Raymond Massey
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 30, 1896
- Died
- July 29, 1983
- Birthplace
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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).
Filmography
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary 1973
as Matthew Cunningham
The President's Plane Is Missing 1973
as Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
All My Darling Daughters 1972
as Matthew Cunningham
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age 1971
as Abraham Lincoln
Mackenna's Gold 1969
as The Preacher
Saint Joan 1967
as The Inquisitor
- Choice
Choice 1964
as Narrator
How the West Was Won 1962
as Abraham Lincoln
Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey 1962
as Narrator
The Queen's Guards 1961
Actor
- The Fiercest Heart
The Fiercest Heart 1961
as Willem Prisloom
The Great Impostor 1960
as Abbott Donner
Seconds for Survival 1960
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Naked and the Dead 1958
as General Cummings
Omar Khayyam 1957
as The Shah
Mayerling 1957
as The Prime Minister
The True Story of the Civil War 1956
as Narrator
The Naked Eye 1956
as Narrator (voice)
East of Eden 1955
as Adam Trask
Seven Angry Men 1955
as John Brown
Battle Cry 1955
as Major General Snipes
Prince of Players 1955
as Junius Brutus Booth
- The American Road
The American Road 1953
as Narrator
The Desert Song 1953
as Sheik Yousseff
Carson City 1952
as Big Jack Davis
Come Fill the Cup 1951
as John Ives
David and Bathsheba 1951
as Nathan
Sugarfoot 1951
as Jacob Stint
Dallas 1950
as Will Marlow
- Challenge: Science Against Cancer
Challenge: Science Against Cancer 1950
as Narrated by (voice)
Barricade 1950
as Boss Kruger
Chain Lightning 1950
as Leland Willis
Roseanna McCoy 1949
as Old Randall McCoy
The Fountainhead 1949
as Gail Wynand
Years Ago 1948
as Clinton Jones
Mourning Becomes Electra 1947
as Ezra Mannon
Possessed 1947
as Dean Graham
A Matter of Life and Death 1946
as Abraham Farlan
God Is My Co-Pilot 1945
as Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
Hotel Berlin 1945
as Arnim von Dahnwitz
The Woman in the Window 1944
as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
Arsenic and Old Lace 1944
as Jonathan Brewster
Action in the North Atlantic 1943
as Capt. Steve Jarvis
Breakdowns of 1942 1942
as Self
Desperate Journey 1942
as Major Otto Baumeister
Reap the Wild Wind 1942
as King Cutler
Dangerously They Live 1941
as Dr. Ingersoll
49th Parallel 1941
as Andy Brock
Santa Fe Trail 1940
as John Brown
Abe Lincoln in Illinois 1940
as Abe Lincoln
Black Limelight 1938
as Peter Charrington
The Drum 1938
as Prince Ghul
The Hurricane 1937
as DeLaage
The Prisoner of Zenda 1937
as Black Michael
Under the Red Robe 1937
as Cardinal Richelieu
Fire Over England 1937
as King Philip II of Spain
Dreaming Lips 1937
as Miguel del Vayo
Things to Come 1936
as John Cabal / Oswald Cabal
The Scarlet Pimpernel 1934
as Chauvelin
The Old Dark House 1932
as Philip Waverton
- The Face at the Window
The Face at the Window 1932
as Paul le Gros
The Speckled Band 1931
as Sherlock Holmes
The Crooked Billet 1930
Actor
High Treason 1929
as (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.