About

Known credits:
63
Birthday:
1896-08-30
Place of birth:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Website:
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Raymond Massey

Overview

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

Acting
1973 My Darling Daughters' Anniversary Actor Matthew Cunningham 58
Average
1973 The President's Plane Is Missing Actor Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey 58
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1972 All My Darling Daughters Actor Matthew Cunningham 59
Average
1971 Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age Actor Abraham Lincoln N/A
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1969 Mackenna's Gold Actor The Preacher 60
Fair
1967 Saint Joan Actor The Inquisitor N/A
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1964 Choice Actor Narrator N/A
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1962 How the West Was Won Actor Abraham Lincoln 63
Fair
1961 The Queen's Guards Actor 58
Average
1961 Dr. Kildare Actor Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie 66
Fair
1961 The Fiercest Heart Actor Willem Prisloom 58
Average
1960 The Great Impostor Actor Abbott Donner 59
Average
1960 Seconds for Survival Actor Self - Narrator (voice) N/A
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1958 The Naked and the Dead Actor General Cummings 58
Average
1957 Omar Khayyam Actor The Shah 58
Average
1957 Mayerling Actor The Prime Minister 58
Average
1956 The True Story of the Civil War Actor Narrator 59
Average
1956 The Naked Eye Actor Sprecher N/A
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1955 East of Eden Actor Adam Trask 68
Fair
1955 Seven Angry Men Actor John Brown 58
Average
1955 Battle Cry Actor Major General Snipes 58
Average
1955 Prince of Players Actor Junius Brutus Booth 58
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1953 The American Road Actor Narrator N/A
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1953 The Desert Song Actor Sheik Yousseff 58
Average
1952 Carson City Actor Big Jack Davis 58
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1951 Come Fill the Cup Actor John Ives 59
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1951 David and Bathsheba Actor Nathan 58
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1951 Sugarfoot Actor Jacob Stint 58
Average
1950 Dallas Actor Will Marlow 59
Average
1950 Challenge: Science Against Cancer Actor Narrated by (voice) N/A
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1950 Barricade Actor Boss Kruger 58
Average
1950 Chain Lightning Actor Leland Willis 59
Average
1949 Roseanna McCoy Actor Old Randall McCoy 59
Average
1949 The Fountainhead Actor Gail Wynand 60
Fair
1947 Mourning Becomes Electra Actor Ezra Mannon 58
Average
1947 Possessed Actor Dean Graham 60
Fair
1946 A Matter of Life and Death Actor Abraham Farlan 67
Fair
1945 God Is My Co-Pilot Actor Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault 59
Average
1945 Hotel Berlin Actor Arnim von Dahnwitz 59
Average
1944 The Woman in the Window Actor Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor 65
Fair
1944 Arsenic and Old Lace Actor Jonathan Brewster 70
Good
1943 Action in the North Atlantic Actor Capt. Steve Jarvis 59
Average
1942 Breakdowns of 1942 Actor Self N/A
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1942 Desperate Journey Actor Major Otto Baumeister 58
Average
1942 Reap the Wild Wind Actor King Cutler 59
Average
1941 Dangerously They Live Actor Dr. Ingersoll 58
Average
1941 49th Parallel Actor Andy Brock 60
Fair
1940 Santa Fe Trail Actor John Brown 58
Average
1940 Abe Lincoln in Illinois Actor Abe Lincoln 59
Average
1938 The Drum Actor Prince Ghul 59
Average
1938 Black Limelight Actor Peter Charrington 59
Average
1937 The Hurricane Actor DeLaage 59
Average
1937 The Prisoner of Zenda Actor Black Michael 60
Fair
1937 Under the Red Robe Actor Cardinal Richelieu 59
Average
1937 Fire Over England Actor King Philip II of Spain 58
Average
1937 Dreaming Lips Actor Miguel del Vayo 59
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1936 Things to Come Actor John Cabal / Oswald Cabal 60
Fair
1934 The Scarlet Pimpernel Actor Chauvelin 59
Average
1932 The Old Dark House Actor Philip Waverton 61
Fair
1932 The Face at the Window Actor Paul le Gros N/A
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1931 The Speckled Band Actor Sherlock Holmes 58
Average
1930 The Crooked Billet Actor N/A
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1929 High Treason Actor Member of Federated States Council 58
Average