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Raymond Massey

Actor / Screenwriter | * 08/30/1896 († 86, 07/29/1983) | 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 television and in How the West Was Won (1962). Among his other well-known roles were Dr. Gillespie in the NBC television series Dr. Kildare (1961–1966), John Brown in Santa Fe Trail (1940) and 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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Raymond Massey was a prominent Canadian/American stage and screen actor.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | War

Known for these Movies & Shows

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reac ...

East of Eden

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1955 | 3.8/5 | 1h 55min
Drama, Romance / Love
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The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel. ...

Things to Come

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1936 | 3.3/5 | 1h 40min
Drama, Science Fiction
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Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his t ...

Arsenic and Old Lace

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1944 | 3.8/5 | 1h 58min
Comedy, Crime
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States. ...

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

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1940 | 3.4/5 | 1h 50min
Drama, History
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Awards & Nominations for Raymond Massey

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Academy Award for Best Actor
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Movies with Raymond Massey as Actor(58)

as Matthew Cunningham1973 My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
as Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey1973 The President's Plane Is Missing
as Matthew Cunningham1972 All My Darling Daughters
as The Preacher1969 Mackenna's Gold
as Narrator1964 Choice
as Abraham Lincoln1962 How the West Was Won
1961 The Queen's Guards
as Willem Prisloom1961 The Fiercest Heart
as Abbott Donner1960 The Great Impostor
as General Cummings1958 The Naked and the Dead
as The Prime Minister1957 Mayerling
as Narrator1957 The True Story of the Civil War
as The Shah1957 Omar Khayyam
as Sprecher1956 The Naked Eye
as Adam Trask1955 East of Eden
as Major General Snipes1955 Battle Cry
as John Brown1955 Seven Angry Men
as Junius Brutus Booth1955 Prince of Players
as Sheik Yousseff1953 The Desert Song
as Big Jack Davis1952 Carson City
as Jacob Stint1951 Sugarfoot
as John Ives1951 Come Fill The Cup
as Nathan1951 David and Bathsheba
as Narrated by (voice)1950 Challenge: Science Against Cancer
as Will Marlow1950 Dallas
as Leland Willis1950 Chain Lightning
as Boss Kruger1950 Barricade
as Old Randall McCoy1949 Roseanna McCoy
as Gail Wynand1949 The Fountainhead
as Ezra Mannon1947 Mourning Becomes Electra
as Dean Graham1947 Possessed
as Abraham Farlan1946 A Matter of Life and Death
as Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault1945 God Is My Co-Pilot
as Arnim von Dahnwitz1945 Hotel Berlin
as Jonathan Brewster1944 Arsenic and Old Lace
as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor1944 The Woman in the Window
as Capt. Steve Jarvis1943 Action in the North Atlantic
as King Cutler1942 Reap the Wild Wind
as Otto Baumeister1942 Desperate Journey
as himself1942 Breakdowns of 1942
as Andy Brock1941 49th Parallel
as Dr. Ingersoll1941 Dangerously They Live
as Abe Lincoln1940 Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as John Brown1940 Santa Fe Trail
as Peter Charrington1938 Black Limelight
as Prince Ghul1938 The Drum
as Cardinal Richelieu1937 Under the Red Robe
as DeLaage1937 The Hurricane
as Black Michael1937 The Prisoner of Zenda
as Miguel del Vayo1937 Dreaming Lips
as King Philip II of Spain1937 Fire Over England
as John Cabal / Oswald Cabal1936 Things to Come
as Chauvelin1934 The Scarlet Pimpernel
as Paul le Gros1932 The Face at the Window
as Philip Waverton1932 The Old Dark House
as Sherlock Holmes1931 The Speckled Band
1930 The Crooked Billet
as Member of Federated States Council1929 High Treason

TV Shows/Series with Raymond Massey as Actor(27)

1970 Night Gallery
1966 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
as himself1962 The Merv Griffin Show
as himself1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie1961 Dr. Kildare
1960 Insight
as Sir Oliver Garnett1959 Riverboat
as Captain William Brooks1959 Adventures in Paradise
as Amos Claypool1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as Malachi West1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Sam Pine1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Sir George Sidney1954 Climax!
as Doc Woodward1954 Climax!
as Lord Hook1953 GE Theater
as Paul von Hindenburg1953 GE Theater
as The Inquisitor1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Abe Lincoln1950 Lux Video Theatre
1950 Robert Montgomery Presents
as Dr. Henry Craig1950 Robert Montgomery Presents
as Dr. Clark Evans1950 Robert Montgomery Presents
as Judge Benton1950 Robert Montgomery Presents
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?
as himself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self / Prospero1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 Ford Theatre
1946 Lights Out

Full Name: Raymond Massey
Born: Sunday, 08/30 1896 (August) in Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Died: Friday, 07/29 1983 (July) in Los Angeles (aged: 86)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Balliol College, University of Toronto, Upper Canada College, Appleby College
Spouses (current/former): Adrianne Allen
Children: Daniel Massey, Anna Massey, Geoffrey Massey
Father: Chester Daniel Massey
Other names for Raymond Massey (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Raymond Hart Massey"
Raymond Massey frequently works together with these people:
John Newland (23x, Crew)
Phyllis Thaxter (22x, Actress)
Vincent Price (21x, Actor)
Eddie Albert (20x, Actor)
J. Pat O'Malley (20x, Actor)
Raymond Bailey (20x, Actor)
Thomas Mitchell (19x, Actor)
Isobel Elsom (19x, Actress)
Harry Townes (18x, Actor)
Sidney Blackmer (17x, Actor)
Vaughn Taylor (17x, Actor)
Max Steiner (9x, Crew)

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