Raymond Massey

Raymond Massey

Acting
Born Aug 30, 1896
From Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died Jul 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

Filmography — Acting

East of Eden
7.5
1955

East of Eden

Adam Trask

How the West Was Won
7.0
1962

How the West Was Won

Abraham Lincoln

Mackenna's Gold
6.6
1969

Mackenna's Gold

The Preacher

A Matter of Life and Death
7.8
1946

A Matter of Life and Death

Abraham Farlan

Arsenic and Old Lace
7.6
1944

Arsenic and Old Lace

Jonathan Brewster

49th Parallel
6.9
1941

49th Parallel

Andy Brock

The Old Dark House
6.7
1932

The Old Dark House

Philip Waverton

Santa Fe Trail
5.8
1940

Santa Fe Trail

John Brown

The Woman in the Window
7.4
1944

The Woman in the Window

Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor

The Fountainhead
6.8
1949

The Fountainhead

Gail Wynand

Reap the Wild Wind
6.4
1942

Reap the Wild Wind

King Cutler

Dallas
6.5
1950

Dallas

Will Marlow

Possessed
6.9
1947

Possessed

Dean Graham

The Prisoner of Zenda
7.5
1937

The Prisoner of Zenda

Black Michael

Battle Cry
5.6
1955

Battle Cry

Major General Snipes

David and Bathsheba
5.8
1951

David and Bathsheba

Nathan

Action in the North Atlantic
7.1
1943

Action in the North Atlantic

Capt. Steve Jarvis

The Naked and the Dead
5.8
1958

The Naked and the Dead

General Cummings

The President's Plane Is Missing
6.2
1973

The President's Plane Is Missing

Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey

The Great Impostor
6.9
1960

The Great Impostor

Abbott Donner

The Hurricane
6.8
1937

The Hurricane

DeLaage

The Drum
5.9
1938

The Drum

Prince Ghul

Abe Lincoln in Illinois
6.8
1940

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Abe Lincoln

Carson City
6.1
1952

Carson City

Big Jack Davis

Barricade
6.3
1950

Barricade

Boss Kruger

Things to Come
6.5
1936

Things to Come

John Cabal / Oswald Cabal

Omar Khayyam
5.7
1957

Omar Khayyam

The Shah

Breakdowns of 1942
6.0
1942

Breakdowns of 1942

Self

The Scarlet Pimpernel
7.0
1934

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Chauvelin

Come Fill the Cup
7.0
1951

Come Fill the Cup

John Ives

Mourning Becomes Electra
6.0
1947

Mourning Becomes Electra

Ezra Mannon

All My Darling Daughters
6.0
1972

All My Darling Daughters

Matthew Cunningham

Roseanna McCoy
5.6
1949

Roseanna McCoy

Old Randall McCoy

Fire Over England
6.2
1937

Fire Over England

King Philip II of Spain

The Desert Song
6.5
1953

The Desert Song

Sheik Yousseff

Mayerling
5.5
1957

Mayerling

The Prime Minister

God Is My Co-Pilot
6.9
1945

God Is My Co-Pilot

Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault

Hotel Berlin
5.9
1945

Hotel Berlin

Arnim von Dahnwitz

The Queen's Guards
4.8
1961

The Queen's Guards

Desperate Journey
6.1
1942

Desperate Journey

Major Otto Baumeister

5.0
1961

The Fiercest Heart

Willem Prisloom

Sugarfoot
5.0
1951

Sugarfoot

Jacob Stint

Seven Angry Men
5.2
1955

Seven Angry Men

John Brown

Dangerously They Live
5.9
1941

Dangerously They Live

Dr. Ingersoll

Chain Lightning
6.3
1950

Chain Lightning

Leland Willis

Prince of Players
4.7
1955

Prince of Players

Junius Brutus Booth

Dreaming Lips
6.0
1937

Dreaming Lips

Miguel del Vayo

Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
1971

Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age

Abraham Lincoln

The Speckled Band
5.5
1931

The Speckled Band

Sherlock Holmes

My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
6.0
1973

My Darling Daughters' Anniversary

Matthew Cunningham

Under the Red Robe
6.3
1937

Under the Red Robe

Cardinal Richelieu

1932

The Face at the Window

Paul le Gros

Saint Joan
1967

Saint Joan

The Inquisitor

High Treason
5.8
1929

High Treason

Member of Federated States Council

1.0
1964

Choice

Narrator

Seconds for Survival
1960

Seconds for Survival

Self - Narrator (voice)

The Naked Eye
1956

The Naked Eye

Sprecher

Black Limelight
5.8
1938

Black Limelight

Peter Charrington

The Crooked Billet
1930

The Crooked Billet

1953

The American Road

Narrator

The True Story of the Civil War
7.0
1956

The True Story of the Civil War

Narrator

1950

Challenge: Science Against Cancer

Narrated by (voice)

Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey
1962

Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey

Narrator