

Raymond Massey
Acting
August 30, 1896
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
July 29, 1983
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).
The Filmography


The Queen's Guards

The Great Impostor

Omar Khayyam

East of Eden

Seven Angry Men

Battle Cry

The Desert Song

Carson City

Come Fill the Cup

David and Bathsheba

Barricade

Roseanna McCoy

The Fountainhead

Hotel Berlin

The Woman in the Window

Desperate Journey

Reap the Wild Wind

Santa Fe Trail
