Raymond Massey
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Aug 30, 1896 (130 years old)
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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).
Known For
| 1974 | Dinah!Self | |
| 1973 | My Darling Daughters' AnniversaryMatthew Cunningham | |
| 1973 | The President's Plane Is MissingSecretary of State Freeman Sharkey | |
| 1972 | All My Darling DaughtersMatthew Cunningham | |
| 1971 | Walt Whitman: Poet for a New AgeAbraham Lincoln | |
| 1970 | Night GalleryDr. Glendon | |
| 1970 | Night GalleryColonel Archie Dittman (segment "Clean Kills and Other Trophies") | |
| 1969 | Mackenna's GoldThe Preacher | |
| 1967 | Saint JoanThe Inquisitor | |
| 1966 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.B. Elzie Bubb | |
| 1964 | ChoiceNarrator | |
| 1962 | How the West Was WonAbraham Lincoln | |
| 1962 | Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian JourneyNarrator | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf | |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin ShowSelf | |
| 1961 | The Queen's Guards | |
| 1961 | The Fiercest HeartWillem Prisloom | |
| 1961 | Dr. KildareDr. Leonard Barry Gillespie | |
| 1960 | The Great ImpostorAbbott Donner | |
| 1960 | Seconds for SurvivalSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1960 | Insight | |
| 1959 | Adventures in ParadiseCaptain William Brooks | |
| 1959 | RiverboatSir Oliver Garnett | |
| 1958 | The Naked and the DeadGeneral Cummings | |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseAmos Claypool | |
| 1957 | MayerlingThe Prime Minister | |
| 1957 | Omar KhayyamThe Shah | |
| 1957 | Wagon TrainMontezuma IX | |
| 1956 | The Naked EyeSprecher | |
| 1956 | The True Story of the Civil WarNarrator | |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreMalachi West | |
| 1956 | Armchair TheatreSir George Sidney, MP | |
| 1955 | East of EdenAdam Trask | |
| 1955 | Battle CryMajor General Snipes | |
| 1955 | Seven Angry MenJohn Brown | |
| 1955 | Prince of PlayersJunius Brutus Booth | |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSam Pine | |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | |
| 1954 | Climax!Sir George Sidney | |
| 1954 | Climax!Doc Woodward | |
| 1953 | The Desert SongSheik Yousseff | |
| 1953 | The American RoadNarrator | |
| 1953 | General Electric TheaterLord Hook | |
| 1953 | General Electric TheaterPaul von Hindenburg | |
| 1952 | Carson CityBig Jack Davis | |
| 1951 | David and BathshebaNathan | |
| 1951 | Come Fill the CupJohn Ives | |
| 1951 | SugarfootJacob Stint | |
| 1951 | The Victor Borge ShowSelf | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameThe Inquisitor | |
| 1950 | Chain LightningLeland Willis | |
| 1950 | DallasWill Marlow | |
| 1950 | BarricadeBoss Kruger | |
| 1950 | Challenge: Science Against CancerNarrated by (voice) | |
| 1950 | Lux Video TheatreAbe Lincoln | |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery PresentsDr. Henry Craig | |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery PresentsDr. Clark Evans | |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery PresentsJudge Benton | |
| 1950 | What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest | |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope ShowSelf | |
| 1949 | The FountainheadGail Wynand | |
| 1949 | Roseanna McCoyOld Randall McCoy | |
| 1949 | Lights Out | |
| 1948 | Ford Theatre | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf | |
| 1948 | The Ford Theatre HourClinton Jones | |
| 1947 | PossessedDean Graham | |
| 1947 | Mourning Becomes ElectraEzra Mannon | |
| 1946 | A Matter of Life and DeathAbraham Farlan | |
| 1945 | God Is My Co-PilotMaj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault | |
| 1945 | Hotel BerlinArnim von Dahnwitz | |
| 1944 | Arsenic and Old LaceJonathan Brewster | |
| 1944 | The Woman in the WindowDist. Attorney Frank Lalor | |
| 1943 | Action in the North AtlanticCapt. Steve Jarvis | |
| 1942 | Reap the Wild WindKing Cutler | |
| 1942 | Desperate JourneyMajor Otto Baumeister | |
| 1942 | Breakdowns of 1942Self | |
| 1941 | Dangerously They LiveDr. Ingersoll | |
| 1941 | 49th ParallelAndy Brock | |
| 1940 | Santa Fe TrailJohn Brown | |
| 1940 | Abe Lincoln in IllinoisAbe Lincoln | |
| 1938 | The DrumPrince Ghul | |
| 1938 | Black LimelightPeter Charrington | |
| 1937 | Fire Over EnglandKing Philip II of Spain | |
| 1937 | The Prisoner of ZendaBlack Michael | |
| 1937 | The HurricaneDeLaage | |
| 1937 | Under the Red RobeCardinal Richelieu | |
| 1937 | Dreaming LipsMiguel del Vayo | |
| 1936 | Things to ComeJohn Cabal / Oswald Cabal | |
| 1934 | The Scarlet PimpernelChauvelin | |
| 1932 | The Old Dark HousePhilip Waverton | |
| 1932 | The Face at the WindowPaul le Gros | |
| 1931 | The Speckled BandSherlock Holmes | |
| 1930 | The Crooked Billet | |
| 1929 | High TreasonMember of Federated States Council |
| 1956 | Armchair TheatreWriter |