Raymond Massey
Department: 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).
Known For
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
East of Eden
1955
Santa Fe Trail
1940
Things to Come
1936
Possessed
1947
Fire Over England
1937
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934
The Old Dark House
1932
The Fountainhead
1949
How the West Was Won
1962
A Matter of Life and Death
1946
David and Bathsheba
1951
The Naked and the Dead
1958
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
The Drum
1938
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
The Great Impostor
1960
The Woman in the Window
1944
The Speckled Band
1931
Mackenna's Gold
1969
Dangerously They Live
1941
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
Battle Cry
1955
Carson City
1952
Desperate Journey
1942
Chain Lightning
1950
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945
Come Fill the Cup
1951
Dallas
1950
Sugarfoot
1951
Seven Angry Men
1955
Prince of Players
1955
Hotel Berlin
1945
Mayerling
1957
Roseanna McCoy
1949
The Queen's Guards
1961
Omar Khayyam
1957
The Desert Song
1953
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
1973
Choice
1964
Barricade
1950
Black Limelight
1938
Challenge: Science Against Cancer
1950
The Hurricane
1937
Saint Joan
1967
49th Parallel
1941
The Face at the Window
1932
High Treason
1929
The Crooked Billet
1930
The Fiercest Heart
1961
Seconds for Survival
1960
The Naked Eye
1956
Under the Red Robe
1937
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
Dreaming Lips
1937
All My Darling Daughters
1972
The True Story of the Civil War
1956
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
The American Road
1953
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
1971
Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey
1962
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
The Victor Borge Show
1951
Night Gallery
1970
General Electric Theater
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Climax!
1954
Adventures in Paradise
1959
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Riverboat
1959
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Lights Out
1949
Dr. Kildare
1961
Ford Theatre
1948
General Electric Theater
1953
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
What's My Line?
1950
Climax!
1954
The Ford Theatre Hour
1948
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Insight
1960
Wagon Train
1957
Dinah!
1974
The Bob Hope Show
1950
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Armchair Theatre
1956