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Raymond Massey

Raymond Massey

Born: 1896-08-30 • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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).

Filmography
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary poster
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
1973 • Matthew Cunningham
The President's Plane Is Missing poster
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973 • Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
All My Darling Daughters poster
All My Darling Daughters
1972 • Matthew Cunningham
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age poster
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
1971 • Abraham Lincoln
Mackenna's Gold poster
Mackenna's Gold
1969 • The Preacher
Saint Joan poster
Saint Joan
1967 • The Inquisitor
No Image
Choice
1964 • Narrator
How the West Was Won poster
How the West Was Won
1962 • Abraham Lincoln
Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey poster
Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey
1962 • Narrator
The Queen's Guards poster
The Queen's Guards
1961
No Image
The Fiercest Heart
1961 • Willem Prisloom
The Great Impostor poster
The Great Impostor
1960 • Abbott Donner
Seconds for Survival poster
Seconds for Survival
1960 • Self - Narrator (voice)
The Naked and the Dead poster
The Naked and the Dead
1958 • General Cummings
Omar Khayyam poster
Omar Khayyam
1957 • The Shah
Mayerling poster
Mayerling
1957 • The Prime Minister
The True Story of the Civil War poster
The True Story of the Civil War
1956 • Narrator
The Naked Eye poster
The Naked Eye
1956 • Sprecher
East of Eden poster
East of Eden
1955 • Adam Trask
Seven Angry Men poster
Seven Angry Men
1955 • John Brown
Battle Cry poster
Battle Cry
1955 • Major General Snipes
Prince of Players poster
Prince of Players
1955 • Junius Brutus Booth
No Image
The American Road
1953 • Narrator
The Desert Song poster
The Desert Song
1953 • Sheik Yousseff
Carson City poster
Carson City
1952 • Big Jack Davis
Come Fill the Cup poster
Come Fill the Cup
1951 • John Ives
David and Bathsheba poster
David and Bathsheba
1951 • Nathan
Sugarfoot poster
Sugarfoot
1951 • Jacob Stint
Dallas poster
Dallas
1950 • Will Marlow
No Image
Challenge: Science Against Cancer
1950 • Narrated by (voice)
Barricade poster
Barricade
1950 • Boss Kruger
Chain Lightning poster
Chain Lightning
1950 • Leland Willis
Roseanna McCoy poster
Roseanna McCoy
1949 • Old Randall McCoy
The Fountainhead poster
The Fountainhead
1949 • Gail Wynand
Mourning Becomes Electra poster
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947 • Ezra Mannon
Possessed poster
Possessed
1947 • Dean Graham
A Matter of Life and Death poster
A Matter of Life and Death
1946 • Abraham Farlan
God Is My Co-Pilot poster
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945 • Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
Hotel Berlin poster
Hotel Berlin
1945 • Arnim von Dahnwitz
The Woman in the Window poster
The Woman in the Window
1944 • Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
Arsenic and Old Lace poster
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944 • Jonathan Brewster
Action in the North Atlantic poster
Action in the North Atlantic
1943 • Capt. Steve Jarvis
Breakdowns of 1942 poster
Breakdowns of 1942
1942 • Self
Desperate Journey poster
Desperate Journey
1942 • Major Otto Baumeister
Reap the Wild Wind poster
Reap the Wild Wind
1942 • King Cutler
Dangerously They Live poster
Dangerously They Live
1941 • Dr. Ingersoll
49th Parallel poster
49th Parallel
1941 • Andy Brock
Santa Fe Trail poster
Santa Fe Trail
1940 • John Brown
Abe Lincoln in Illinois poster
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940 • Abe Lincoln
Black Limelight poster
Black Limelight
1938 • Peter Charrington
The Drum poster
The Drum
1938 • Prince Ghul
The Hurricane poster
The Hurricane
1937 • DeLaage
The Prisoner of Zenda poster
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937 • Black Michael
Under the Red Robe poster
Under the Red Robe
1937 • Cardinal Richelieu
Fire Over England poster
Fire Over England
1937 • King Philip II of Spain
Dreaming Lips poster
Dreaming Lips
1937 • Miguel del Vayo
Things to Come poster
Things to Come
1936 • John Cabal / Oswald Cabal
The Scarlet Pimpernel poster
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934 • Chauvelin
The Old Dark House poster
The Old Dark House
1932 • Philip Waverton
No Image
The Face at the Window
1932 • Paul le Gros
The Speckled Band poster
The Speckled Band
1931 • Sherlock Holmes
The Crooked Billet poster
The Crooked Billet
1930
High Treason poster
High Treason
1929 • Member of Federated States Council