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).
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1896-08-30
Place of birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Cast
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
7.64
East of Eden
1955
7.54
Santa Fe Trail
1940
5.70
Things to Come
1936
6.50
Possessed
1947
6.90
Fire Over England
1937
6.20
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
7.11
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934
6.92
The Old Dark House
1932
6.72
The Fountainhead
1949
6.83
How the West Was Won
1962
7.00
A Matter of Life and Death
1946
7.75
David and Bathsheba
1951
5.70
The Naked and the Dead
1958
5.80
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
6.80
The Drum
1938
5.90
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937
7.50
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
6.40
The Great Impostor
1960
6.90
The Woman in the Window
1944
7.36
The Speckled Band
1931
5.50
Mackenna's Gold
1969
6.60
Dangerously They Live
1941
5.90
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
6.05
Battle Cry
1955
5.56
Carson City
1952
6.10
Desperate Journey
1942
6.00
Chain Lightning
1950
6.30
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945
6.90
Come Fill the Cup
1951
7.00
Dallas
1950
6.50
Sugarfoot
1951
5.00
Seven Angry Men
1955
5.20
Prince of Players
1955
4.70
Hotel Berlin
1945
5.85
Mayerling
1957
5.50
Roseanna McCoy
1949
5.58
The Queen's Guards
1961
4.80
Omar Khayyam
1957
5.00
The Desert Song
1953
6.50
Choice
1964
1.00
Barricade
1950
6.30
Black Limelight
1938
5.80
The Hurricane
1937
6.70
Saint Joan
1967
0.00
49th Parallel
1941
6.90
The Face at the Window
1932
0.00
High Treason
1929
5.80
The Crooked Billet
1930
0.00
The Fiercest Heart
1961
5.00
Seconds for Survival
1960
0.00
The Naked Eye
1956
0.00
Under the Red Robe
1937
6.29
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
6.20
Dreaming Lips
1937
6.00
All My Darling Daughters
1972
6.00
The True Story of the Civil War
1956
7.00
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
6.00
The American Road
1953
0.00
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
1971
0.00
