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Raymond Massey

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedAug 30, 1896 (Died at 87)
Zodiac Sign♍Virgo
Place of BirthToronto, Ontario, Canada
Career Span1929 – 1983
Known Credits86 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 1.4

Raymond Massey

Also known as:Raymond Hart Massey
Total Works

86

60 movies • 26 shows

Avg Rating

6.7 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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).

Signature Roles & Milestones

Arsenic and Old Lace
7.6
as Jonathan Brewster
East of Eden
7.5
East of Eden
1955•movie
as Adam Trask
How the West Was Won
7.0
as Abraham Lincoln
A Matter of Life and Death
7.7
as Abraham Farlan

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 86 titles featuring Raymond Massey

Arsenic and Old Lace
7.6

as Jonathan Brewster

East of Eden
7.5
East of Eden
1955•movie

as Adam Trask

How the West Was Won
7.0

as Abraham Lincoln

A Matter of Life and Death
7.7

as Abraham Farlan

The Woman in the Window
7.4

as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor

The Old Dark House
6.7
The Old Dark House
1932•movie

as Philip Waverton

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.8
1 eps

as Sam Pine

Things to Come
6.4
Things to Come
1936•movie

as John Cabal / Oswald Cabal

Mackenna's Gold
6.6
Mackenna's Gold
1969•movie

as The Preacher

The Fountainhead
6.8
The Fountainhead
1949•movie

as Gail Wynand

49th Parallel
7.0
49th Parallel
1941•movie

as Andy Brock

Night Gallery
7.8
1 eps
Night Gallery
1970•series

as Dr. Glendon

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.6
2 eps
Possessed
6.9
Possessed
1947•movie

as Dean Graham

David and Bathsheba
5.8

as Nathan

The Scarlet Pimpernel
7.0

as Chauvelin

Santa Fe Trail
5.8
Santa Fe Trail
1940•movie

as John Brown

Reap the Wild Wind
6.3
Reap the Wild Wind
1942•movie

as King Cutler

Action in the North Atlantic
7.1

as Capt. Steve Jarvis

The Prisoner of Zenda
7.5

as Black Michael

The Hurricane
6.7
The Hurricane
1937•movie

as DeLaage

Fire Over England
6.2
Fire Over England
1937•movie

as King Philip II of Spain

The Naked and the Dead
5.7

as General Cummings

Dallas
6.4
Dallas
1950•movie

as Will Marlow

Desperate Journey
6.1
Desperate Journey
1942•movie

as Major Otto Baumeister

Wagon Train
6.6
1 eps
Wagon Train
1957•series

as Montezuma IX

What's My Line?
7.0
1 eps
What's My Line?
1950•series

as Self - Mystery Guest

Abe Lincoln in Illinois
6.9

as Abe Lincoln

Battle Cry
5.8
Battle Cry
1955•movie

as Major General Snipes

Chain Lightning
6.4
Chain Lightning
1950•movie

as Leland Willis

The Drum
6.1
The Drum
1938•movie

as Prince Ghul

The Great Impostor
6.9
The Great Impostor
1960•movie

as Abbott Donner

The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
2 eps

as Self

Mourning Becomes Electra
6.3

as Ezra Mannon

Carson City
6.2
Carson City
1952•movie

as Big Jack Davis

Dr. Kildare
5.7
191 eps
Dr. Kildare
1961•series

as Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie

Hotel Berlin
6.2
Hotel Berlin
1945•movie

as Arnim von Dahnwitz

The Speckled Band
5.8
The Speckled Band
1931•movie

as Sherlock Holmes

Climax!
3.8
1 eps
Climax!
1954•series

as Sir George Sidney

The Merv Griffin Show
6.8
1 eps

as Self

Dangerously They Live
6.3

as Dr. Ingersoll

God Is My Co-Pilot
7.1
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945•movie

as Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault

High Treason
6.1
High Treason
1929•movie

as (uncredited)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
6.2
1 eps

as Malachi West

The 20th Century Fox Hour
6.0
1 eps

as George Apley

Omar Khayyam
5.8
Omar Khayyam
1957•movie

as The Shah

Under the Red Robe
6.8
Under the Red Robe
1937•movie

as Cardinal Richelieu

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
6.9
1 eps

as B. Elzie Bubb

Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.8
1 eps

as The Inquisitor

Robert Montgomery Presents
6.0
1 eps
Mayerling
6.1
Mayerling
1957•movie

as The Prime Minister

Roseanna McCoy
6.1
Roseanna McCoy
1949•movie

as Old Randall McCoy

Barricade
6.4
Barricade
1950•movie

as Boss Kruger

The President's Plane Is Missing
6.3

as Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey

Lux Video Theatre
6.7
1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
1950•series

as Abe Lincoln

Adventures in Paradise
6.1
1 eps

as Captain William Brooks

Come Fill the Cup
7.0
Come Fill the Cup
1951•movie

as John Ives

Sugarfoot
5.3
Sugarfoot
1951•movie

as Jacob Stint

Seven Angry Men
6.0
Seven Angry Men
1955•movie

as John Brown

The True Story of the Civil War
7.2

as Narrator

General Electric Theater
6.8
1 eps

as Lord Hook

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
6.3
1 eps

as Amos Claypool

Riverboat
6.5
1 eps
Riverboat
1959•series

as Sir Oliver Garnett

Armchair Theatre
6.0
1 eps
Armchair Theatre
1956•series

as Sir George Sidney, MP

The Queen's Guards
5.2
The Queen's Guards
1961•movie
The Desert Song
6.8
The Desert Song
1953•movie

as Sheik Yousseff

Lights Out
6.0
1 eps
Lights Out
1949•series
The Bob Hope Show
7.0
1 eps
The Bob Hope Show
1950•series

as Self

Prince of Players
5.5
Prince of Players
1955•movie

as Junius Brutus Booth

Black Limelight
6.6
Black Limelight
1938•movie

as Peter Charrington

Dinah!
7.0
1 eps
Dinah!
1974•series

as Self

5.7
The Fiercest Heart
1961•movie

as Willem Prisloom

My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
7.5

as Matthew Cunningham

Dreaming Lips
7.0
Dreaming Lips
1937•movie

as Miguel del Vayo

All My Darling Daughters
7.5

as Matthew Cunningham

Insight
6.7
1 eps
Insight
1960•series
Saint Joan
10.0
Saint Joan
1967•movie

as The Inquisitor

The Crooked Billet
8.0
The Crooked Billet
1930•movie
Breakdowns of 1942
6.0
Breakdowns of 1942
1942•movie

as Self

Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey
7.0

as Narrator

8.0
1 eps
Ford Theatre
1948•series
Seconds for Survival

as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Naked Eye
The Naked Eye
1956•movie

as Narrator (voice)

Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age

as Abraham Lincoln

Years Ago
Years Ago
1948•movie

as Clinton Jones

The Ford Theatre Hour
1 eps

as Clinton Jones