Raymond Massey
Born
August 30, 1896
Died
July 29, 1983 (86 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Raymond Hart Massey 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
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
Matthew Cunningham
1973
The President's Plane Is Missing
Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
1973
All My Darling Daughters
Matthew Cunningham
1972
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
Abraham Lincoln
1971
Night Gallery
Dr. Glendon · (1 episode)
1970
Mackenna's Gold
The Preacher
1969
Saint Joan
The Inquisitor
1967
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
(1 episode)
1966
Choice
Narrator
1964
How the West Was Won
Abraham Lincoln
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · (1 episode)
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (2 episodes)
1962
The Queen's Guards
1961
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie · (191 episodes)
1961
The Fiercest Heart
Willem Prisloom
1961
The Great Impostor
Abbott Donner
1960
Insight
(1 episode)
1960
Seconds for Survival
Self - Narrator (voice)
1960
Adventures in Paradise
Captain William Brooks · (1 episode)
1959
Riverboat
Sir Oliver Garnett · (1 episode)
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Amos Claypool · (1 episode)
1958
The Naked and the Dead
General Cummings
1958
Omar Khayyam
The Shah
1957
Mayerling
The Prime Minister
1957
The True Story of the Civil War
Narrator
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Malachi West · (1 episode)
1956
The Naked Eye
Sprecher
1956
The 20th Century Fox Hour
(1 episode)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Sam Pine · (1 episode)
1955
East of Eden
Adam Trask
1955
Seven Angry Men
John Brown
1955
Battle Cry
Major General Snipes
1955
Prince of Players
Junius Brutus Booth
1955
Climax!
Sir George Sidney · (1 episode)
1954
Climax!
Doc Woodward · (1 episode)
1954
The American Road
Narrator
1953
The Desert Song
Sheik Yousseff
1953
General Electric Theater
Lord Hook · (1 episode)
1953
General Electric Theater
Paul von Hindenburg · (1 episode)
1953
Carson City
Big Jack Davis
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Inquisitor · (1 episode)
1951
Come Fill the Cup
John Ives
1951
David and Bathsheba
Nathan
1951
Sugarfoot
Jacob Stint
1951
The Victor Borge Show
Self · (1 episode)
1951
Dallas
Will Marlow
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Abe Lincoln · (1 episode)
1950
Challenge: Science Against Cancer
Narrated by (voice)
1950
Barricade
Boss Kruger
1950
Chain Lightning
Leland Willis
1950
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · (1 episode)
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
(1 episode)
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Dr. Henry Craig · (1 episode)
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Dr. Clark Evans · (1 episode)
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Judge Benton · (1 episode)
1950
Roseanna McCoy
Old Randall McCoy
1949
Lights Out
(1 episode)
1949
The Fountainhead
Gail Wynand
1949
Ford Theatre
(1 episode)
1948
The Ford Theatre Hour
Clinton Jones · (1 episode)
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1948
Mourning Becomes Electra
Ezra Mannon
1947
Possessed
Dean Graham
1947
A Matter of Life and Death
Abraham Farlan
1946
God Is My Co-Pilot
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
1945
Hotel Berlin
Arnim von Dahnwitz
1945
The Woman in the Window
Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
1944
Arsenic and Old Lace
Jonathan Brewster
1944
Action in the North Atlantic
Capt. Steve Jarvis
1943
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
1942
Desperate Journey
Major Otto Baumeister
1942
Reap the Wild Wind
King Cutler
1942
Dangerously They Live
Dr. Ingersoll
1941
49th Parallel
Andy Brock
1941
Santa Fe Trail
John Brown
1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Abe Lincoln
1940
The Drum
Prince Ghul
1938
Black Limelight
Peter Charrington
1938
The Hurricane
DeLaage
1937
The Prisoner of Zenda
Black Michael
1937
Under the Red Robe
Cardinal Richelieu
1937
Fire Over England
King Philip II of Spain
1937
Dreaming Lips
Miguel del Vayo
1937
Things to Come
John Cabal / Oswald Cabal
1936
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Chauvelin
1934
The Old Dark House
Philip Waverton
1932
The Face at the Window
Paul le Gros
1932
The Speckled Band
Sherlock Holmes
1931
The Crooked Billet
1930
High Treason
Member of Federated States Council
1929