Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 30, 1896
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
- Raymond Hart Massey
Raymond Massey
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 - Movies
How the West Was Won
as Abraham Lincoln
A Matter of Life and Death
as Abraham Farlan
East of Eden
as Adam Trask
Santa Fe Trail
as John Brown
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Jonathan Brewster
The Fountainhead
as Gail Wynand
David and Bathsheba
as Nathan
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Black Michael
Reap the Wild Wind
as King Cutler
The Woman in the Window
as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
Known For - TV Shows
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Wagon Train
as Montezuma IX
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Malachi West
Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Dr. Henry Craig
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Dr. Clark Evans
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Judge Benton
Climax!
as Sir George Sidney
Climax!
as Doc Woodward