Raymond Massey
Known for Acting
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).
Filmography
How the West Was Won
1962
as Abraham Lincoln
East of Eden
1955
as Adam Trask
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
as Jonathan Brewster
Mackenna's Gold
1969
as The Preacher
A Matter of Life and Death
1946
as Abraham Farlan
The Fountainhead
1949
as Gail Wynand
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937
as Black Michael
49th Parallel
1941
as Andy Brock
Santa Fe Trail
1940
as John Brown
The Woman in the Window
1944
as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
Possessed
1947
as Dean Graham
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
as Capt. Steve Jarvis
Dallas
1950
as Will Marlow
The Hurricane
1937
as DeLaage
The Old Dark House
1932
as Philip Waverton
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as King Cutler
Carson City
1952
as Big Jack Davis
Battle Cry
1955
as Major General Snipes
Things to Come
1936
as John Cabal / Oswald Cabal
Hotel Berlin
1945
as Arnim von Dahnwitz