Raymond Massey
Born August 30, 1896 (Age: 129)
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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).
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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Filmography
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
1973
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as Matthew Cunningham
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Age: 77
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
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as Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
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Age: 77
All My Darling Daughters
1972
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as Matthew Cunningham
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Age: 76
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
1971
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as Abraham Lincoln
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Age: 74
Mackenna's Gold
1969
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as The Preacher
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Age: 72
No Image
Choice
1964
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as Narrator
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Age: 67
How the West Was Won
1962
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as Abraham Lincoln
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Age: 66
Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey
1962
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as Narrator
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Age: 65
The Queen's Guards
1961
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as
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Age: 65
No Image
The Fiercest Heart
1961
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as Willem Prisloom
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Age: 64
The Great Impostor
1960
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as Abbott Donner
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Age: 64
Seconds for Survival
1960
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as Self - Narrator (voice)
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Age: 63
The Naked and the Dead
1958
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as General Cummings
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Age: 61
The True Story of the Civil War
1956
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as Narrator
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Age: 60
The Naked Eye
1956
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as Sprecher
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Age: 59
East of Eden
1955
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as Adam Trask
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Age: 58
Seven Angry Men
1955
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as John Brown
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Age: 58
Battle Cry
1955
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as Major General Snipes
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Age: 58
Prince of Players
1955
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as Junius Brutus Booth
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Age: 58
No Image
The American Road
1953
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as Narrator
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Age: 57
The Desert Song
1953
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as Sheik Yousseff
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Age: 56
Dallas
1950
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as Will Marlow
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Age: 54
No Image
Challenge: Science Against Cancer
1950
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as Narrated by (voice)
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Age: 53
Barricade
1950
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as Boss Kruger
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Age: 53
Chain Lightning
1950
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as Leland Willis
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Age: 53
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945
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as Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
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Age: 48
Hotel Berlin
1945
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as Arnim von Dahnwitz
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Age: 48
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
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as Self
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Age: 46
Desperate Journey
1942
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as Major Otto Baumeister
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Age: 46
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
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as King Cutler
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Age: 45
Dangerously They Live
1941
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as Dr. Ingersoll
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Age: 45
49th Parallel
1941
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as Andy Brock
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Age: 45
The Old Dark House
1932
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as Philip Waverton
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Age: 36
No Image
The Face at the Window
1932
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as Paul le Gros
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Age: 36
The Speckled Band
1931
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as Sherlock Holmes
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Age: 34
The Crooked Billet
1930
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as
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Age: 33