As Actor
Mackenna's Gold
1969
6.6
Raymond Massey
Acting
Birth Date
August 30, 1896
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of Death
July 29, 1983
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).
Complete Filmography
As Actor
The Queen's Guards
1961
4.8
As Actor
The Great Impostor
1960
6.9
As Actor
Omar Khayyam
1957
5.0
As Actor
East of Eden
1955
7.5
As Actor
Seven Angry Men
1955
5.2
As Actor
Battle Cry
1955
5.8
As Actor
The Desert Song
1953
6.5
As Actor
Carson City
1952
6.1
As Actor
Come Fill the Cup
1951
7.0
As Actor
David and Bathsheba
1951
5.7
As Actor
Barricade
1950
6.3
As Actor
Roseanna McCoy
1949
6.1
As Actor
The Fountainhead
1949
6.8
As Actor
Hotel Berlin
1945
6.1
As Actor
The Woman in the Window
1944
7.4
As Actor
Desperate Journey
1942
6.0
As Actor
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
6.4
As Actor
Santa Fe Trail
1940
5.7
As Actor
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
7.0