Raymond Massey

Raymond Massey

8/30/1896 – 7/29/1983Toronto, 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 (90 titles)

Dinah!7.0Show

Dinah!

Self · 1974

My Darling Daughters' Anniversary7.5Movie

My Darling Daughters' Anniversary

Matthew Cunningham · 1973

The President's Plane Is Missing6.3Movie

The President's Plane Is Missing

Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey · 1973

All My Darling Daughters7.5Movie

All My Darling Daughters

Matthew Cunningham · 1972

Walt Whitman: Poet for a New AgeMovie

Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age

Abraham Lincoln · 1971

Night Gallery7.8Show

Night Gallery

Dr. Glendon · 1970

Mackenna's Gold6.6Movie

Mackenna's Gold

The Preacher · 1969

Saint Joan10.0Movie

Saint Joan

The Inquisitor · 1967

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.6.9Show

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

B. Elzie Bubb · 1966

1.0Movie

Choice

Narrator · 1964

How the West Was Won7.0Movie

How the West Was Won

Abraham Lincoln · 1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson7.5Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self · 1962

The Merv Griffin Show6.6Show

The Merv Griffin Show

Self · 1962

Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey7.0Movie

Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey

Narrator · 1962

The Queen's Guards5.2Movie

The Queen's Guards

1961

Dr. Kildare5.7Show

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie · 1961

5.7Movie

The Fiercest Heart

Willem Prisloom · 1961

The Great Impostor6.9Movie

The Great Impostor

Abbott Donner · 1960

Insight6.7Show

Insight

1960

Seconds for SurvivalMovie

Seconds for Survival

Self - Narrator (voice) · 1960

Adventures in Paradise6.1Show

Adventures in Paradise

Captain William Brooks · 1959

Riverboat6.5Show

Riverboat

Sir Oliver Garnett · 1959

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse6.3Show

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Amos Claypool · 1958

The Naked and the Dead5.8Movie

The Naked and the Dead

General Cummings · 1958

Wagon Train6.6Show

Wagon Train

Montezuma IX · 1957

Omar Khayyam5.8Movie

Omar Khayyam

The Shah · 1957

Mayerling6.1Movie

Mayerling

The Prime Minister · 1957

The True Story of the Civil War7.6Movie

The True Story of the Civil War

Narrator · 1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre6.2Show

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Malachi West · 1956

Armchair Theatre6.0Show

Armchair Theatre

Sir George Sidney, MP · 1956