Raymond Massey
Date of birth: 1896-08-30
Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Raymond Hart Massey
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).
Movie Credits
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944-09-01
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against
East of Eden
1955-04-10
In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelmin
Santa Fe Trail
1940-12-20
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, G
Things to Come
1936-03-31
The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational s
Possessed
1947-05-29
After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor th
Fire Over England
1937-03-05
The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the E
Action in the North Atlantic
1943-06-12
Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged wi
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934-12-20
18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the
The Old Dark House
1932-10-20
In a remote region of Wales, five travelers beset by a relentless storm find shelter in an old mansi
The Fountainhead
1949-06-25
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite
How the West Was Won
1962-11-02
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the en
A Matter of Life and Death
1946-12-15
A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping
David and Bathsheba
1951-08-10
King David enters into an adulterous affair with the beautiful Bathsheba, which has tragic consequen
The Naked and the Dead
1958-08-06
Fighting men in World War II learn the value of courage and quickness at the risk of losing their li
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940-02-22
Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lin
The Drum
1938-04-07
Set in the India of the British Raj, the evil and untrustworthy Prince Guhl (Raymond Massey) plans t
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937-09-03
A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who take
Reap the Wild Wind
1942-03-26
The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvage
The Great Impostor
1960-12-23
Fictionalized account of Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr., who stole or created fictional identities and w
The Woman in the Window
1944-10-25
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
The Speckled Band
1931-03-05
After her sister dies under mysterious circumstances, a young heiress seeks Holmes' help when she fe
Mackenna's Gold
1969-03-18
A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups
Dangerously They Live
1941-12-24
A New York City doctor tries to rescue a young woman from Nazi agents.
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947-11-19
Near the end of the Civil War, the proud residents of Mannon Manor await the return of shipping tyco
Battle Cry
1955-02-02
The dramatic story of US Marines in training, in combat, and in love, during World War II. The story
Carson City
1952-06-13
Mine owner William Sharon keeps having his gold shipments held up by a gang of bandits. Sharon hires
Desperate Journey
1942-09-26
During WWII, when an allied bomber is shot down over Germany, the five surviving crew are captured b
Chain Lightning
1950-02-18
Former World War II flying ace Matt Brennan takes a position as a test pilot for a commercial aircra
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945-04-07
Robert L. Scott has dreamed his whole life of being a fighter pilot, but when war comes he finds him
Come Fill the Cup
1951-10-24
Alcoholic newspaperman Lew Marsh hits bottom, loses his job and is rehabilitated by Charley Dolan. A
Dallas
1950-12-30
After the Civil War, Confederate soldier Blayde Hollister travels to Dallas to avenge the savage mur
Sugarfoot
1951-02-11
The lawless west had never met a gun-throwing gent like...
Seven Angry Men
1955-03-27
Rise, fall and execution of John Brown, fanatic abolitionist.
Prince of Players
1955-01-11
This biopic follows the story of Shakespearean actor Edwin Booth and his rise to fame. Edwin's caree
Hotel Berlin
1945-03-02
An assortment of diverse characters gather at the Hotel Berlin in World War II Germany as the Third
Mayerling
1957-02-04
Mayerling is the name of a notorious Austrian village linked to a romantic tragedy. At a royal hunti
Roseanna McCoy
1949-10-12
It's the Hatfields vs. the McCoys in this 1949 film, with Farley Granger and Joan Evans as the hillb
The Queen's Guards
1961-10-17
Captains John Fellows and Henry Wynne-Walton finish their Army training at Sandhurst Military Academ
Omar Khayyam
1957-08-23
Omar Khayyam was one of the greatest Persian poets. He was also a brilliant mathematician. Though hi
The Desert Song
1953-05-30
Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Apposing
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
1973-11-07
In this sequel, the daughters' anniversary present is the news that their widowed father is about to
Choice
1964-01-01
The notorious political campaign film produced for the 1964 United States presidential campaign of B
Barricade
1950-03-24
Western remake of Jack London's The Sea Wolf. A sadistic mining camp owner "hires" scoundrels to wo
Black Limelight
1938-06-14
This gripping, atmospheric crime thriller from Austrian-born director Paul Stein stars Oscar nominee
Challenge: Science Against Cancer
1950-08-19
Documentary short on cancer.
The Hurricane
1937-11-09
A Polynesian sailor is separated from his wife when he's unjustly imprisoned for defending himself a
Saint Joan
1967-12-04
A television adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play about the life, battles and subsequent trial o
49th Parallel
1941-11-24
In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade c
The Face at the Window
1932-10-18
A killer distracts his victims with a hideous face
High Treason
1929-03-25
The year is 1940 and tension is growing between the empires of United Europe and the Atlantic States
The Crooked Billet
1930-03-21
'International spy seeks documents hidden in old inn.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Fiercest Heart
1961-04-30
Two British soldiers in 1830s South Africa flee military discipline and join a group of Boers headin
Seconds for Survival
1960-01-01
Cold War film illustrating the defense capacity of America's telephone network, highlighting AT&T's
The Naked Eye
1956-01-01
The Naked Eye is a 1956 American documentary film about the history of photography directed by Louis
Under the Red Robe
1937-05-31
In 1620s France, dreaded swordsman Gil de Berault returns from carrying out a mission for Cardinal R
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973-10-23
When the President's plane mysteriously disappears with him on board, it is left to the seemingly we
Dreaming Lips
1937-02-02
Dreaming Lips was lovingly assembled by filmmaker Paul Czinner as an "ideal" vehicle for his popular
All My Darling Daughters
1972-11-22
A judge has to deal with his four daughters, his four future sons-in-law and four weddings all on th
The True Story of the Civil War
1956-12-22
Documentary short about the American Civil War. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.
Breakdowns of 1942
1942-12-31
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942.
The American Road
1953-12-16
The history of American transportation from the horse and buggys of yesteryear to the progression of
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
1971-05-31
An introduction to Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist. A world poet-a latter-day
Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey
1962-01-01
"This film, made by the U.S. Information Agency (USIA) as part of its Cold War campaign to promote A