Raymond Massey

Raymond Massey

Acting

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

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My Darling Daughters' Anniversary ★ 7.5 My Darling Daughters' Anniversary 1973 The President's Plane Is Missing ★ 6.3 The President's Plane Is Missing 1973 All My Darling Daughters ★ 7.5 All My Darling Daughters 1972 Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age 1971 Night Gallery ★ 7.8 Night Gallery 1970 Mackenna's Gold ★ 6.6 Mackenna's Gold 1969 Saint Joan ★ 10.0 Saint Joan 1967 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. ★ 6.9 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. 1966 Choice ★ 1.0 Choice 1964 How the West Was Won ★ 7.0 How the West Was Won 1962 Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey ★ 7.0 Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey 1962 The Queen's Guards ★ 5.2 The Queen's Guards 1961 Dr. Kildare ★ 5.7 Dr. Kildare 1961 The Fiercest Heart ★ 5.7 The Fiercest Heart 1961 The Great Impostor ★ 6.9 The Great Impostor 1960 Insight ★ 6.7 Insight 1960 Adventures in Paradise ★ 6.1 Adventures in Paradise 1959 Riverboat ★ 6.5 Riverboat 1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse ★ 6.3 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse 1958 The Naked and the Dead ★ 5.8 The Naked and the Dead 1958 Wagon Train ★ 6.6 Wagon Train 1957 Omar Khayyam ★ 5.8 Omar Khayyam 1957 Mayerling ★ 6.1 Mayerling 1957 The True Story of the Civil War ★ 7.6 The True Story of the Civil War 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ★ 6.2 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 1956 Armchair Theatre ★ 6.0 Armchair Theatre 1956 The Naked Eye The Naked Eye 1956 The 20th Century Fox Hour ★ 6.0 The 20th Century Fox Hour 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ★ 7.8 Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955 East of Eden ★ 7.5 East of Eden 1955 Seven Angry Men ★ 6.0 Seven Angry Men 1955 Battle Cry ★ 5.7 Battle Cry 1955 Prince of Players ★ 5.5 Prince of Players 1955 Climax! ★ 3.8 Climax! 1954 The American Road ★ 7.0 The American Road 1953 The Desert Song ★ 6.8 The Desert Song 1953 General Electric Theater ★ 6.8 General Electric Theater 1953 Carson City ★ 6.2 Carson City 1952 Hallmark Hall of Fame ★ 8.8 Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951 Come Fill the Cup ★ 7.0 Come Fill the Cup 1951 David and Bathsheba ★ 5.9 David and Bathsheba 1951 Sugarfoot ★ 5.3 Sugarfoot 1951 Dallas ★ 6.5 Dallas 1950 Lux Video Theatre ★ 6.7 Lux Video Theatre 1950 Challenge: Science Against Cancer ★ 10.0 Challenge: Science Against Cancer 1950 Barricade ★ 6.4 Barricade 1950 Chain Lightning ★ 6.4 Chain Lightning 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents ★ 6.0 Robert Montgomery Presents 1950 Roseanna McCoy ★ 6.1 Roseanna McCoy 1949 The Fountainhead ★ 6.8 The Fountainhead 1949 Ford Theatre ★ 8.0 Ford Theatre 1948 The Ford Theatre Hour The Ford Theatre Hour 1948 Mourning Becomes Electra ★ 6.1 Mourning Becomes Electra 1947 Possessed ★ 6.9 Possessed 1947 A Matter of Life and Death ★ 7.8 A Matter of Life and Death 1946 God Is My Co-Pilot ★ 7.1 God Is My Co-Pilot 1945 Hotel Berlin ★ 6.2 Hotel Berlin 1945 The Woman in the Window ★ 7.4 The Woman in the Window 1944 Arsenic and Old Lace ★ 7.6 Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 Action in the North Atlantic ★ 7.1 Action in the North Atlantic 1943 Desperate Journey ★ 6.1 Desperate Journey 1942 Reap the Wild Wind ★ 6.4 Reap the Wild Wind 1942 Dangerously They Live ★ 6.3 Dangerously They Live 1941 49th Parallel ★ 7.0 49th Parallel 1941 Santa Fe Trail ★ 5.8 Santa Fe Trail 1940 Abe Lincoln in Illinois ★ 6.9 Abe Lincoln in Illinois 1940 Black Limelight ★ 6.6 Black Limelight 1938 The Drum ★ 6.1 The Drum 1938 The Hurricane ★ 6.8 The Hurricane 1937 The Prisoner of Zenda ★ 7.5 The Prisoner of Zenda 1937 Under the Red Robe ★ 6.8 Under the Red Robe 1937 Fire Over England ★ 6.2 Fire Over England 1937 Dreaming Lips ★ 7.0 Dreaming Lips 1937 Things to Come ★ 6.5 Things to Come 1936 The Scarlet Pimpernel ★ 7.0 The Scarlet Pimpernel 1934 The Old Dark House ★ 6.7 The Old Dark House 1932 The Face at the Window ★ 9.0 The Face at the Window 1932 The Speckled Band ★ 5.8 The Speckled Band 1931 The Crooked Billet ★ 8.0 The Crooked Billet 1930 High Treason ★ 6.1 High Treason 1929