as Montezuma IX
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Dr. Henry Craig / Dr. Clark Evans / Judge Benton
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Climax!
1954
as Sir George Sidney / Doc Woodward
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Malachi West
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Night Gallery
1970
as Dr. Glendon / Colonel Archie Dittman (segment "Clean Kills and Other Trophies")
Lights Out
1949
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Captain William Brooks
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
Dinah!
1974
as Self
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Sam Pine
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as George Apley
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
as Amos Claypool
Riverboat
1959
as Sir Oliver Garnett
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Abe Lincoln
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
as B. Elzie Bubb
Ford Theatre
1948
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as The Inquisitor
General Electric Theater
1953
as Lord Hook / Paul von Hindenburg
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Sir George Sidney, MP
The Ford Theatre Hour
1948
as Clinton Jones
The Victor Borge Show
1951
as Self
Insight
1960
Movies (63)
How the West Was Won
1962
as Abraham Lincoln
Mackenna's Gold
1969
as The Preacher
A Matter of Life and Death
1946
as Abraham Farlan
Battle Cry
1955
as Major General Snipes
The Fountainhead
1949
as Gail Wynand
East of Eden
1955
as Adam Trask
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
as Jonathan Brewster
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as King Cutler
The Hurricane
1937
as DeLaage
49th Parallel
1941
as Andy Brock
David and Bathsheba
1951
as Nathan
The Woman in the Window
1944
as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
as Capt. Steve Jarvis
Dreaming Lips
1937
as Miguel del Vayo
Possessed
1947
as Dean Graham
The Desert Song
1953
as Sheik Yousseff
Santa Fe Trail
1940
as John Brown
Dallas
1950
as Will Marlow
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937
as Black Michael
Things to Come
1936
as John Cabal / Oswald Cabal
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945
as Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
The Great Impostor
1960
as Abbott Donner
Carson City
1952
as Big Jack Davis
The Old Dark House
1932
as Philip Waverton
The Naked and the Dead
1958
as General Cummings
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
as Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934
as Chauvelin
Desperate Journey
1942
as Major Otto Baumeister
Omar Khayyam
1957
as The Shah
Black Limelight
1938
as Peter Charrington
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
as Self
Under the Red Robe
1937
as Cardinal Richelieu
Barricade
1950
as Boss Kruger
Mayerling
1957
as The Prime Minister
Hotel Berlin
1945
as Arnim von Dahnwitz
Fire Over England
1937
as King Philip II of Spain
Roseanna McCoy
1949
as Old Randall McCoy
Chain Lightning
1950
as Leland Willis
Seven Angry Men
1955
as John Brown
Saint Joan
1967
as The Inquisitor
Dangerously They Live
1941
as Dr. Ingersoll
The Drum
1938
as Prince Ghul
Prince of Players
1955
as Junius Brutus Booth
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
as Abe Lincoln
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
as Ezra Mannon
Come Fill the Cup
1951
as John Ives
Sugarfoot
1951
as Jacob Stint
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
1973
as Matthew Cunningham
The Queen's Guards
1961
All My Darling Daughters
1972
as Matthew Cunningham
The Crooked Billet
1930
The Speckled Band
1931
as Sherlock Holmes
The True Story of the Civil War
1956
as Narrator
The Fiercest Heart
1961
as Willem Prisloom
High Treason
1929
as Member of Federated States Council
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
1971
as Abraham Lincoln
The Naked Eye
1956
as Sprecher
Choice
1964
as Narrator
Seconds for Survival
1960
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey
1962
as Narrator
The Face at the Window
1932
as Paul le Gros
Challenge: Science Against Cancer
1950
as Narrated by (voice)
The American Road
1953
as Narrator
About Raymond Massey
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… With 90 credits spanning from 1929 to 1974, Raymond Massey has appeared in 63 films and 27 TV shows.
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Most Popular Raymond Massey Movies
- How the West Was Won (1962) — as Abraham Lincoln
- Mackenna's Gold (1969) — as The Preacher
- A Matter of Life and Death (1946) — as Abraham Farlan
- Battle Cry (1955) — as Major General Snipes
- The Fountainhead (1949) — as Gail Wynand
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