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