7Acting
Raymond Massey
- Born
- 1896-08-30
- Died
- 1983-07-29
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
91 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Dinah!
1974 · TV Show
Self
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
1973 · Movie
Matthew Cunningham
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973 · Movie
Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
All My Darling Daughters
1972 · Movie
Matthew Cunningham
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
1971 · Movie
Abraham Lincoln
Night Gallery
1970 · TV Show
Dr. Glendon · Colonel Archie Dittman (segment "Clean Kills and Other Trophies")
Mackenna's Gold
1969 · Movie
The Preacher
Saint Joan
1967 · Movie
The Inquisitor
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 · TV Show
B. Elzie Bubb
Choice
1964 · Movie
Narrator
How the West Was Won
1962 · Movie
Abraham Lincoln
Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey
1962 · Movie
Narrator
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · TV Show
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
Self
Dr. Kildare
1961 · TV Show
Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie
The Fiercest Heart
1961 · Movie
Willem Prisloom
The Queen's Guards
1961 · Movie
Cast
Insight
1960 · TV Show
Cast
Seconds for Survival
1960 · Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Great Impostor
1960 · Movie
Abbott Donner
Adventures in Paradise
1959 · TV Show
Captain William Brooks
Riverboat
1959 · TV Show
Sir Oliver Garnett
The Naked and the Dead
1958 · Movie
General Cummings
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · TV Show
Amos Claypool
Mayerling
1957 · Movie
The Prime Minister
Omar Khayyam
1957 · Movie
The Shah
Wagon Train
1957 · TV Show
Montezuma IX
Armchair Theatre
1956 · TV Show
Sir George Sidney, MP · Writer
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · TV Show
Malachi West
The Naked Eye
1956 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
The True Story of the Civil War
1956 · Movie
Narrator
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · TV Show
Sam Pine
Battle Cry
1955 · Movie
Major General Snipes
East of Eden
1955 · Movie
Adam Trask
Prince of Players
1955 · Movie
Junius Brutus Booth
Seven Angry Men
1955 · Movie
John Brown
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · TV Show
George Apley
Climax!
1954 · TV Show
Sir George Sidney · Doc Woodward
General Electric Theater
1953 · TV Show
Lord Hook · Paul von Hindenburg
The American Road
1953 · Movie
Narrator
The Desert Song
1953 · Movie
Sheik Yousseff
Carson City
1952 · Movie
Big Jack Davis
Come Fill the Cup
1951 · Movie
John Ives
David and Bathsheba
1951 · Movie
Nathan
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
The Inquisitor
Sugarfoot
1951 · Movie
Jacob Stint
The Victor Borge Show
1951 · TV Show
Self
Barricade
1950 · Movie
Boss Kruger
Chain Lightning
1950 · Movie
Leland Willis
Challenge: Science Against Cancer
1950 · Movie
Narrated by (voice)
Dallas
1950 · Movie
Will Marlow
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · TV Show
Abe Lincoln
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · TV Show
Cast · Dr. Henry Craig · Dr. Clark Evans · Judge Benton
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · TV Show
Self
What's My Line?
1950 · TV Show
Self - Mystery Guest
Lights Out
1949 · TV Show
Cast
Roseanna McCoy
1949 · Movie
Old Randall McCoy
The Fountainhead
1949 · Movie
Gail Wynand
Ford Theatre
1948 · TV Show
Cast
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · TV Show
Self
The Ford Theatre Hour
1948 · TV Show
Clinton Jones
Years Ago
1948 · Movie
Clinton Jones
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947 · Movie
Ezra Mannon
Possessed
1947 · Movie
Dean Graham
A Matter of Life and Death
1946 · Movie
Abraham Farlan
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945 · Movie
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
Hotel Berlin
1945 · Movie
Arnim von Dahnwitz
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944 · Movie
Jonathan Brewster
The Woman in the Window
1944 · Movie
Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
Action in the North Atlantic
1943 · Movie
Capt. Steve Jarvis
Breakdowns of 1942
1942 · Movie
Self
Desperate Journey
1942 · Movie
Major Otto Baumeister
Reap the Wild Wind
1942 · Movie
King Cutler
49th Parallel
1941 · Movie
Andy Brock
Dangerously They Live
1941 · Movie
Dr. Ingersoll
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940 · Movie
Abe Lincoln
Santa Fe Trail
1940 · Movie
John Brown
Black Limelight
1938 · Movie
Peter Charrington
The Drum
1938 · Movie
Prince Ghul
Dreaming Lips
1937 · Movie
Miguel del Vayo
Fire Over England
1937 · Movie
King Philip II of Spain
The Hurricane
1937 · Movie
DeLaage
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937 · Movie
Black Michael
Under the Red Robe
1937 · Movie
Cardinal Richelieu
Things to Come
1936 · Movie
John Cabal / Oswald Cabal
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934 · Movie
Chauvelin
The Face at the Window
1932 · Movie
Paul le Gros
The Old Dark House
1932 · Movie
Philip Waverton
The Speckled Band
1931 · Movie
Sherlock Holmes
The Crooked Billet
1930 · Movie
Cast
High Treason
1929 · Movie
(uncredited)