Raymond Massey
Known for Acting
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).
Filmography
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
as Jonathan Brewster
How the West Was Won
1962
as Abraham Lincoln
A Matter of Life and Death
1946
as Abraham Farlan
East of Eden
1955
as Adam Trask
Battle Cry
1955
as Major General Snipes
Mackenna's Gold
1969
as The Preacher
The Fountainhead
1949
as Gail Wynand
49th Parallel
1941
as Andy Brock
The Woman in the Window
1944
as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
The Old Dark House
1932
as Philip Waverton
Santa Fe Trail
1940
as John Brown
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945
as Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
Things to Come
1936
as John Cabal / Oswald Cabal
David and Bathsheba
1951
as Nathan
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as King Cutler
The Hurricane
1937
as DeLaage
Chain Lightning
1950
as Leland Willis
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
as Self
Possessed
1947
as Dean Graham
Mayerling
1957
as The Prime Minister