Raymond Massey
Acting
Born: August 30, 1896 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died: July 29, 1983 (aged 86)
Highest Rated
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
1944
East of Eden
1955
How the West Was Won
1962
A Matter of Life and Death
1946
The Woman in the Window
1944
The Old Dark House
1932
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Things to Come
1936
Mackenna's Gold
1969
The Fountainhead
1949
49th Parallel
1941
Night Gallery
1970
Photos (5)
Movies (56)
How the West Was Won
Abraham Lincoln
East of Eden
Adam Trask
A Matter of Life and Death
Abraham Farlan
Arsenic and Old Lace
Jonathan Brewster
Mackenna's Gold
The Preacher
The Prisoner of Zenda
Black Michael
Things to Come
John Cabal / Oswald Cabal
The Fountainhead
Gail Wynand
Battle Cry
Major General Snipes
49th Parallel
Andy Brock
The Woman in the Window
Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
Reap the Wild Wind
King Cutler
Dallas
Will Marlow
David and Bathsheba
Nathan
Chain Lightning
Leland Willis
The Old Dark House
Philip Waverton
Possessed
Dean Graham
Santa Fe Trail
John Brown
Action in the North Atlantic
Capt. Steve Jarvis
Carson City
Big Jack Davis
The Hurricane
DeLaage
Fire Over England
King Philip II of Spain
The Great Impostor
Abbott Donner
Desperate Journey
Major Otto Baumeister
The Drum
Prince Ghul
The Naked and the Dead
General Cummings
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Chauvelin
God Is My Co-Pilot
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
Sugarfoot
Jacob Stint
Dangerously They Live
Dr. Ingersoll
The President's Plane Is Missing
Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
Omar Khayyam
The Shah
Mourning Becomes Electra
Ezra Mannon
Seven Angry Men
John Brown
Roseanna McCoy
Old Randall McCoy
Hotel Berlin
Arnim von Dahnwitz
All My Darling Daughters
Matthew Cunningham
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Abe Lincoln
The Desert Song
Sheik Yousseff
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
Matthew Cunningham
Come Fill the Cup
John Ives
Dreaming Lips
Miguel del Vayo
Black Limelight
Peter Charrington
Mayerling
The Prime Minister
Barricade
Boss Kruger
Saint Joan
The Inquisitor
The Naked Eye
Narrator (voice)
Prince of Players
Junius Brutus Booth
The Speckled Band
Sherlock Holmes
High Treason
Member of Federated States Council
The True Story of the Civil War
Narrator
The Queen's Guards
1961
Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey
Narrator
The Crooked Billet
1930
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
Abraham Lincoln
Under the Red Robe
Cardinal Richelieu
TV Shows (24)
Wagon Train
Montezuma IX · 1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
Dr. Henry Craig · 1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
Dr. Clark Evans · 1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
Judge Benton · 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie · 191 eps
Climax!
Sir George Sidney · 1 eps
Climax!
Doc Woodward · 1 eps
Night Gallery
Dr. Glendon · 1 eps
Night Gallery
Colonel Archie Dittman (segment "Clean Kills and Other Trophies") · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Sam Pine · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Malachi West · 1 eps
Lights Out
1 eps
Adventures in Paradise
Captain William Brooks · 1 eps
The 20th Century Fox Hour
George Apley · 1 eps
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Amos Claypool · 1 eps
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
B. Elzie Bubb · 1 eps
Riverboat
Sir Oliver Garnett · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Lord Hook · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Paul von Hindenburg · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Inquisitor · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Sir George Sidney, MP · 1 eps
The Ford Theatre Hour
Clinton Jones · 1 eps
Insight
1 eps
Self / Appearances (8)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 2 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 1 eps
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · 1 eps
Dinah!
Self · 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 2 eps
The Bob Hope Show
Self · 1 eps
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
Seconds for Survival
Self - Narrator (voice)