Raymond Massey

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

August 30, 1896

died

July 29, 1983

place of birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

also known as

Raymond Hart Massey

total credits

50 movies

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).

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Known For

Filmography

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East of Eden
7.5

East of Eden

1955as Adam Trask
How the West Was Won
7.0

How the West Was Won

1962as Abraham Lincoln
Mackenna's Gold
6.6

Mackenna's Gold

1969as The Preacher
Arsenic and Old Lace
7.6

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944as Jonathan Brewster
Possessed
6.9

Possessed

1947as Dean Graham
A Matter of Life and Death
7.8

A Matter of Life and Death

1946as Abraham Farlan
Santa Fe Trail
5.8

Santa Fe Trail

1940as John Brown
God Is My Co-Pilot
7.2

God Is My Co-Pilot

1945as Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
Fire Over England
6.2

Fire Over England

1937as King Philip II of Spain
The Fountainhead
6.8

The Fountainhead

1949as Gail Wynand
The Desert Song
6.8

The Desert Song

1953as Sheik Yousseff
The Woman in the Window
7.4

The Woman in the Window

1944as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
The Old Dark House
6.7

The Old Dark House

1932as Philip Waverton
49th Parallel
7.0

49th Parallel

1941as Andy Brock
Reap the Wild Wind
6.4

Reap the Wild Wind

1942as King Cutler
Battle Cry
5.7

Battle Cry

1955as Major General Snipes
The Naked and the Dead
5.8

The Naked and the Dead

1958as General Cummings
David and Bathsheba
5.9

David and Bathsheba

1951as Nathan
Action in the North Atlantic
7.0

Action in the North Atlantic

1943as Capt. Steve Jarvis
The Scarlet Pimpernel
7.0

The Scarlet Pimpernel

1934as Chauvelin
Things to Come
6.5

Things to Come

1936as John Cabal / Oswald Cabal
Carson City
6.2

Carson City

1952as Big Jack Davis
Seven Angry Men
6.0

Seven Angry Men

1955as John Brown
Dallas
6.5

Dallas

1950as Will Marlow
Roseanna McCoy
6.1

Roseanna McCoy

1949as Old Randall McCoy
Hotel Berlin
6.1

Hotel Berlin

1945as Arnim von Dahnwitz
Dangerously They Live
6.3

Dangerously They Live

1941as Dr. Ingersoll
The Great Impostor
6.9

The Great Impostor

1960as Abbott Donner
The Drum
6.1

The Drum

1938as Prince Ghul
The Prisoner of Zenda
7.5

The Prisoner of Zenda

1937as Black Michael
The President's Plane Is Missing
6.3

The President's Plane Is Missing

1973as Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
Breakdowns of 1942
6.0

Breakdowns of 1942

1942as Self
Sugarfoot
5.3

Sugarfoot

1951as Jacob Stint
The Hurricane
6.8

The Hurricane

1937as DeLaage
Omar Khayyam
5.8

Omar Khayyam

1957as The Shah
Mourning Becomes Electra
6.1

Mourning Becomes Electra

1947as Ezra Mannon
Desperate Journey
6.1

Desperate Journey

1942as Major Otto Baumeister
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
6.9

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

1940as Abe Lincoln
The Speckled Band
5.8

The Speckled Band

1931as Sherlock Holmes
Barricade
6.4

Barricade

1950as Boss Kruger
Mayerling
6.1

Mayerling

1957as The Prime Minister
Prince of Players
5.5

Prince of Players

1955as Junius Brutus Booth
The Queen's Guards
5.2

The Queen's Guards

1961
Chain Lightning
6.3

Chain Lightning

1950as Leland Willis
High Treason
6.0

High Treason

1929as Member of Federated States Council
Under the Red Robe
6.8

Under the Red Robe

1937as Cardinal Richelieu
Come Fill the Cup
7.0

Come Fill the Cup

1951as John Ives
The Crooked Billet
8.0

The Crooked Billet

1930
Black Limelight
6.6

Black Limelight

1938as Peter Charrington
All My Darling Daughters
7.5

All My Darling Daughters

1972as Matthew Cunningham