Acting
Raymond Massey
EN cinema · 64 credits
Born
30 August 1896
Died
29 July 1983 (aged 86)
Birthplace
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also known as Raymond Hart Massey
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
as Matthew Cunningham
The President's Plane Is Missing
as Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
All My Darling Daughters
as Matthew Cunningham
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
as Abraham Lincoln
Mackenna's Gold
as The Preacher
Saint Joan
as The Inquisitor
Choice
1964
Choice
as Narrator
How the West Was Won
as Abraham Lincoln
The Fiercest Heart
1961
The Fiercest Heart
as Willem Prisloom
The Great Impostor
as Abbott Donner
Seconds for Survival
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Naked and the Dead
as General Cummings
Mayerling
as The Prime Minister
Omar Khayyam
as The Shah
The Naked Eye
as Narrator (voice)
The True Story of the Civil War
as Narrator
East of Eden
as Adam Trask
Battle Cry
as Major General Snipes
Seven Angry Men
as John Brown
Prince of Players
as Junius Brutus Booth
The Desert Song
as Sheik Yousseff
Carson City
as Big Jack Davis
David and Bathsheba
as Nathan
Come Fill the Cup
as John Ives
Sugarfoot
as Jacob Stint
Chain Lightning
as Leland Willis
Dallas
as Will Marlow
Barricade
as Boss Kruger
Challenge: Science Against Cancer
1950
Challenge: Science Against Cancer
as Narrated by (voice)
The Fountainhead
as Gail Wynand
Roseanna McCoy
as Old Randall McCoy
Years Ago
as Clinton Jones
Possessed
as Dean Graham
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Ezra Mannon
A Matter of Life and Death
as Abraham Farlan
God Is My Co-Pilot
as Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
Hotel Berlin
as Arnim von Dahnwitz
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Jonathan Brewster
The Woman in the Window
as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
Action in the North Atlantic
as Capt. Steve Jarvis
Reap the Wild Wind
as King Cutler
Desperate Journey
as Major Otto Baumeister
Dangerously They Live
as Dr. Ingersoll
49th Parallel
as Andy Brock
Santa Fe Trail
as John Brown
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Abe Lincoln
The Drum
as Prince Ghul
Black Limelight
as Peter Charrington
Fire Over England
as King Philip II of Spain
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Black Michael
The Hurricane
as DeLaage
Under the Red Robe
as Cardinal Richelieu
Dreaming Lips
as Miguel del Vayo
Things to Come
as John Cabal / Oswald Cabal
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Chauvelin
The Old Dark House
as Philip Waverton
The Face at the Window
1932
The Face at the Window
as Paul le Gros
The Speckled Band
as Sherlock Holmes
High Treason
as (uncredited)