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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents

Wagon Train

Lights Out

The Merv Griffin Show

All Movies (63)

• My Darling Daughters' Anniversary1973 · as Matthew Cunningham
• The President's Plane Is Missing1973 · as Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
• All My Darling Daughters1972 · as Matthew Cunningham
• Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age1971 · as Abraham Lincoln
• Mackenna's Gold1969 · as The Preacher
• Saint Joan1967 · as The Inquisitor
• Choice1964 · as Narrator
• How the West Was Won1962 · as Abraham Lincoln
• Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey1962 · as Narrator
• The Queen's Guards1961
• The Fiercest Heart1961 · as Willem Prisloom
• The Great Impostor1960 · as Abbott Donner
• Seconds for Survival1960 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Naked and the Dead1958 · as General Cummings
• Omar Khayyam1957 · as The Shah
• Mayerling1957 · as The Prime Minister
• The True Story of the Civil War1956 · as Narrator
• The Naked Eye1956 · as Sprecher
• East of Eden1955 · as Adam Trask
• Seven Angry Men1955 · as John Brown
• Battle Cry1955 · as Major General Snipes
• Prince of Players1955 · as Junius Brutus Booth
• The American Road1953 · as Narrator
• The Desert Song1953 · as Sheik Yousseff
• Carson City1952 · as Big Jack Davis
• Come Fill the Cup1951 · as John Ives
• David and Bathsheba1951 · as Nathan
• Sugarfoot1951 · as Jacob Stint
• Dallas1950 · as Will Marlow
• Challenge: Science Against Cancer1950 · as Narrated by (voice)
• Barricade1950 · as Boss Kruger
• Chain Lightning1950 · as Leland Willis
• Roseanna McCoy1949 · as Old Randall McCoy
• The Fountainhead1949 · as Gail Wynand
• Mourning Becomes Electra1947 · as Ezra Mannon
• Possessed1947 · as Dean Graham
• A Matter of Life and Death1946 · as Abraham Farlan
• God Is My Co-Pilot1945 · as Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
• Hotel Berlin1945 · as Arnim von Dahnwitz
• The Woman in the Window1944 · as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
• Arsenic and Old Lace1944 · as Jonathan Brewster
• Action in the North Atlantic1943 · as Capt. Steve Jarvis
• Breakdowns of 19421942 · as Self
• Desperate Journey1942 · as Major Otto Baumeister
• Reap the Wild Wind1942 · as King Cutler
• Dangerously They Live1941 · as Dr. Ingersoll
• 49th Parallel1941 · as Andy Brock
• Santa Fe Trail1940 · as John Brown
• Abe Lincoln in Illinois1940 · as Abe Lincoln
• Black Limelight1938 · as Peter Charrington
• The Drum1938 · as Prince Ghul
• The Hurricane1937 · as DeLaage
• The Prisoner of Zenda1937 · as Black Michael
• Under the Red Robe1937 · as Cardinal Richelieu
• Fire Over England1937 · as King Philip II of Spain
• Dreaming Lips1937 · as Miguel del Vayo
• Things to Come1936 · as John Cabal / Oswald Cabal
• The Scarlet Pimpernel1934 · as Chauvelin
• The Old Dark House1932 · as Philip Waverton
• The Face at the Window1932 · as Paul le Gros
• The Speckled Band1931 · as Sherlock Holmes
• The Crooked Billet1930
• High Treason1929 · as Member of Federated States Council

All TV Shows (33)

• Dinah!1974 · as Self
• Night Gallery1970 · as Dr. Glendon
• Night Gallery1970 · as Colonel Archie Dittman (segment "Clean Kills and Other Trophies")
• The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.1966 · as B. Elzie Bubb
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie
• Insight1960
• Adventures in Paradise1959 · as Captain William Brooks
• Riverboat1959 · as Sir Oliver Garnett
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1958 · as Amos Claypool
• Wagon Train1957 · as Montezuma IX
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Malachi West
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Sir George Sidney, MP
• The 20th Century Fox Hour1955 · as George Apley
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Sam Pine
• Climax!1954 · as Sir George Sidney
• Climax!1954 · as Doc Woodward
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Lord Hook
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Paul von Hindenburg
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as The Inquisitor
• The Victor Borge Show1951 · as Self
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Abe Lincoln
• The Bob Hope Show1950 · as Self
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self - Mystery Guest
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Dr. Henry Craig
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Dr. Clark Evans
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Judge Benton
• Lights Out1949
• Ford Theatre1948
• The Ford Theatre Hour1948 · as Clinton Jones
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self