Raymond Massey profile
Actor profile

Raymond Massey

30th August 1896 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Acting

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).

58 Movies 30 TV Shows 96 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

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Mayerling 4th February 1957 as The Prime Minister
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Dallas 30th December 1950 as Will Marlow
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High Treason 25th March 1929 as Member of Federated States Council
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Night Gallery 16th December 1970 as Colonel Archie Dittman (segment "Clean Kills and Other Trophies")
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Dr. Kildare 27th September 1961 as Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie
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Riverboat 13th September 1959 as Sir Oliver Garnett
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Climax! 7th October 1954 as Sir George Sidney
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Climax! 7th October 1954 as Doc Woodward