Raymond Massey
Acting · 86 years old
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).
Known For
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Inquisitor
Night Gallery
Dr. Glendon
Night Gallery
Colonel Archie Dittman (segment "Clean Kills and Other Trophies")
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Sam Pine
A Matter of Life and Death
Abraham Farlan
Arsenic and Old Lace
Jonathan Brewster
East of Eden
Adam Trask
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Prisoner of Zenda
Black Michael
The Woman in the Window
Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
Action in the North Atlantic
Capt. Steve Jarvis
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Chauvelin
How the West Was Won
Abraham Lincoln
Come Fill the Cup
John Ives
The True Story of the Civil War
Narrator
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
The Bob Hope Show
Self
49th Parallel
Andy Brock
Possessed
Dean Graham
The Great Impostor
Abbott Donner
