Raymond Massey

Raymond Massey

Raymond Hart Massey 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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1973

My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
as Matthew Cunningham
Movie - Released: 11/8/1973
The President's Plane Is Missing
The President's Plane Is Missing
as Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
Movie - Released: 10/23/1973

1972

All My Darling Daughters
All My Darling Daughters
as Matthew Cunningham
Movie - Released: 11/22/1972

1971

Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
as Abraham Lincoln
Movie - Released: 5/31/1971

1970

Night Gallery
Night Gallery
as Dr. Glendon
TV - Released: 12/16/1970

1969

Mackenna's Gold
Mackenna's Gold
as The Preacher
Movie - Released: 3/18/1969

1967

Movie
Saint Joan
as The Inquisitor
Movie - Released: 12/4/1967

1966

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TV - Released: 9/13/1966

1964

Movie
Choice
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 1/1/1964

1962

How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won
as Abraham Lincoln
Movie - Released: 11/2/1962
The Merv Griffin Show
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1961

The Queen's Guards
The Queen's Guards
Movie - Released: 10/17/1961
Movie
The Fiercest Heart
as Willem Prisloom
Movie - Released: 4/30/1961
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie
TV - Released: 9/27/1961

1960

The Great Impostor
The Great Impostor
as Abbott Donner
Movie - Released: 12/23/1960
Seconds for Survival
Seconds for Survival
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1960
Insight
Insight
TV - Released: 10/2/1960

1959

Adventures in Paradise
Adventures in Paradise
as Captain William Brooks
TV - Released: 10/5/1959
Riverboat
Riverboat
as Sir Oliver Garnett
TV - Released: 9/13/1959

1958

The Naked and the Dead
The Naked and the Dead
as General Cummings
Movie - Released: 8/6/1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as Amos Claypool
TV - Released: 10/6/1958

1957

Mayerling
Mayerling
as The Prime Minister
Movie - Released: 2/4/1957
Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam
as The Shah
Movie - Released: 8/23/1957

1956

The Naked Eye
The Naked Eye
as Sprecher
Movie - Released: 1/1/1956
The True Story of the Civil War
The True Story of the Civil War
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 12/22/1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Malachi West
TV - Released: 10/5/1956

1955

East of Eden
East of Eden
as Adam Trask
Movie - Released: 4/10/1955
Battle Cry
Battle Cry
as Major General Snipes
Movie - Released: 2/2/1955
Seven Angry Men
Seven Angry Men
as John Brown
Movie - Released: 3/27/1955
Prince of Players
Prince of Players
as Junius Brutus Booth
Movie - Released: 1/11/1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Sam Pine
TV - Released: 10/2/1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV - Released: 10/5/1955

1954

Climax!
Climax!
as Sir George Sidney
TV - Released: 10/7/1954
Climax!
Climax!
as Doc Woodward
TV - Released: 10/7/1954

1953

The Desert Song
The Desert Song
as Sheik Yousseff
Movie - Released: 5/30/1953
Movie
The American Road
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 12/16/1953
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
as Lord Hook
TV - Released: 2/1/1953
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
as Paul von Hindenburg
TV - Released: 2/1/1953

1952

Carson City
Carson City
as Big Jack Davis
Movie - Released: 6/13/1952

1951

David and Bathsheba
David and Bathsheba
as Nathan
Movie - Released: 8/10/1951
Come Fill the Cup
Come Fill the Cup
as John Ives
Movie - Released: 10/24/1951
Sugarfoot
Sugarfoot
as Jacob Stint
Movie - Released: 2/11/1951
TV
The Victor Borge Show
as Self
TV - Released: 2/3/1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as The Inquisitor
TV - Released: 12/24/1951

1950

Chain Lightning
Chain Lightning
as Leland Willis
Movie - Released: 2/18/1950
Dallas
Dallas
as Will Marlow
Movie - Released: 12/30/1950
Barricade
Barricade
as Boss Kruger
Movie - Released: 3/24/1950
Movie
Challenge: Science Against Cancer
as Narrated by (voice)
Movie - Released: 8/19/1950
TV
Lux Video Theatre
as Abe Lincoln
TV - Released: 10/2/1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV - Released: 1/30/1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Dr. Henry Craig
TV - Released: 1/30/1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Dr. Clark Evans
TV - Released: 1/30/1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Judge Benton
TV - Released: 1/30/1950
What's My Line?
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
TV - Released: 2/2/1950

1949

The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
as Gail Wynand
Movie - Released: 6/25/1949
Roseanna McCoy
Roseanna McCoy
as Old Randall McCoy
Movie - Released: 10/12/1949
Lights Out
Lights Out
TV - Released: 7/19/1949

1948

TV
Ford Theatre
TV - Released: 10/17/1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
TV - Released: 6/20/1948
The Ford Theatre Hour
The Ford Theatre Hour
as Clinton Jones
TV - Released: 10/17/1948

1947

Possessed
Possessed
as Dean Graham
Movie - Released: 5/29/1947
Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Ezra Mannon
Movie - Released: 11/19/1947

1946

A Matter of Life and Death
A Matter of Life and Death
as Abraham Farlan
Movie - Released: 12/15/1946

1945

God Is My Co-Pilot
God Is My Co-Pilot
as Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
Movie - Released: 4/7/1945
Hotel Berlin
Hotel Berlin
as Arnim von Dahnwitz
Movie - Released: 3/2/1945

1944

Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Jonathan Brewster
Movie - Released: 9/1/1944
The Woman in the Window
The Woman in the Window
as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
Movie - Released: 10/25/1944

1943

Action in the North Atlantic
Action in the North Atlantic
as Capt. Steve Jarvis
Movie - Released: 6/12/1943

1942

Reap the Wild Wind
Reap the Wild Wind
as King Cutler
Movie - Released: 3/26/1942
Desperate Journey
Desperate Journey
as Major Otto Baumeister
Movie - Released: 9/26/1942
Breakdowns of 1942
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/31/1942

1941

Dangerously They Live
Dangerously They Live
as Dr. Ingersoll
Movie - Released: 12/24/1941
49th Parallel
49th Parallel
as Andy Brock
Movie - Released: 11/24/1941

1940

Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe Trail
as John Brown
Movie - Released: 12/20/1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Abe Lincoln
Movie - Released: 2/22/1940

1938

The Drum
The Drum
as Prince Ghul
Movie - Released: 9/29/1938
Black Limelight
Black Limelight
as Peter Charrington
Movie - Released: 6/14/1938

1937

Fire Over England
Fire Over England
as King Philip II of Spain
Movie - Released: 3/5/1937
The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Black Michael
Movie - Released: 9/3/1937
The Hurricane
The Hurricane
as DeLaage
Movie - Released: 11/9/1937
Under the Red Robe
Under the Red Robe
as Cardinal Richelieu
Movie - Released: 5/31/1937
Dreaming Lips
Dreaming Lips
as Miguel del Vayo
Movie - Released: 2/2/1937

1936

Things to Come
Things to Come
as John Cabal / Oswald Cabal
Movie - Released: 3/31/1936

1934

The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Chauvelin
Movie - Released: 12/20/1934

1932

The Old Dark House
The Old Dark House
as Philip Waverton
Movie - Released: 10/20/1932
Movie
The Face at the Window
as Paul le Gros
Movie - Released: 10/18/1932

1931

The Speckled Band
The Speckled Band
as Sherlock Holmes
Movie - Released: 3/5/1931

1930

The Crooked Billet
The Crooked Billet
Movie - Released: 3/21/1930

1929

High Treason
High Treason
as Member of Federated States Council
Movie - Released: 3/25/1929