Raymond Massey
ActingAlso Known As
Raymond Hart Massey
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).
Movies
(63 total)
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Jonathan Brewster
East of Eden
as Adam Trask
How the West Was Won
as Abraham Lincoln
A Matter of Life and Death
as Abraham Farlan
The Woman in the Window
as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
The Old Dark House
as Philip Waverton
Things to Come
as John Cabal / Oswald Cabal
Mackenna's Gold
as The Preacher
The Fountainhead
as Gail Wynand
49th Parallel
as Andy Brock
Possessed
as Dean Graham
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Chauvelin
David and Bathsheba
as Nathan
Reap the Wild Wind
as King Cutler
Santa Fe Trail
as John Brown
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Black Michael
Action in the North Atlantic
as Capt. Steve Jarvis
The Hurricane
as DeLaage
Fire Over England
as King Philip II of Spain
The Naked and the Dead
as General Cummings
TV Shows
(31 total)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Sam Pine
Night Gallery
as Dr. Glendon
Wagon Train
as Montezuma IX
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie
Climax!
as Sir George Sidney
Climax!
as Doc Woodward
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Malachi West
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
as B. Elzie Bubb
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as The Inquisitor
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Dr. Henry Craig
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Dr. Clark Evans
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Judge Benton
Adventures in Paradise
as Captain William Brooks
General Electric Theater
as Lord Hook