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

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Hotel Berlin

    Hotel Berlin

  • The Bob Hope Show

    The Bob Hope Show

  • Adventures in Paradise

    Adventures in Paradise

  • Night Gallery

    Night Gallery

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Carson City

    Carson City

  • Omar Khayyam

    Omar Khayyam

  • Dinah!

    Dinah!

  • The 20th Century Fox Hour

    The 20th Century Fox Hour

  • Lights Out

    Lights Out

  • Mayerling

    Mayerling

  • Black Limelight

    Black Limelight

  • Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

  • Battle Cry

    Battle Cry

  • Dangerously They Live

    Dangerously They Live

  • Riverboat

    Riverboat

  • Chain Lightning

    Chain Lightning

  • David and Bathsheba

    David and Bathsheba

  • Breakdowns of 1942

    Breakdowns of 1942

  • Sugarfoot

    Sugarfoot

  • Roseanna McCoy

    Roseanna McCoy

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • God Is My Co-Pilot

    God Is My Co-Pilot

  • Arsenic and Old Lace

    Arsenic and Old Lace

  • The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

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

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Dallas

    Dallas

  • How the West Was Won

    How the West Was Won

  • The Ford Theatre Hour

    The Ford Theatre Hour

  • Saint Joan

    Saint Joan

  • A Matter of Life and Death

    A Matter of Life and Death

  • High Treason

    High Treason

  • The Fountainhead

    The Fountainhead

  • Mackenna's Gold

    Mackenna's Gold

  • East of Eden

    East of Eden

  • Ford Theatre

    Ford Theatre

  • The Fiercest Heart

    The Fiercest Heart

  • The Old Dark House

    The Old Dark House

  • The Woman in the Window

    The Woman in the Window

  • 49th Parallel

    49th Parallel

  • Reap the Wild Wind

    Reap the Wild Wind

  • The Naked Eye

    The Naked Eye

  • The Hurricane

    The Hurricane

  • Choice

    Choice

  • Prince of Players

    Prince of Players

  • Possessed

    Possessed

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • The Great Impostor

    The Great Impostor

  • Things to Come

    Things to Come

  • Santa Fe Trail

    Santa Fe Trail

  • The Prisoner of Zenda

    The Prisoner of Zenda

  • Action in the North Atlantic

    Action in the North Atlantic

  • The Scarlet Pimpernel

    The Scarlet Pimpernel

  • Desperate Journey

    Desperate Journey

  • The Naked and the Dead

    The Naked and the Dead

  • Insight

    Insight

  • The President's Plane Is Missing

    The President's Plane Is Missing

  • Fire Over England

    Fire Over England

  • Mourning Becomes Electra

    Mourning Becomes Electra

  • Abe Lincoln in Illinois

    Abe Lincoln in Illinois

  • Seven Angry Men

    Seven Angry Men

  • The Desert Song

    The Desert Song

  • All My Darling Daughters

    All My Darling Daughters

  • The Drum

    The Drum

  • The Speckled Band

    The Speckled Band

  • Barricade

    Barricade

  • Come Fill the Cup

    Come Fill the Cup

  • My Darling Daughters' Anniversary

    My Darling Daughters' Anniversary

  • The Victor Borge Show

    The Victor Borge Show

  • Under the Red Robe

    Under the Red Robe

  • Dreaming Lips

    Dreaming Lips

  • The Face at the Window

    The Face at the Window

  • The Crooked Billet

    The Crooked Billet

  • The Queen's Guards

    The Queen's Guards

  • The True Story of the Civil War

    The True Story of the Civil War

  • Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age

    Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age

  • Seconds for Survival

    Seconds for Survival

  • Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey

    Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey

  • The American Road

    The American Road

  • Challenge: Science Against Cancer

    Challenge: Science Against Cancer