Biography
Raymond Massey
Acting
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 i…
Career works
90
Movies
63
Series
27
Career average
6.6/10
Birth date
08/30/1896
Place of birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of death
07/29/1983
Filmography highlights
Movies
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
1973 · 7.5
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973 · 6.3
All My Darling Daughters
1972 · 7.5
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
1971
Mackenna's Gold
1969 · 6.6
Saint Joan
1967 · 10.0
How the West Was Won
1962 · 7.0
Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey
1962 · 7.0
The Queen's Guards
1961 · 5.2
The Great Impostor
1960 · 6.9
Seconds for Survival
1960
The Naked and the Dead
1958 · 5.8
Omar Khayyam
1957 · 5.8
Mayerling
1957 · 6.1
The True Story of the Civil War
1956 · 7.6
Series
Dinah!
1974 · 7.0
Night Gallery
1970 · 7.8
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 · 6.9
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · 7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · 6.6
Dr. Kildare
1961 · 5.7
Insight
1960 · 6.7
Adventures in Paradise
1959 · 6.1
Riverboat
1959 · 6.5
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · 6.3
Wagon Train
1957 · 6.6
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · 6.2
Armchair Theatre
1956 · 6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · 6.0
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · 7.8