Raymond Massey

Raymond Massey

🎂 30th August 1896 (129 yrs) 📍 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Known For

Arsenic and Old Lace

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).

Raymond Massey

Movies Featuring Raymond Massey

My Darling Daughters' Anniversary

My Darling Daughters' Anniversary (1973)

as Matthew Cunningham
The President's Plane Is Missing

The President's Plane Is Missing (1973)

as Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
All My Darling Daughters

All My Darling Daughters (1972)

as Matthew Cunningham
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age

Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age (1971)

as Abraham Lincoln
Mackenna's Gold

Mackenna's Gold (1969)

as The Preacher
Saint Joan

Saint Joan (1967)

as The Inquisitor
No Image

Choice (1964)

as Narrator
How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won (1962)

as Abraham Lincoln
Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey

Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey (1962)

as Narrator
The Queen's Guards

The Queen's Guards (1961)

No Image

The Fiercest Heart (1961)

as Willem Prisloom
The Great Impostor

The Great Impostor (1960)

as Abbott Donner
Seconds for Survival

Seconds for Survival (1960)

as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Naked and the Dead

The Naked and the Dead (1958)

as General Cummings
Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam (1957)

as The Shah
Mayerling

Mayerling (1957)

as The Prime Minister
The True Story of the Civil War

The True Story of the Civil War (1956)

as Narrator
The Naked Eye

The Naked Eye (1956)

as Sprecher
East of Eden

East of Eden (1955)

as Adam Trask
Seven Angry Men

Seven Angry Men (1955)

as John Brown
Battle Cry

Battle Cry (1955)

as Major General Snipes
Prince of Players

Prince of Players (1955)

as Junius Brutus Booth
No Image

The American Road (1953)

as Narrator
The Desert Song

The Desert Song (1953)

as Sheik Yousseff
Carson City

Carson City (1952)

as Big Jack Davis
Come Fill the Cup

Come Fill the Cup (1951)

as John Ives
David and Bathsheba

David and Bathsheba (1951)

as Nathan
Sugarfoot

Sugarfoot (1951)

as Jacob Stint
Dallas

Dallas (1950)

as Will Marlow
No Image

Challenge: Science Against Cancer (1950)

as Narrated by (voice)
Barricade

Barricade (1950)

as Boss Kruger
Chain Lightning

Chain Lightning (1950)

as Leland Willis
Roseanna McCoy

Roseanna McCoy (1949)

as Old Randall McCoy
The Fountainhead

The Fountainhead (1949)

as Gail Wynand
Mourning Becomes Electra

Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)

as Ezra Mannon
Possessed

Possessed (1947)

as Dean Graham
A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

as Abraham Farlan
God Is My Co-Pilot

God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)

as Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
Hotel Berlin

Hotel Berlin (1945)

as Arnim von Dahnwitz
The Woman in the Window

The Woman in the Window (1944)

as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

as Jonathan Brewster
Action in the North Atlantic

Action in the North Atlantic (1943)

as Capt. Steve Jarvis
Breakdowns of 1942

Breakdowns of 1942 (1942)

as Self
Desperate Journey

Desperate Journey (1942)

as Major Otto Baumeister
Reap the Wild Wind

Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

as King Cutler
Dangerously They Live

Dangerously They Live (1941)

as Dr. Ingersoll
49th Parallel

49th Parallel (1941)

as Andy Brock
Santa Fe Trail

Santa Fe Trail (1940)

as John Brown
Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)

as Abe Lincoln
Black Limelight

Black Limelight (1938)

as Peter Charrington
The Drum

The Drum (1938)

as Prince Ghul
The Hurricane

The Hurricane (1937)

as DeLaage
The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)

as Black Michael
Under the Red Robe

Under the Red Robe (1937)

as Cardinal Richelieu
Fire Over England

Fire Over England (1937)

as King Philip II of Spain
Dreaming Lips

Dreaming Lips (1937)

as Miguel del Vayo
Things to Come

Things to Come (1936)

as John Cabal / Oswald Cabal
The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)

as Chauvelin
The Old Dark House

The Old Dark House (1932)

as Philip Waverton
No Image

The Face at the Window (1932)

as Paul le Gros
The Speckled Band

The Speckled Band (1931)

as Sherlock Holmes
The Crooked Billet

The Crooked Billet (1930)

High Treason

High Treason (1929)

as Member of Federated States Council