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Raymond Massey
Acting
Born: August 30, 1896
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Biography
Raymond Hart Massey 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).
Known For
A Matter of Life and Death
as Abraham Farlan
How the West Was Won
as Abraham Lincoln
East of Eden
as Adam Trask
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Jonathan Brewster
Mackenna's Gold
as The Preacher
Santa Fe Trail
as John Brown
The Woman in the Window
as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
The Hurricane
as DeLaage
Possessed
as Dean Graham
49th Parallel
as Andy Brock
