Raymond Massey
Born
August 30, 1896 (age 86)
Died
July 29, 1983
Birthplace
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Raymond Massey

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).

Movies

My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
1973 ★ 6.0
Matthew Cunningham
The President's Plane Is Missing
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973 ★ 6.2
Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
All My Darling Daughters
All My Darling Daughters
1972 ★ 6.0
Matthew Cunningham
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
1971
Abraham Lincoln
Mackenna's Gold
Mackenna's Gold
1969 ★ 6.6
The Preacher
Saint Joan
Saint Joan
1967
The Inquisitor
Choice
Choice
1964 ★ 1.0
Narrator
How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won
1962 ★ 7.0
Abraham Lincoln
Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey
Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey
1962
Narrator
The Queen's Guards
The Queen's Guards
1961 ★ 4.8
The Fiercest Heart
The Fiercest Heart
1961 ★ 5.0
Willem Prisloom
The Great Impostor
The Great Impostor
1960 ★ 6.9
Abbott Donner
The Naked and the Dead
The Naked and the Dead
1958 ★ 5.8
General Cummings
Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam
1957 ★ 5.0
The Shah
Mayerling
Mayerling
1957 ★ 5.5
The Prime Minister
The True Story of the Civil War
The True Story of the Civil War
1956 ★ 7.0
Narrator
The Naked Eye
The Naked Eye
1956
Sprecher
East of Eden
East of Eden
1955 ★ 7.5
Adam Trask
Seven Angry Men
Seven Angry Men
1955 ★ 5.2
John Brown
Battle Cry
Battle Cry
1955 ★ 5.6
Major General Snipes
Prince of Players
Prince of Players
1955 ★ 4.7
Junius Brutus Booth
The American Road
The American Road
1953
Narrator
The Desert Song
The Desert Song
1953 ★ 6.5
Sheik Yousseff
Carson City
Carson City
1952 ★ 6.1
Big Jack Davis
Come Fill the Cup
Come Fill the Cup
1951 ★ 7.0
John Ives
David and Bathsheba
David and Bathsheba
1951 ★ 5.7
Nathan
Sugarfoot
Sugarfoot
1951 ★ 5.0
Jacob Stint
Dallas
Dallas
1950 ★ 6.5
Will Marlow
Challenge: Science Against Cancer
Challenge: Science Against Cancer
1950
Narrated by (voice)
Barricade
Barricade
1950 ★ 6.3
Boss Kruger
Chain Lightning
Chain Lightning
1950 ★ 6.3
Leland Willis
Roseanna McCoy
Roseanna McCoy
1949 ★ 5.6
Old Randall McCoy
The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
1949 ★ 6.8
Gail Wynand
Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947 ★ 6.0
Ezra Mannon
Possessed
Possessed
1947 ★ 6.9
Dean Graham
A Matter of Life and Death
A Matter of Life and Death
1946 ★ 7.8
Abraham Farlan
God Is My Co-Pilot
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945 ★ 6.9
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
Hotel Berlin
Hotel Berlin
1945 ★ 5.8
Arnim von Dahnwitz
The Woman in the Window
The Woman in the Window
1944 ★ 7.4
Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944 ★ 7.6
Jonathan Brewster
Action in the North Atlantic
Action in the North Atlantic
1943 ★ 7.1
Capt. Steve Jarvis
Desperate Journey
Desperate Journey
1942 ★ 6.0
Major Otto Baumeister
Reap the Wild Wind
Reap the Wild Wind
1942 ★ 6.4
King Cutler
Dangerously They Live
Dangerously They Live
1941 ★ 5.9
Dr. Ingersoll
49th Parallel
49th Parallel
1941 ★ 6.9
Andy Brock
Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe Trail
1940 ★ 5.7
John Brown
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940 ★ 6.8
Abe Lincoln
Black Limelight
Black Limelight
1938 ★ 5.8
Peter Charrington
The Drum
The Drum
1938 ★ 5.9
Prince Ghul
The Hurricane
The Hurricane
1937 ★ 6.7
DeLaage
The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937 ★ 7.5
Black Michael
Under the Red Robe
Under the Red Robe
1937 ★ 6.3
Cardinal Richelieu
Fire Over England
Fire Over England
1937 ★ 6.2
King Philip II of Spain
Dreaming Lips
Dreaming Lips
1937 ★ 6.0
Miguel del Vayo
Things to Come
Things to Come
1936 ★ 6.5
John Cabal / Oswald Cabal
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934 ★ 6.9
Chauvelin
The Old Dark House
The Old Dark House
1932 ★ 6.7
Philip Waverton
The Face at the Window
The Face at the Window
1932
Paul le Gros
The Speckled Band
The Speckled Band
1931 ★ 5.5
Sherlock Holmes
The Crooked Billet
The Crooked Billet
1930
High Treason
High Treason
1929 ★ 5.8
Member of Federated States Council

TV Series