Raymond Massey
62 movies · 19 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 30, 1896
- Died
- Jul 29, 1983 (age 86)
- Place of birth
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Also 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).
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.6 Arsenic and Old Lace
1944 · Film
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★ 7.5 East of Eden
1955 · Film
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★ 7.0 How the West Was Won
1962 · Film
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★ 7.7 A Matter of Life and Death
1946 · Film
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★ 7.4 The Woman in the Window
1944 · Film
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★ 6.7 The Old Dark House
1932 · Film
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★ 7.8 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · TV
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★ 6.4 Things to Come
1936 · Film
Raymond Massey: movies and TV shows
Acting (81)
- 1973 My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
as Matthew Cunningham
- 1973 The President's Plane Is Missing
as Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
- 1972 All My Darling Daughters
as Matthew Cunningham
- 1971 Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
as Abraham Lincoln
- 1970 Night Gallery · TV
as Dr. Glendon / Colonel Archie Dittman (segment "Clean Kills and Other Trophies") · 2 episodes
- 1969 Mackenna's Gold
as The Preacher
- 1967 Saint Joan
as The Inquisitor
- 1966
- 1964 Choice
as Narrator
- 1962 How the West Was Won
as Abraham Lincoln
- 1962 Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey
as Narrator
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961 The Fiercest Heart
as Willem Prisloom
- 1960 The Great Impostor
as Abbott Donner
- 1960
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958 The Naked and the Dead
as General Cummings
- 1957
- 1957 Omar Khayyam
as The Shah
- 1957 Mayerling
as The Prime Minister
- 1956 The True Story of the Civil War
as Narrator
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956 The Naked Eye
as Narrator (voice)
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 East of Eden
as Adam Trask
- 1955 Seven Angry Men
as John Brown
- 1955 Battle Cry
as Major General Snipes
- 1955 Prince of Players
as Junius Brutus Booth
- 1954
- 1953 The American Road
as Narrator
- 1953 The Desert Song
as Sheik Yousseff
- 1953
- 1952 Carson City
as Big Jack Davis
- 1951
- 1951 Come Fill the Cup
as John Ives
- 1951 David and Bathsheba
as Nathan
- 1951 Sugarfoot
as Jacob Stint
- 1950 Dallas
as Will Marlow
- 1950
- 1950 Challenge: Science Against Cancer
as Narrated by (voice)
- 1950 Barricade
as Boss Kruger
- 1950 Chain Lightning
as Leland Willis
- 1950
- 1949 Roseanna McCoy
as Old Randall McCoy
- 1949 The Fountainhead
as Gail Wynand
- 1948 Years Ago
as Clinton Jones
- 1948
- 1948
- 1947 Mourning Becomes Electra
as Ezra Mannon
- 1947 Possessed
as Dean Graham
- 1946 A Matter of Life and Death
as Abraham Farlan
- 1945 God Is My Co-Pilot
as Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
- 1945 Hotel Berlin
as Arnim von Dahnwitz
- 1944 The Woman in the Window
as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
- 1944 Arsenic and Old Lace
as Jonathan Brewster
- 1943 Action in the North Atlantic
as Capt. Steve Jarvis
- 1942 Desperate Journey
as Major Otto Baumeister
- 1942 Reap the Wild Wind
as King Cutler
- 1941 Dangerously They Live
as Dr. Ingersoll
- 1941 49th Parallel
as Andy Brock
- 1940 Santa Fe Trail
as John Brown
- 1940 Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Abe Lincoln
- 1938 Black Limelight
as Peter Charrington
- 1938 The Drum
as Prince Ghul
- 1937 The Hurricane
as DeLaage
- 1937 The Prisoner of Zenda
as Black Michael
- 1937 Under the Red Robe
as Cardinal Richelieu
- 1937 Fire Over England
as King Philip II of Spain
- 1937 Dreaming Lips
as Miguel del Vayo
- 1936 Things to Come
as John Cabal / Oswald Cabal
- 1934 The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Chauvelin
- 1932 The Old Dark House
as Philip Waverton
- 1932 The Face at the Window
as Paul le Gros
- 1931 The Speckled Band
as Sherlock Holmes
- 1930
- 1929 High Treason
as (uncredited)
Behind the camera (1)
- 1956
Talk shows and appearances (10)
- 1974 Dinah!
1 episode
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
2 episodes
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show
1 episode
- 1960
- 1951 The Victor Borge Show
1 episode
- 1950 The Bob Hope Show
1 episode
- 1950 What's My Line?
1 episode
- 1949 Lights Out
1 episode
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
2 episodes
- 1942