7.7
7.7
A Matter of Life and Death
1946
as Abraham Farlan
Raymond Massey
Also known as: Raymond Hart Massey
Acting
Born:August 30, 1896
Died:July 29, 1983(aged 86)
Birthplace:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality:Canada
Education:Balliol College, University of Toronto, Upper Canada College, Appleby College
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CommunityBiography
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).
Filmography (61 movies)
7.6
7.6
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
as Jonathan Brewster
7.5
7.5
East of Eden
1955
as Adam Trask
7.5
7.5
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937
as Black Michael
7.4
7.4
The Woman in the Window
1944
as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
7.1
7.1
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
as Capt. Steve Jarvis
7.0
7.0
The True Story of the Civil War
1956
as Narrator
7.0
7.0
Come Fill the Cup
1951
as John Ives
6.9
6.9
49th Parallel
1941
as Andy Brock
6.9
6.9
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945
as Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
6.9
6.9
The Great Impostor
1960
as Abbott Donner
6.9
6.9
Possessed
1947
as Dean Graham
6.9
6.9
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934
as Chauvelin
6.8
6.8
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
as Abe Lincoln
6.8
6.8
The Fountainhead
1949
as Gail Wynand
6.7
6.7
The Old Dark House
1932
as Philip Waverton
6.7
6.7
The Hurricane
1937
as DeLaage
6.5
6.5
Mackenna's Gold
1969
as The Preacher
6.5
6.5
Things to Come
1936
as John Cabal / Oswald Cabal
6.5
6.5
The Desert Song
1953
as Sheik Yousseff
6.5
6.5
Dallas
1950
as Will Marlow
6.4
6.4
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as King Cutler
6.3
6.3
Barricade
1950
as Boss Kruger
6.3
6.3
Chain Lightning
1950
as Leland Willis
6.2
6.2
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
as Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
6.2
6.2
Fire Over England
1937
as King Philip II of Spain
6.1
6.1
Carson City
1952
as Big Jack Davis
6.0
6.0
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
as Ezra Mannon
6.0
6.0
All My Darling Daughters
1972
as Matthew Cunningham
6.0
6.0
Dreaming Lips
1937
as Miguel del Vayo
6.0
6.0
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
1973
as Matthew Cunningham
6.0
6.0
Desperate Journey
1942
as Major Otto Baumeister
6.0
6.0
Under the Red Robe
1937
as Cardinal Richelieu
5.9
5.9
Dangerously They Live
1941
as Dr. Ingersoll
5.8
5.8
Hotel Berlin
1945
as Arnim von Dahnwitz
5.8
5.8
High Treason
1929
as Member of Federated States Council
5.8
5.8
The Drum
1938
as Prince Ghul
5.8
5.8
The Naked and the Dead
1958
as General Cummings
5.8
5.8
Black Limelight
1938
as Peter Charrington
5.7
5.7
David and Bathsheba
1951
as Nathan
5.7
5.7
Santa Fe Trail
1940
as John Brown
5.6
5.6
Roseanna McCoy
1949
as Old Randall McCoy
5.6
5.6
Battle Cry
1955
as Major General Snipes
5.5
5.5
The Speckled Band
1931
as Sherlock Holmes
5.5
5.5
Mayerling
1957
as The Prime Minister
5.2
5.2
Seven Angry Men
1955
as John Brown
5.0
5.0
The Fiercest Heart
1961
as Willem Prisloom
5.0
5.0
Omar Khayyam
1957
as The Shah
5.0
5.0
Sugarfoot
1951
as Jacob Stint
4.8
4.8
The Queen's Guards
1961
4.7
4.7
Prince of Players
1955
as Junius Brutus Booth
1.0
1.0
Choice
1964
as Narrator
The Naked Eye
1956
as Sprecher
Challenge: Science Against Cancer
1950
as Narrated by (voice)
The Crooked Billet
1930
Saint Joan
1967
as The Inquisitor
Seconds for Survival
1960
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The American Road
1953
as Narrator
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
1971
as Abraham Lincoln
Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey
1962
as Narrator
The Face at the Window
1932
as Paul le Gros
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