Raymond Massey

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

94

Gender

Male

Birthday

1896-08-30

Day of death

1983-07-29 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Raymond Massey

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

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • Dinah!

    Dinah!

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Bob Hope Show

    The Bob Hope Show

  • How the West Was Won

    How the West Was Won

  • Night Gallery

    Night Gallery

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Adventures in Paradise

    Adventures in Paradise

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • A Matter of Life and Death

    A Matter of Life and Death

  • Mackenna's Gold

    Mackenna's Gold

  • The 20th Century Fox Hour

    The 20th Century Fox Hour

  • Lights Out

    Lights Out

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

  • The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

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

  • Riverboat

    Riverboat

  • Hotel Berlin

    Hotel Berlin

  • Omar Khayyam

    Omar Khayyam

  • Mayerling

    Mayerling

  • Ford Theatre

    Ford Theatre

  • High Treason

    High Treason

  • The Fountainhead

    The Fountainhead

  • The Drum

    The Drum

  • Desperate Journey

    Desperate Journey

  • Roseanna McCoy

    Roseanna McCoy

  • Dallas

    Dallas

  • Chain Lightning

    Chain Lightning

  • Arsenic and Old Lace

    Arsenic and Old Lace

  • The Queen's Guards

    The Queen's Guards

  • East of Eden

    East of Eden

  • Battle Cry

    Battle Cry

  • Black Limelight

    Black Limelight

  • Things to Come

    Things to Come

  • Sugarfoot

    Sugarfoot

  • Carson City

    Carson City

  • Possessed

    Possessed

  • The Old Dark House

    The Old Dark House

  • Reap the Wild Wind

    Reap the Wild Wind

  • The Woman in the Window

    The Woman in the Window

  • The Great Impostor

    The Great Impostor

  • Saint Joan

    Saint Joan

  • Abe Lincoln in Illinois

    Abe Lincoln in Illinois

  • The Desert Song

    The Desert Song

  • The Naked and the Dead

    The Naked and the Dead

  • Mourning Becomes Electra

    Mourning Becomes Electra

  • The Face at the Window

    The Face at the Window

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • The Prisoner of Zenda

    The Prisoner of Zenda

  • Fire Over England

    Fire Over England

  • Action in the North Atlantic

    Action in the North Atlantic

  • The Ford Theatre Hour

    The Ford Theatre Hour

  • The Fiercest Heart

    The Fiercest Heart

  • Breakdowns of 1942

    Breakdowns of 1942

  • David and Bathsheba

    David and Bathsheba

  • Under the Red Robe

    Under the Red Robe

  • Prince of Players

    Prince of Players

  • Come Fill the Cup

    Come Fill the Cup

  • The Crooked Billet

    The Crooked Billet

  • Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age

    Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age

  • Dangerously They Live

    Dangerously They Live

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • The American Road

    The American Road

  • The Speckled Band

    The Speckled Band

  • God Is My Co-Pilot

    God Is My Co-Pilot

  • 49th Parallel

    49th Parallel

  • Seven Angry Men

    Seven Angry Men

  • The Scarlet Pimpernel

    The Scarlet Pimpernel

  • Insight

    Insight

  • The Hurricane

    The Hurricane

  • Challenge: Science Against Cancer

    Challenge: Science Against Cancer

  • Santa Fe Trail

    Santa Fe Trail

  • Barricade

    Barricade

  • The Victor Borge Show

    The Victor Borge Show

  • The Naked Eye

    The Naked Eye

  • All My Darling Daughters

    All My Darling Daughters

  • The President's Plane Is Missing

    The President's Plane Is Missing

  • Dreaming Lips

    Dreaming Lips

  • My Darling Daughters' Anniversary

    My Darling Daughters' Anniversary

  • The True Story of the Civil War

    The True Story of the Civil War

  • Choice

    Choice

  • Seconds for Survival

    Seconds for Survival

  • Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey

    Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey