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).
Top Filmography
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944 // MOVIE
East of Eden
1955 // MOVIE
How the West Was Won
1962 // MOVIE
A Matter of Life and Death
1946 // MOVIE
The Woman in the Window
1944 // MOVIE
The Old Dark House
1932 // MOVIE
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 // TV
Things to Come
1936 // MOVIE
Mackenna's Gold
1969 // MOVIE
The Fountainhead
1949 // MOVIE
49th Parallel
1941 // MOVIE
Night Gallery
1970 // TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 // TV
Possessed
1947 // MOVIE
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934 // MOVIE