Acting
Raymond Massey
Born 1896-08-30
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Department: Acting
Biography
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
Prominent works featuring Raymond Massey
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
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Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
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East of Eden
1955
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How the West Was Won
1962
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The Merv Griffin Show
1962
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A Matter of Life and Death
1946
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What's My Line?
1950
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Wagon Train
1957
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The Woman in the Window
1944
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (97 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Dinah! | Self | TV Series | 1974 |
 | My Darling Daughters' Anniversary | Matthew Cunningham | Movie | 1973 |
 | The President's Plane Is Missing | Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey | Movie | 1973 |
 | All My Darling Daughters | Matthew Cunningham | Movie | 1972 |
 | Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age | Abraham Lincoln | Movie | 1971 |
 | Night Gallery | Dr. Glendon | TV Series | 1970 |
| Night Gallery | Colonel Archie Dittman (segment "Clean Kills and Other Trophies") | TV Series | 1970 |
 | Mackenna's Gold | The Preacher | Movie | 1969 |
 | Saint Joan | The Inquisitor | Movie | 1967 |
 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | B. Elzie Bubb | TV Series | 1966 |
| Choice | Narrator | Movie | 1964 | |
 | How the West Was Won | Abraham Lincoln | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV Series | 1962 |
 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV Series | 1962 |
 | Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey | Narrator | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Queen's Guards | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie | TV Series | 1961 |
| The Fiercest Heart | Willem Prisloom | Movie | 1961 | |
 | The Great Impostor | Abbott Donner | Movie | 1960 |
 | Insight | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1960 |
 | Seconds for Survival | Self - Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1960 |
 | Adventures in Paradise | Captain William Brooks | TV Series | 1959 |
 | Riverboat | Sir Oliver Garnett | TV Series | 1959 |
 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Amos Claypool | TV Series | 1958 |
 | The Naked and the Dead | General Cummings | Movie | 1958 |
 | Wagon Train | Montezuma IX | TV Series | 1957 |
 | Omar Khayyam | The Shah | Movie | 1957 |
 | Mayerling | The Prime Minister | Movie | 1957 |
 | The True Story of the Civil War | Narrator | Movie | 1956 |
 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Malachi West | TV Series | 1956 |
 | Armchair Theatre | Sir George Sidney, MP | TV Series | 1956 |
| Armchair Theatre | Writer | TV Series | 1956 |
 | The Naked Eye | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1956 |
 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | George Apley | TV Series | 1955 |
 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Sam Pine | TV Series | 1955 |
 | East of Eden | Adam Trask | Movie | 1955 |
 | Seven Angry Men | John Brown | Movie | 1955 |
 | Battle Cry | Major General Snipes | Movie | 1955 |
 | Prince of Players | Junius Brutus Booth | Movie | 1955 |
 | Climax! | Sir George Sidney | TV Series | 1954 |
| Climax! | Doc Woodward | TV Series | 1954 |
| The American Road | Narrator | Movie | 1953 | |
 | The Desert Song | Sheik Yousseff | Movie | 1953 |
 | General Electric Theater | Lord Hook | TV Series | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Paul von Hindenburg | TV Series | 1953 |
 | Carson City | Big Jack Davis | Movie | 1952 |
 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | The Inquisitor | TV Series | 1951 |
 | Come Fill the Cup | John Ives | Movie | 1951 |
 | David and Bathsheba | Nathan | Movie | 1951 |
 | Sugarfoot | Jacob Stint | Movie | 1951 |
| The Victor Borge Show | Self | TV Series | 1951 | |
 | Dallas | Will Marlow | Movie | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Abe Lincoln | TV Series | 1950 | |
| Challenge: Science Against Cancer | Narrated by (voice) | Movie | 1950 | |
 | The Bob Hope Show | Self | TV Series | 1950 |
 | Barricade | Boss Kruger | Movie | 1950 |
 | Chain Lightning | Leland Willis | Movie | 1950 |
 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | TV Series | 1950 |
 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1950 |
| Robert Montgomery Presents | Dr. Henry Craig | TV Series | 1950 |
| Robert Montgomery Presents | Dr. Clark Evans | TV Series | 1950 |
| Robert Montgomery Presents | Judge Benton | TV Series | 1950 |
 | Roseanna McCoy | Old Randall McCoy | Movie | 1949 |
 | Lights Out | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1949 |
 | The Fountainhead | Gail Wynand | Movie | 1949 |
| Ford Theatre | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1948 | |
 | The Ford Theatre Hour | Clinton Jones | TV Series | 1948 |
 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV Series | 1948 |
 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Ezra Mannon | Movie | 1947 |
 | Possessed | Dean Graham | Movie | 1947 |
 | A Matter of Life and Death | Abraham Farlan | Movie | 1946 |
 | God Is My Co-Pilot | Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault | Movie | 1945 |
 | Hotel Berlin | Arnim von Dahnwitz | Movie | 1945 |
 | The Woman in the Window | Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor | Movie | 1944 |
 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Jonathan Brewster | Movie | 1944 |
 | Action in the North Atlantic | Capt. Steve Jarvis | Movie | 1943 |
 | Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | Movie | 1942 |
 | Desperate Journey | Major Otto Baumeister | Movie | 1942 |
 | Reap the Wild Wind | King Cutler | Movie | 1942 |
 | Dangerously They Live | Dr. Ingersoll | Movie | 1941 |
 | 49th Parallel | Andy Brock | Movie | 1941 |
 | Santa Fe Trail | John Brown | Movie | 1940 |
 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | Abe Lincoln | Movie | 1940 |
 | Black Limelight | Peter Charrington | Movie | 1938 |
 | The Drum | Prince Ghul | Movie | 1938 |
 | The Hurricane | DeLaage | Movie | 1937 |
 | The Prisoner of Zenda | Black Michael | Movie | 1937 |
 | Under the Red Robe | Cardinal Richelieu | Movie | 1937 |
 | Fire Over England | King Philip II of Spain | Movie | 1937 |
 | Dreaming Lips | Miguel del Vayo | Movie | 1937 |
 | Things to Come | John Cabal / Oswald Cabal | Movie | 1936 |
 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Chauvelin | Movie | 1934 |
 | The Old Dark House | Philip Waverton | Movie | 1932 |
| The Face at the Window | Paul le Gros | Movie | 1932 | |
 | The Speckled Band | Sherlock Holmes | Movie | 1931 |
 | The Crooked Billet | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1930 |
 | High Treason | Member of Federated States Council | Movie | 1929 |