Raymond Massey

Known for

Acting

Born

Aug 30, 1896

Died

Jul 29, 1983

From

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).

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Arsenic and Old Lace

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East of Eden

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How the West Was Won

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A Matter of Life and Death

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The Woman in the Window

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The Old Dark House

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

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Things to Come

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Mackenna's Gold

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The Fountainhead

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49th Parallel

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Night Gallery

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

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Possessed

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David and Bathsheba

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The Scarlet Pimpernel

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Santa Fe Trail

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Reap the Wild Wind

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