Raymond Massey

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

91

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

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Night Gallery

    Night Gallery

  • The 20th Century Fox Hour

    The 20th Century Fox Hour

  • Adventures in Paradise

    Adventures in Paradise

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Lights Out

    Lights Out

  • How the West Was Won

    How the West Was Won

  • Ford Theatre

    Ford Theatre

  • Riverboat

    Riverboat

  • Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

  • The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

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

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • East of Eden

    East of Eden

  • Santa Fe Trail

    Santa Fe Trail

  • A Matter of Life and Death

    A Matter of Life and Death

  • The Great Impostor

    The Great Impostor

  • Reap the Wild Wind

    Reap the Wild Wind

  • The Woman in the Window

    The Woman in the Window

  • The Queen's Guards

    The Queen's Guards

  • Dreaming Lips

    Dreaming Lips

  • Fire Over England

    Fire Over England

  • The Fountainhead

    The Fountainhead

  • Roseanna McCoy

    Roseanna McCoy

  • The Speckled Band

    The Speckled Band

  • Abe Lincoln in Illinois

    Abe Lincoln in Illinois

  • The Fiercest Heart

    The Fiercest Heart

  • Barricade

    Barricade

  • Saint Joan

    Saint Joan

  • The Crooked Billet

    The Crooked Billet

  • The Hurricane

    The Hurricane

  • Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age

    Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age

  • Arsenic and Old Lace

    Arsenic and Old Lace

  • High Treason

    High Treason

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Desperate Journey

    Desperate Journey

  • Omar Khayyam

    Omar Khayyam

  • Under the Red Robe

    Under the Red Robe

  • The Face at the Window

    The Face at the Window

  • The American Road

    The American Road

  • Mackenna's Gold

    Mackenna's Gold

  • Come Fill the Cup

    Come Fill the Cup

  • Mourning Becomes Electra

    Mourning Becomes Electra

  • Dallas

    Dallas

  • Carson City

    Carson City

  • Possessed

    Possessed

  • Mayerling

    Mayerling

  • Action in the North Atlantic

    Action in the North Atlantic

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • Seven Angry Men

    Seven Angry Men

  • Things to Come

    Things to Come

  • The Naked and the Dead

    The Naked and the Dead

  • God Is My Co-Pilot

    God Is My Co-Pilot

  • Prince of Players

    Prince of Players

  • The Ford Theatre Hour

    The Ford Theatre Hour

  • Breakdowns of 1942

    Breakdowns of 1942

  • Chain Lightning

    Chain Lightning

  • The Desert Song

    The Desert Song

  • The Drum

    The Drum

  • Black Limelight

    Black Limelight

  • Sugarfoot

    Sugarfoot

  • The Prisoner of Zenda

    The Prisoner of Zenda

  • Battle Cry

    Battle Cry

  • David and Bathsheba

    David and Bathsheba

  • The Victor Borge Show

    The Victor Borge Show

  • Insight

    Insight

  • Dangerously They Live

    Dangerously They Live

  • The Old Dark House

    The Old Dark House

  • 49th Parallel

    49th Parallel

  • The Scarlet Pimpernel

    The Scarlet Pimpernel

  • Hotel Berlin

    Hotel Berlin

  • All My Darling Daughters

    All My Darling Daughters

  • The Naked Eye

    The Naked Eye

  • The President's Plane Is Missing

    The President's Plane Is Missing

  • My Darling Daughters' Anniversary

    My Darling Daughters' Anniversary

  • Seconds for Survival

    Seconds for Survival

  • Choice

    Choice

  • The True Story of the Civil War

    The True Story of the Civil War

  • Challenge: Science Against Cancer

    Challenge: Science Against Cancer

  • Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey

    Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey