Raymond Massey
Known for acting · Born 30 August 1896 · Died 29 July 1983 · aged 86 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
92 credits
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
Dr. Kildare
1961
East of Eden
1955
The Woman in the Window
1944
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
Things to Come
1936
The Fountainhead
1949
49th Parallel
1941
Possessed
1947
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934
Santa Fe Trail
1940
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
The Hurricane
1937
Acting (91)
1974Dinah!SelfSeries
1973The President's Plane Is MissingSecretary of State Freeman SharkeyFilm
1973My Darling Daughters' AnniversaryMatthew CunninghamFilm
1972All My Darling DaughtersMatthew CunninghamFilm
1971Walt Whitman: Poet for a New AgeAbraham LincolnFilm
1970Night GalleryDr. Glendon, Colonel Archie Dittman (segment "Clean Kills and Other Trophies")Series
1969Mackenna's GoldThe PreacherFilm
1967Saint JoanThe InquisitorFilm
1966The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.B. Elzie BubbSeries
1964ChoiceNarratorFilm
1962How the West Was WonAbraham LincolnFilm
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelfSeries
1962Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian JourneyNarratorFilm
1961Dr. KildareDr. Leonard Barry Gillespie · 191 episodesSeries
1961The Queen's GuardsFilm
1961The Fiercest HeartWillem PrisloomFilm
1960The Great ImpostorAbbott DonnerFilm
1960InsightSeries
1960Seconds for SurvivalSelf - Narrator (voice)Film
1959Adventures in ParadiseCaptain William BrooksSeries
1959RiverboatSir Oliver GarnettSeries
1958The Naked and the DeadGeneral CummingsFilm
1958Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseAmos ClaypoolSeries
1957Wagon TrainMontezuma IXSeries
1957Omar KhayyamThe ShahFilm
1957MayerlingThe Prime MinisterFilm
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreMalachi WestSeries
1956The True Story of the Civil WarNarratorFilm
1956Armchair TheatreSir George Sidney, MPSeries
1956The Naked EyeNarrator (voice)Film
1955East of EdenAdam TraskFilm
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSam PineSeries
1955Battle CryMajor General SnipesFilm
1955The 20th Century Fox HourGeorge ApleySeries
1955Seven Angry MenJohn BrownFilm
1955Prince of PlayersJunius Brutus BoothFilm
1954Climax!Sir George Sidney, Doc WoodwardSeries
1953General Electric TheaterLord Hook, Paul von HindenburgSeries
1953The Desert SongSheik YousseffFilm
1953The American RoadNarratorFilm
1952Carson CityBig Jack DavisFilm
1951David and BathshebaNathanFilm
1951Hallmark Hall of FameThe InquisitorSeries
1951Come Fill the CupJohn IvesFilm
1951SugarfootJacob StintFilm
1951The Victor Borge ShowSelfSeries
1950DallasWill MarlowFilm
1950What's My Line?Self - Mystery GuestSeries
1950Chain LightningLeland WillisFilm
1950Robert Montgomery Presents, Dr. Henry Craig, Dr. Clark Evans, Judge BentonSeries
1950BarricadeBoss KrugerFilm
1950Lux Video TheatreAbe LincolnSeries
1950The Bob Hope ShowSelfSeries
1950Challenge: Science Against CancerNarrated by (voice)Film
1949The FountainheadGail WynandFilm
1949Roseanna McCoyOld Randall McCoyFilm
1949Lights OutSeries
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1948Ford TheatreSeries
1948Years AgoClinton JonesFilm
1948The Ford Theatre HourClinton JonesSeries
1947PossessedDean GrahamFilm
1947Mourning Becomes ElectraEzra MannonFilm
1946A Matter of Life and DeathAbraham FarlanFilm
1945Hotel BerlinArnim von DahnwitzFilm
1945God Is My Co-PilotMaj. Gen. Claire L. ChennaultFilm
1944Arsenic and Old LaceJonathan BrewsterFilm
1944The Woman in the WindowDist. Attorney Frank LalorFilm
1943Action in the North AtlanticCapt. Steve JarvisFilm
1942Reap the Wild WindKing CutlerFilm
1942Desperate JourneyMajor Otto BaumeisterFilm
1942Breakdowns of 1942SelfFilm
194149th ParallelAndy BrockFilm
1941Dangerously They LiveDr. IngersollFilm
1940Santa Fe TrailJohn BrownFilm
1940Abe Lincoln in IllinoisAbe LincolnFilm
1938The DrumPrince GhulFilm
1938Black LimelightPeter CharringtonFilm
1937The Prisoner of ZendaBlack MichaelFilm
1937The HurricaneDeLaageFilm
1937Fire Over EnglandKing Philip II of SpainFilm
1937Under the Red RobeCardinal RichelieuFilm
1937Dreaming LipsMiguel del VayoFilm
1936Things to ComeJohn Cabal / Oswald CabalFilm
1934The Scarlet PimpernelChauvelinFilm
1932The Old Dark HousePhilip WavertonFilm
1932The Face at the WindowPaul le GrosFilm
1931The Speckled BandSherlock HolmesFilm
1930The Crooked BilletFilm
1929High TreasonMember of Federated States CouncilFilm
Writing (1)
1956Armchair TheatreWriterSeries