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Raymond Massey

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 Li

Born

Aug 30, 1896

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Died

Jul 29, 1983

Known For

Acting

Movies

63 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.0

Known For

How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won
1962 as Abraham Lincoln
★ 7.0
A Matter of Life and Death
A Matter of Life and Death
1946 as Abraham Farlan
★ 7.8
Mackenna's Gold
Mackenna's Gold
1969 as The Preacher
★ 6.6
East of Eden
East of Eden
1955 as Adam Trask
★ 7.5
Battle Cry
Battle Cry
1955 as Major General Snipes
★ 5.7
Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944 as Jonathan Brewster
★ 7.6
The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
1949 as Gail Wynand
★ 6.8
The Desert Song
The Desert Song
1953 as Sheik Yousseff
★ 6.8
David and Bathsheba
David and Bathsheba
1951 as Nathan
★ 5.9
The Hurricane
The Hurricane
1937 as DeLaage
★ 6.8
Dallas
Dallas
1950 as Will Marlow
★ 6.5
Dreaming Lips
Dreaming Lips
1937 as Miguel del Vayo
★ 7.0
The Woman in the Window
The Woman in the Window
1944 as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
★ 7.4
Possessed
Possessed
1947 as Dean Graham
★ 6.9
Reap the Wild Wind
Reap the Wild Wind
1942 as King Cutler
★ 6.4
Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe Trail
1940 as John Brown
★ 5.8
49th Parallel
49th Parallel
1941 as Andy Brock
★ 7.0
The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937 as Black Michael
★ 7.5
Action in the North Atlantic
Action in the North Atlantic
1943 as Capt. Steve Jarvis
★ 7.1
God Is My Co-Pilot
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945 as Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
★ 7.2
Carson City
Carson City
1952 as Big Jack Davis
★ 6.2
The Great Impostor
The Great Impostor
1960 as Abbott Donner
★ 6.9
The Old Dark House
The Old Dark House
1932 as Philip Waverton
★ 6.7
Breakdowns of 1942
Breakdowns of 1942
1942 as Self
★ 6.0
Black Limelight
Black Limelight
1938 as Peter Charrington
★ 6.6
Desperate Journey
Desperate Journey
1942 as Major Otto Baumeister
★ 6.1
Things to Come
Things to Come
1936 as John Cabal / Oswald Cabal
★ 6.5
Mayerling
Mayerling
1957 as The Prime Minister
★ 6.1
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934 as Chauvelin
★ 7.0
Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947 as Ezra Mannon
★ 6.1
Hotel Berlin
Hotel Berlin
1945 as Arnim von Dahnwitz
★ 6.1
Dangerously They Live
Dangerously They Live
1941 as Dr. Ingersoll
★ 6.3
The Naked and the Dead
The Naked and the Dead
1958 as General Cummings
★ 5.8
Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam
1957 as The Shah
★ 5.8
The President's Plane Is Missing
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973 as Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
★ 6.3
Barricade
Barricade
1950 as Boss Kruger
★ 6.4
Under the Red Robe
Under the Red Robe
1937 as Cardinal Richelieu
★ 6.8
Sugarfoot
Sugarfoot
1951 as Jacob Stint
★ 5.3
Chain Lightning
Chain Lightning
1950 as Leland Willis
★ 6.3
Prince of Players
Prince of Players
1955 as Junius Brutus Booth
★ 5.5
The Drum
The Drum
1938 as Prince Ghul
★ 6.1
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940 as Abe Lincoln
★ 6.9
Fire Over England
Fire Over England
1937 as King Philip II of Spain
★ 6.2
The Speckled Band
The Speckled Band
1931 as Sherlock Holmes
★ 5.8
Saint Joan
Saint Joan
1967 as The Inquisitor
★ 10.0
Seven Angry Men
Seven Angry Men
1955 as John Brown
★ 6.0
Come Fill the Cup
Come Fill the Cup
1951 as John Ives
★ 7.0
All My Darling Daughters
All My Darling Daughters
1972 as Matthew Cunningham
★ 7.5
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
1971 as Abraham Lincoln
Roseanna McCoy
Roseanna McCoy
1949 as Old Randall McCoy
★ 6.1
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
1973 as Matthew Cunningham
★ 7.5
The True Story of the Civil War
★ 7.6
High Treason
High Treason
1929 as Member of Federated States Council
★ 6.0
movie
Choice
1964 as Narrator
★ 1.0
The Naked Eye
The Naked Eye
1956 as Sprecher
movie
The Fiercest Heart
1961 as Willem Prisloom
★ 5.7
movie
The Face at the Window
1932 as Paul le Gros
★ 9.0
Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey
★ 7.0
Seconds for Survival
Seconds for Survival
1960 as Self - Narrator (voice)
movie
Challenge: Science Against Cancer
1950 as Narrated by (voice)
★ 10.0
movie
The American Road
1953 as Narrator
★ 7.0