Raymond Massey
Acting
Born August 30, 1896 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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 · 40 titles
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Bob Hope Show
The Merv Griffin Show
Wagon Train
Robert Montgomery Presents
What's My Line?
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Climax!
Dr. Kildare
Night Gallery
The Ed Sullivan Show
Dinah!
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Lights Out
Adventures in Paradise
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Lux Video Theatre
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Riverboat
Ford Theatre
How the West Was Won
General Electric Theater
Hallmark Hall of Fame
A Matter of Life and Death
Mackenna's Gold
Arsenic and Old Lace
East of Eden
Armchair Theatre
The Ford Theatre Hour
Dallas
The Woman in the Window
The Fountainhead
Chain Lightning
Battle Cry
The Naked and the Dead
Santa Fe Trail
Action in the North Atlantic
The Old Dark House
David and Bathsheba