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Raymond Massey

Raymond Massey

Acting

Born: August 30, 1896Toronto, 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).

Known For
Filmography
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary

My Darling Daughters' Anniversary

Matthew Cunningham

1973
The President's Plane Is Missing

The President's Plane Is Missing

Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey

1973
All My Darling Daughters

All My Darling Daughters

Matthew Cunningham

1972
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age

Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age

Abraham Lincoln

1971
Mackenna's Gold

Mackenna's Gold

The Preacher

1969
Saint Joan

Saint Joan

The Inquisitor

1967

Choice

Narrator

1964
How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won

Abraham Lincoln

1962
Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey

Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey

Narrator

1962
The Queen's Guards

The Queen's Guards

1961

The Fiercest Heart

Willem Prisloom

1961
The Great Impostor

The Great Impostor

Abbott Donner

1960
Seconds for Survival

Seconds for Survival

Self - Narrator (voice)

1960
The Naked and the Dead

The Naked and the Dead

General Cummings

1958
Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam

The Shah

1957
Mayerling

Mayerling

The Prime Minister

1957
The True Story of the Civil War

The True Story of the Civil War

Narrator

1956
The Naked Eye

The Naked Eye

Sprecher

1956
East of Eden

East of Eden

Adam Trask

1955
Seven Angry Men

Seven Angry Men

John Brown

1955
Battle Cry

Battle Cry

Major General Snipes

1955
Prince of Players

Prince of Players

Junius Brutus Booth

1955

The American Road

Narrator

1953
The Desert Song

The Desert Song

Sheik Yousseff

1953
Carson City

Carson City

Big Jack Davis

1952
Come Fill the Cup

Come Fill the Cup

John Ives

1951
David and Bathsheba

David and Bathsheba

Nathan

1951
Sugarfoot

Sugarfoot

Jacob Stint

1951
Dallas

Dallas

Will Marlow

1950

Challenge: Science Against Cancer

Narrated by (voice)

1950
Barricade

Barricade

Boss Kruger

1950
Chain Lightning

Chain Lightning

Leland Willis

1950
Roseanna McCoy

Roseanna McCoy

Old Randall McCoy

1949
The Fountainhead

The Fountainhead

Gail Wynand

1949
Mourning Becomes Electra

Mourning Becomes Electra

Ezra Mannon

1947
Possessed

Possessed

Dean Graham

1947
A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death

Abraham Farlan

1946
God Is My Co-Pilot

God Is My Co-Pilot

Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault

1945
Hotel Berlin

Hotel Berlin

Arnim von Dahnwitz

1945
The Woman in the Window

The Woman in the Window

Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor

1944
Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace

Jonathan Brewster

1944
Action in the North Atlantic

Action in the North Atlantic

Capt. Steve Jarvis

1943
Breakdowns of 1942

Breakdowns of 1942

Self

1942
Desperate Journey

Desperate Journey

Major Otto Baumeister

1942
Reap the Wild Wind

Reap the Wild Wind

King Cutler

1942
Dangerously They Live

Dangerously They Live

Dr. Ingersoll

1941
49th Parallel

49th Parallel

Andy Brock

1941
Santa Fe Trail

Santa Fe Trail

John Brown

1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Abe Lincoln

1940
Black Limelight

Black Limelight

Peter Charrington

1938
The Drum

The Drum

Prince Ghul

1938
The Hurricane

The Hurricane

DeLaage

1937
The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

Black Michael

1937
Under the Red Robe

Under the Red Robe

Cardinal Richelieu

1937
Fire Over England

Fire Over England

King Philip II of Spain

1937
Dreaming Lips

Dreaming Lips

Miguel del Vayo

1937
Things to Come

Things to Come

John Cabal / Oswald Cabal

1936
The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Chauvelin

1934
The Old Dark House

The Old Dark House

Philip Waverton

1932

The Face at the Window

Paul le Gros

1932
The Speckled Band

The Speckled Band

Sherlock Holmes

1931
The Crooked Billet

The Crooked Billet

1930
High Treason

High Treason

Member of Federated States Council

1929