Raymond Massey

14 titles·Since 1934

August 30, 1896 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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).

Frequently works with

Alan Hale

2 titles together

Leslie Howard

2 titles together

Filmography (14)

Dr. Kildare

1961 · Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie

East of Eden

1955 · Adam Trask

David and Bathsheba

1951 · Nathan

The Fountainhead

1949 · Gail Wynand

Possessed

1947 · Dean Graham

The Woman in the Window

1944 · Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944 · Jonathan Brewster

Action in the North Atlantic

1943 · Capt. Steve Jarvis

Reap the Wild Wind

1942 · King Cutler

49th Parallel

1941 · Andy Brock

Santa Fe Trail

1940 · John Brown

The Hurricane

1937 · DeLaage

Things to Come

1936 · John Cabal / Oswald Cabal

The Scarlet Pimpernel

1934 · Chauvelin

August 30, 1896 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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).