Raymond Massey

Acting

Born August 30, 1896 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Died July 29, 1983

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

How the West Was Won

1962

East of Eden

1955

Mackenna's Gold

1969

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944

A Matter of Life and Death

1946

The Woman in the Window

1944

Battle Cry

1955

49th Parallel

1941

Filmography

Mackenna's Gold

1969 · The Preacher

How the West Was Won

1962 · Abraham Lincoln

The Great Impostor

1960 · Abbott Donner

The Naked and the Dead

1958 · General Cummings

East of Eden

1955 · Adam Trask

Battle Cry

1955 · Major General Snipes

Carson City

1952 · Big Jack Davis

David and Bathsheba

1951 · Nathan

Chain Lightning

1950 · Leland Willis

Dallas

1950 · Will Marlow

The Fountainhead

1949 · Gail Wynand

Possessed

1947 · Dean Graham

Mourning Becomes Electra

1947 · Ezra Mannon

A Matter of Life and Death

1946 · Abraham Farlan

God Is My Co-Pilot

1945 · Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault

Hotel Berlin

1945 · Arnim von Dahnwitz

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944 · Jonathan Brewster

The Woman in the Window

1944 · Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor

Action in the North Atlantic

1943 · Capt. Steve Jarvis

Reap the Wild Wind

1942 · King Cutler

Desperate Journey

1942 · Major Otto Baumeister

Dangerously They Live

1941 · Dr. Ingersoll

49th Parallel

1941 · Andy Brock

Santa Fe Trail

1940 · John Brown

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

1940 · Abe Lincoln

The Drum

1938 · Prince Ghul

Fire Over England

1937 · King Philip II of Spain

The Prisoner of Zenda

1937 · Black Michael

The Hurricane

1937 · DeLaage

Things to Come

1936 · John Cabal / Oswald Cabal

The Scarlet Pimpernel

1934 · Chauvelin

The Old Dark House

1932 · Philip Waverton

The Speckled Band

1931 · Sherlock Holmes

High Treason

1929 · Member of Federated States Council