Raymond Massey
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 a...
Known For
Filmography
Dinah!
1974
as Self
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
1973
as Matthew Cunningham
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
as Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
All My Darling Daughters
1972
as Matthew Cunningham
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
1971
as Abraham Lincoln
Night Gallery
1970
as Dr. Glendon
Night Gallery
1970
as Colonel Archie Dittman (segment "Clean Kills and Other Trophies")
Mackenna's Gold
1969
as The Preacher
Saint Joan
1967
as The Inquisitor
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
as B. Elzie Bubb
Choice
1964
as Narrator
How the West Was Won
1962
as Abraham Lincoln
Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey
1962
as Narrator
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Queen's Guards
1961
The Fiercest Heart
1961
as Willem Prisloom
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie
The Great Impostor
1960
as Abbott Donner
Seconds for Survival
1960
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Insight
1960
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Captain William Brooks
Riverboat
1959
as Sir Oliver Garnett
The Naked and the Dead
1958
as General Cummings
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
as Amos Claypool
Mayerling
1957
as The Prime Minister
Omar Khayyam
1957
as The Shah
Wagon Train
1957
as Montezuma IX
The Naked Eye
1956
as Narrator (voice)
The True Story of the Civil War
1956
as Narrator
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Malachi West
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Sir George Sidney, MP
East of Eden
1955
as Adam Trask
Battle Cry
1955
as Major General Snipes
Seven Angry Men
1955
as John Brown
Prince of Players
1955
as Junius Brutus Booth
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Sam Pine
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as George Apley
Climax!
1954
as Sir George Sidney
Climax!
1954
as Doc Woodward
The Desert Song
1953
as Sheik Yousseff
The American Road
1953
as Narrator
General Electric Theater
1953
as Lord Hook
General Electric Theater
1953
as Paul von Hindenburg
Carson City
1952
as Big Jack Davis
David and Bathsheba
1951
as Nathan
Come Fill the Cup
1951
as John Ives
Sugarfoot
1951
as Jacob Stint
The Victor Borge Show
1951
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as The Inquisitor
Chain Lightning
1950
as Leland Willis
Dallas
1950
as Will Marlow
Barricade
1950
as Boss Kruger
Challenge: Science Against Cancer
1950
as Narrated by (voice)
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Abe Lincoln
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Dr. Henry Craig
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Dr. Clark Evans
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Judge Benton
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
The Fountainhead
1949
as Gail Wynand
Roseanna McCoy
1949
as Old Randall McCoy
Lights Out
1949
Ford Theatre
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Ford Theatre Hour
1948
as Clinton Jones
Possessed
1947
as Dean Graham
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
as Ezra Mannon
A Matter of Life and Death
1946
as Abraham Farlan
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945
as Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
Hotel Berlin
1945
as Arnim von Dahnwitz
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
as Jonathan Brewster
The Woman in the Window
1944
as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
as Capt. Steve Jarvis
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as King Cutler
Desperate Journey
1942
as Major Otto Baumeister
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
as Self
Dangerously They Live
1941
as Dr. Ingersoll
49th Parallel
1941
as Andy Brock
Santa Fe Trail
1940
as John Brown
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
as Abe Lincoln
The Drum
1938
as Prince Ghul
Black Limelight
1938
as Peter Charrington
Fire Over England
1937
as King Philip II of Spain
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937
as Black Michael
The Hurricane
1937
as DeLaage
Under the Red Robe
1937
as Cardinal Richelieu
Dreaming Lips
1937
as Miguel del Vayo
Things to Come
1936
as John Cabal / Oswald Cabal
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934
as Chauvelin
The Old Dark House
1932
as Philip Waverton
The Face at the Window
1932
as Paul le Gros
The Speckled Band
1931
as Sherlock Holmes
The Crooked Billet
1930
High Treason
1929
as Member of Federated States Council