Raymond Massey
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).
Born: August 30, 1896
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Known For
Filmography
as Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
as Matthew Cunningham
as Abraham Lincoln
as Dr. Glendon
as The Preacher
as B. Elzie Bubb
as Abraham Lincoln
as Self
as Narrator
as Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie
as Willem Prisloom
as Abbott Donner
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Captain William Brooks
as Sir Oliver Garnett
as Amos Claypool
as General Cummings
as The Shah
as The Prime Minister
as Narrator
as Malachi West
as Sprecher
as Sam Pine
as Adam Trask
as John Brown
as Major General Snipes
as Junius Brutus Booth
as Sir George Sidney
as Doc Woodward
as Sheik Yousseff
as Lord Hook
as Paul von Hindenburg
as Big Jack Davis
as The Inquisitor
as John Ives
as Nathan
as Jacob Stint
as Will Marlow
as Boss Kruger
as Leland Willis
as Self - Mystery Guest
as Dr. Henry Craig
as Dr. Clark Evans
as Judge Benton
as Old Randall McCoy
as Gail Wynand
as Clinton Jones
as Self
as Ezra Mannon
as Dean Graham
as Abraham Farlan
as Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
as Arnim von Dahnwitz
as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
as Jonathan Brewster
as Capt. Steve Jarvis
as Self
as Major Otto Baumeister
as King Cutler
as Dr. Ingersoll
as Andy Brock
as John Brown
as Abe Lincoln
as Prince Ghul
as Peter Charrington
as DeLaage
as Black Michael
as Cardinal Richelieu
as King Philip II of Spain
as Miguel del Vayo
as John Cabal / Oswald Cabal
as Chauvelin
as Philip Waverton
as Sherlock Holmes
as Member of Federated States Council