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Raymond Massey

Actor • Born 1896

Raymond Massey

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About

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

Wagon Train posterWagon TrainSeries • 1957Dr. Kildare posterDr. KildareSeries • 1961Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre posterDick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956Climax! posterClimax!Series • 1954Robert Montgomery Presents posterRobert Montgomery PresentsSeries • 1950Night Gallery posterNight GallerySeries • 1970Alfred Hitchcock Presents posterAlfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1955Adventures in Paradise posterAdventures in ParadiseSeries • 1959Lights Out posterLights OutSeries • 1949The 20th Century Fox Hour posterThe 20th Century Fox HourSeries • 1955Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse posterWestinghouse Desilu PlayhouseSeries • 1958East of Eden posterEast of EdenMovie • 1955Riverboat posterRiverboatSeries • 1959Lux Video Theatre posterLux Video TheatreSeries • 1950The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. posterThe Girl from U.N.C.L.E.Series • 1966How the West Was Won posterHow the West Was WonMovie • 1962Arsenic and Old Lace posterArsenic and Old LaceMovie • 1944A Matter of Life and Death posterA Matter of Life and DeathMovie • 1946The Old Dark House posterThe Old Dark HouseMovie • 1932The Woman in the Window posterThe Woman in the WindowMovie • 1944Mackenna's Gold posterMackenna's GoldMovie • 1969Things to Come posterThings to ComeMovie • 1936Dallas posterDallasMovie • 1950Battle Cry posterBattle CryMovie • 1955