Raymond 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).
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Jonathan Brewster
1944
East of Eden
as Adam Trask
1955
Santa Fe Trail
as John Brown
1940
Things to Come
as John Cabal / Oswald Cabal
1936
Possessed
as Dean Graham
1947
Fire Over England
as King Philip II of Spain
1937
Action in the North Atlantic
as Capt. Steve Jarvis
1943
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Chauvelin
1934
The Old Dark House
as Philip Waverton
1932
The Fountainhead
as Gail Wynand
1949
How the West Was Won
as Abraham Lincoln
1962
A Matter of Life and Death
as Abraham Farlan
1946
David and Bathsheba
as Nathan
1951
The Naked and the Dead
as General Cummings
1958
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Abe Lincoln
1940
The Drum
as Prince Ghul
1938
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Black Michael
1937
Reap the Wild Wind
as King Cutler
1942
The Great Impostor
as Abbott Donner
1960
The Woman in the Window
as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
1944
TV Appearances
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
as B. Elzie Bubb
1966
The Victor Borge Show
as Self
1951
Night Gallery
as Dr. Glendon
1970
General Electric Theater
as Lord Hook
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as The Inquisitor
1951
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Sam Pine
1955
Lux Video Theatre
as Abe Lincoln
1950
Climax!
as Sir George Sidney
1954
Adventures in Paradise
as Captain William Brooks
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as Amos Claypool
1958
Riverboat
as Sir Oliver Garnett
1959
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950