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Actor
Raymond Massey
- Born August 30, 1896 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Died July 29, 1983
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 Lace1944
East of Eden1955
How the West Was Won1962
A Matter of Life and Death1946
The Woman in the Window1944
The Old Dark House1932
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955
Things to Come1936
Filmography
- 1974Dinah!SeriesSelf
- 1973The President's Plane Is MissingFilmSecretary of State Freeman Sharkey
- 1973My Darling Daughters' AnniversaryFilmMatthew Cunningham
- 1972All My Darling DaughtersFilmMatthew Cunningham
- 1971Walt Whitman: Poet for a New AgeFilmAbraham Lincoln
- 1970Night GallerySeriesDr. Glendon, Colonel Archie Dittman (segment "Clean Kills and Other Trophies")
- 1969Mackenna's GoldFilmThe Preacher
- 1967Saint JoanFilmThe Inquisitor
- 1966The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.SeriesB. Elzie Bubb
- 1964ChoiceFilmNarrator
- 1962How the West Was WonFilmAbraham Lincoln
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeriesSelf
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSeriesSelf
- 1962Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian JourneyFilmNarrator
- 1961Dr. KildareSeriesDr. Leonard Barry Gillespie
- 1961The Queen's GuardsFilm
- 1961The Fiercest HeartFilmWillem Prisloom
- 1960The Great ImpostorFilmAbbott Donner
- 1960InsightSeries
- 1960Seconds for SurvivalFilmSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 1959Adventures in ParadiseSeriesCaptain William Brooks
- 1959RiverboatSeriesSir Oliver Garnett
- 1958The Naked and the DeadFilmGeneral Cummings
- 1958Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseSeriesAmos Claypool
- 1957Wagon TrainSeriesMontezuma IX
- 1957Omar KhayyamFilmThe Shah
- 1957MayerlingFilmThe Prime Minister
- 1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeriesMalachi West
- 1956The True Story of the Civil WarFilmNarrator
- 1956Armchair TheatreSeriesSir George Sidney, MP, Writer
- 1956The Naked EyeFilmNarrator (voice)
- 1955East of EdenFilmAdam Trask
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeriesSam Pine
- 1955Battle CryFilmMajor General Snipes
- 1955The 20th Century Fox HourSeriesGeorge Apley
- 1955Seven Angry MenFilmJohn Brown
- 1955Prince of PlayersFilmJunius Brutus Booth
- 1954Climax!SeriesSir George Sidney, Doc Woodward
- 1953General Electric TheaterSeriesLord Hook, Paul von Hindenburg
- 1953The Desert SongFilmSheik Yousseff
- 1953The American RoadFilmNarrator
- 1952Carson CityFilmBig Jack Davis
- 1951David and BathshebaFilmNathan
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameSeriesThe Inquisitor
- 1951Come Fill the CupFilmJohn Ives
- 1951SugarfootFilmJacob Stint
- 1951The Victor Borge ShowSeriesSelf
- 1950DallasFilmWill Marlow
- 1950What's My Line?SeriesSelf - Mystery Guest
- 1950Chain LightningFilmLeland Willis
- 1950Robert Montgomery PresentsSeriesDr. Henry Craig, Dr. Clark Evans, Judge Benton
- 1950BarricadeFilmBoss Kruger
- 1950Lux Video TheatreSeriesAbe Lincoln
- 1950The Bob Hope ShowSeriesSelf
- 1950Challenge: Science Against CancerFilmNarrated by (voice)
- 1949The FountainheadFilmGail Wynand
- 1949Roseanna McCoyFilmOld Randall McCoy
- 1949Lights OutSeries
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeriesSelf
- 1948Ford TheatreSeries
- 1948Years AgoFilmClinton Jones
- 1948The Ford Theatre HourSeriesClinton Jones
- 1947PossessedFilmDean Graham
- 1947Mourning Becomes ElectraFilmEzra Mannon
- 1946A Matter of Life and DeathFilmAbraham Farlan
- 1945Hotel BerlinFilmArnim von Dahnwitz
- 1945God Is My Co-PilotFilmMaj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
- 1944Arsenic and Old LaceFilmJonathan Brewster
- 1944The Woman in the WindowFilmDist. Attorney Frank Lalor
- 1943Action in the North AtlanticFilmCapt. Steve Jarvis
- 1942Reap the Wild WindFilmKing Cutler
- 1942Desperate JourneyFilmMajor Otto Baumeister
- 1942Breakdowns of 1942FilmSelf
- 194149th ParallelFilmAndy Brock
- 1941Dangerously They LiveFilmDr. Ingersoll
- 1940Santa Fe TrailFilmJohn Brown
- 1940Abe Lincoln in IllinoisFilmAbe Lincoln
- 1938The DrumFilmPrince Ghul
- 1938Black LimelightFilmPeter Charrington
- 1937The Prisoner of ZendaFilmBlack Michael