Raymond Massey
Known for: 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).
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
Wagon Train
Montezuma IX
1957
Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
Dr. Henry Craig
1950
Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
Dr. Clark Evans
1950
Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
Judge Benton
1950
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Malachi West
1956
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie
1961
Series
Climax!
Sir George Sidney
1954
Series
Climax!
Doc Woodward
1954
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Night Gallery
Dr. Glendon
1970
Series
Night Gallery
Colonel Archie Dittman (segment "Clean Kills and Other Trophies")
1970
Series
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Series
Lights Out
1949
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Sam Pine
1955
Series
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
Series
Adventures in Paradise
Captain William Brooks
1959
Series
The 20th Century Fox Hour
George Apley
1955
Series
Dinah!
Self
1974
Series
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Amos Claypool
1958
Series
Riverboat
Sir Oliver Garnett
1959
Lux Video Theatre
Abe Lincoln
1950
Series
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
B. Elzie Bubb
1966
Film
How the West Was Won
Abraham Lincoln
1962
Ford Theatre
1948
Film
East of Eden
Adam Trask
1955
Film
Arsenic and Old Lace
Jonathan Brewster
1944
Film
Mackenna's Gold
The Preacher
1969
Film
David and Bathsheba
Nathan
1951
Series
General Electric Theater
Lord Hook
1953
Series
General Electric Theater
Paul von Hindenburg
1953
Film
A Matter of Life and Death
Abraham Farlan
1946
Film
The Fountainhead
Gail Wynand
1949
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Inquisitor
1951
Film
Dallas
Will Marlow
1950
Film
Chain Lightning
Leland Willis
1950
Film
49th Parallel
Andy Brock
1941
Film
Things to Come
John Cabal / Oswald Cabal
1936
Film
Battle Cry
Major General Snipes
1955
Film
Reap the Wild Wind
King Cutler
1942
Film
Santa Fe Trail
John Brown
1940
Film
The Woman in the Window
Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
1944
Series
The Ford Theatre Hour
Clinton Jones
1948
Film
Action in the North Atlantic
Capt. Steve Jarvis
1943
Film
Sugarfoot
Jacob Stint
1951
Film
The Old Dark House
Philip Waverton
1932
Film
The Prisoner of Zenda
Black Michael
1937
Series
Armchair Theatre
Sir George Sidney, MP
1956
Film
Carson City
Big Jack Davis
1952
Film
The Hurricane
DeLaage
1937
Film
Possessed
Dean Graham
1947
Film
God Is My Co-Pilot
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
1945
Film
The Great Impostor
Abbott Donner
1960
Film
Fire Over England
King Philip II of Spain
1937
Film
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
1942
Film
Dangerously They Live
Dr. Ingersoll
1941
Film
Desperate Journey
Major Otto Baumeister
1942
Choice
Narrator
1964
Film
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Chauvelin
1934
Film
Omar Khayyam
The Shah
1957
Film
The Naked and the Dead
General Cummings
1958
Film
Hotel Berlin
Arnim von Dahnwitz
1945
Film
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Abe Lincoln
1940
Film
The Desert Song
Sheik Yousseff
1953
Film
The Drum
Prince Ghul
1938
Film
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
Matthew Cunningham
1973
Film
The President's Plane Is Missing
Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
1973
The Victor Borge Show
Self
1951
Film
Mourning Becomes Electra
Ezra Mannon
1947
Film
Roseanna McCoy
Old Randall McCoy
1949
Film
Seven Angry Men
John Brown
1955
Film
All My Darling Daughters
Matthew Cunningham
1972
Film
The True Story of the Civil War
Narrator
1956
Film
Come Fill the Cup
John Ives
1951
Film
Barricade
Boss Kruger
1950
Film
Prince of Players
Junius Brutus Booth
1955
Film
The Queen's Guards
1961
Film
The Speckled Band
Sherlock Holmes
1931
Film
Mayerling
The Prime Minister
1957
Film
Under the Red Robe
Cardinal Richelieu
1937
Film
Seconds for Survival
Self - Narrator (voice)
1960
Film
The Naked Eye
Narrator (voice)
1956
Film
Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey
Narrator
1962
Film
Saint Joan
The Inquisitor
1967
Film
High Treason
Member of Federated States Council
1929
Film
Dreaming Lips
Miguel del Vayo
1937
Film
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
Abraham Lincoln
1971
The Fiercest Heart
Willem Prisloom
1961
Film
Black Limelight
Peter Charrington
1938
The Face at the Window
Paul le Gros
1932
Film
The Crooked Billet
1930
Series
Insight
1960
The American Road
Narrator
1953
Challenge: Science Against Cancer
Narrated by (voice)
1950