Raymond Massey
Acting
Born: 1896-08-30 in 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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Wagon Train
Montezuma IX
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents
Dr. Henry Craig
Robert Montgomery Presents
Dr. Clark Evans
Robert Montgomery Presents
Judge Benton
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie
Climax!
Sir George Sidney
Climax!
Doc Woodward
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Malachi West
Night Gallery
Dr. Glendon
Night Gallery
Colonel Archie Dittman (segment "Clean Kills and Other Trophies")
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Sam Pine
Dinah!
Self
The Bob Hope Show
Self
Lights Out
The 20th Century Fox Hour
George Apley
Ford Theatre
Adventures in Paradise
Captain William Brooks
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
B. Elzie Bubb
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Amos Claypool
Riverboat
Sir Oliver Garnett
East of Eden
Adam Trask
The Great Impostor
Abbott Donner
How the West Was Won
Abraham Lincoln
A Matter of Life and Death
Abraham Farlan
Mackenna's Gold
The Preacher
Arsenic and Old Lace
Jonathan Brewster
Chain Lightning
Leland Willis
General Electric Theater
Lord Hook
General Electric Theater
Paul von Hindenburg
Dallas
Will Marlow
49th Parallel
Andy Brock
Battle Cry
Major General Snipes
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Inquisitor
Santa Fe Trail
John Brown