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Raymond Massey

Acting Born Aug 30, 1896 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 24 credits

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).

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Full filmography

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
  • Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
  • Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) as Dr. Henry Craig
  • Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) as Dr. Clark Evans
  • Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) as Judge Benton
  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Malachi West
  • Wagon Train (1957) as Montezuma IX
  • The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
  • Climax! (1954) as Sir George Sidney
  • Climax! (1954) as Doc Woodward
  • Dr. Kildare (1961) as Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie
  • Night Gallery (1970) as Dr. Glendon
  • Night Gallery (1970) as Colonel Archie Dittman (segment "Clean Kills and Other Trophies")
  • What's My Line? (1950) as Self - Mystery Guest
  • Lights Out (1949)
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
  • Dinah! (1974) as Self
  • The Bob Hope Show (1950) as Self
  • Adventures in Paradise (1959) as Captain William Brooks
  • The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966) as B. Elzie Bubb
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Sam Pine
  • The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955) as George Apley
  • Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958) as Amos Claypool
  • Riverboat (1959) as Sir Oliver Garnett