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Raymond Massey

Actor

Raymond Massey

Born August 30, 1896 in Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDied July 29, 198356 films

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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A Matter of Life and Death posterFirst watchA Matter of Life and Death19467.7as Abraham FarlanA British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Arsenic and Old Lace poster7.6Arsenic and Old Lace1944East of Eden poster7.5East of Eden1955The Woman in the Window poster7.4The Woman in the Window1944How the West Was Won poster7.0How the West Was Won1962The Old Dark House poster6.7The Old Dark House1932Mackenna's Gold poster6.6Mackenna's Gold1969Things to Come poster6.5Things to Come1936The Fountainhead poster6.8The Fountainhead1949

Filmography

56 films as actor
  1. 1973My Darling Daughters' AnniversaryMatthew Cunningham
  2. 1973The President's Plane Is MissingSecretary of State Freeman Sharkey
  3. 1972All My Darling DaughtersMatthew Cunningham
  4. 1969Mackenna's GoldThe Preacher
  5. 1967Saint JoanThe Inquisitor
  6. 1962How the West Was WonAbraham Lincoln
  7. 1962Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian JourneyNarrator
  8. 1961The Queen's Guards
  9. 1961The Fiercest HeartWillem Prisloom
  10. 1960The Great ImpostorAbbott Donner
  11. 1958The Naked and the DeadGeneral Cummings
  12. 1957Omar KhayyamThe Shah
  13. 1957MayerlingThe Prime Minister
  14. 1955East of EdenAdam Trask
  15. 1955Seven Angry MenJohn Brown
  16. 1955Battle CryMajor General Snipes
  17. 1955Prince of PlayersJunius Brutus Booth
  18. 1953The Desert SongSheik Yousseff
  19. 1952Carson CityBig Jack Davis
  20. 1951Come Fill the CupJohn Ives
  21. 1951David and BathshebaNathan
  22. 1951SugarfootJacob Stint
  23. 1950DallasWill Marlow
  24. 1950BarricadeBoss Kruger
  25. 1950Chain LightningLeland Willis
  26. 1949Roseanna McCoyOld Randall McCoy
  27. 1949The FountainheadGail Wynand
  28. 1948Years AgoClinton Jones
  29. 1947Mourning Becomes ElectraEzra Mannon
  30. 1947PossessedDean Graham
  31. 1946A Matter of Life and DeathAbraham Farlan
  32. 1945God Is My Co-PilotMaj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
  33. 1945Hotel BerlinArnim von Dahnwitz
  34. 1944The Woman in the WindowDist. Attorney Frank Lalor
  35. 1944Arsenic and Old LaceJonathan Brewster
  36. 1943Action in the North AtlanticCapt. Steve Jarvis
  37. 1942Desperate JourneyMajor Otto Baumeister
  38. 1942Reap the Wild WindKing Cutler
  39. 1941Dangerously They LiveDr. Ingersoll
  40. 194149th ParallelAndy Brock
  41. 1940Santa Fe TrailJohn Brown
  42. 1940Abe Lincoln in IllinoisAbe Lincoln
  43. 1938Black LimelightPeter Charrington
  44. 1938The DrumPrince Ghul
  45. 1937The HurricaneDeLaage
  46. 1937The Prisoner of ZendaBlack Michael
  47. 1937Under the Red RobeCardinal Richelieu
  48. 1937Fire Over EnglandKing Philip II of Spain
  49. 1937Dreaming LipsMiguel del Vayo
  50. 1936Things to ComeJohn Cabal / Oswald Cabal
  51. 1934The Scarlet PimpernelChauvelin
  52. 1932The Old Dark HousePhilip Waverton
  53. 1932The Face at the WindowPaul le Gros
  54. 1931The Speckled BandSherlock Holmes
  55. 1930The Crooked Billet
  56. 1929High TreasonMember of Federated States Council