Raymond Massey
Acting1896Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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
Acting History
1976
Dinah!
TVas Self• 1 eps
1973
The President's Plane Is Missing
as Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
as Matthew Cunningham
1972
All My Darling Daughters
as Matthew Cunningham
Night Gallery
TVas Dr. Glendon• 1 eps
1971
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
as Abraham Lincoln
1969
Mackenna's Gold
as The Preacher
1967
Saint Joan
as The Inquisitor
1966
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TVas B. Elzie Bubb• 1 eps
1964
Choice
as Narrator
1963
The Bob Hope Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
1962
How the West Was Won
as Abraham Lincoln
Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey
as Narrator
What's My Line?
TVas Self - Mystery Guest• 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
TVas Self
1961
The Fiercest Heart
as Willem Prisloom
Dr. Kildare
TVas Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie• 191 eps
Adventures in Paradise
TVas Captain William Brooks• 1 eps
1960
The Great Impostor
as Abbott Donner
Seconds for Survival
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Wagon Train
TVas Montezuma IX• 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TVas Malachi West• 1 eps
Riverboat
TVas Sir Oliver Garnett• 1 eps
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TVas Amos Claypool• 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas Sam Pine• 1 eps
1958
The Naked and the Dead
as General Cummings
1957
Mayerling
as The Prime Minister
Omar Khayyam
as The Shah
1956
The Naked Eye
as Sprecher
The True Story of the Civil War
as Narrator
Climax!
TVas Doc Woodward• 1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
TVas Judge Benton• 1 eps
1955
Battle Cry
as Major General Snipes
East of Eden
as Adam Trask
Prince of Players
as Junius Brutus Booth
Seven Angry Men
as John Brown
1953
The Desert Song
as Sheik Yousseff
The American Road
as Narrator
General Electric Theater
TVas Lord Hook / Paul von Hindenburg
1952
Carson City
as Big Jack Davis
1951
Come Fill the Cup
as John Ives
David and Bathsheba
as Nathan
Sugarfoot
as Jacob Stint
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas The Inquisitor
The Victor Borge Show
TVas Self
1950
Chain Lightning
as Leland Willis
Dallas
as Will Marlow
Barricade
as Boss Kruger
Challenge: Science Against Cancer
as Narrated by (voice)
Lux Video Theatre
TVas Abe Lincoln
1949
The Fountainhead
as Gail Wynand
Roseanna McCoy
as Old Randall McCoy
1948
1947
Possessed
as Dean Graham
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Ezra Mannon
1946
A Matter of Life and Death
as Abraham Farlan
1945
God Is My Co-Pilot
as Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
Hotel Berlin
as Arnim von Dahnwitz
1944
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Jonathan Brewster
The Woman in the Window
as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
1943
Action in the North Atlantic
as Capt. Steve Jarvis
1942
1941
Dangerously They Live
as Dr. Ingersoll
49th Parallel
as Andy Brock
1940
Santa Fe Trail
as John Brown
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Abe Lincoln
1938
The Drum
as Prince Ghul
Black Limelight
as Peter Charrington
1937
Under the Red Robe
as Cardinal Richelieu
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Black Michael
Fire Over England
as King Philip II of Spain
The Hurricane
as DeLaage
Dreaming Lips
as Miguel del Vayo
1936
Things to Come
as John Cabal / Oswald Cabal
1934
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Chauvelin
1932
The Face at the Window
as Paul le Gros
The Old Dark House
as Philip Waverton
1931
The Speckled Band
as Sherlock Holmes
1929
High Treason
as Member of Federated States Council