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Raymond 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).
Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| My Darling Daughters' Anniversary as Matthew Cunningham | 1973-11-07 |
| The President's Plane Is Missing as Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey | 1973-10-23 |
| All My Darling Daughters as Matthew Cunningham | 1972-11-22 |
| Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age as Abraham Lincoln | 1971-05-31 |
| Mackenna's Gold as The Preacher | 1969-03-18 |
| Saint Joan as The Inquisitor | 1967-12-04 |
| Choice as Narrator | 1964-01-01 |
| How the West Was Won as Abraham Lincoln | 1962-11-02 |
| Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey as Narrator | 1962-01-01 |
| The Queen's Guards | 1961-10-17 |
| The Fiercest Heart as Willem Prisloom | 1961-04-30 |
| The Great Impostor as Abbott Donner | 1960-12-23 |
| Seconds for Survival as Self - Narrator (voice) | 1960-01-01 |
| The Naked and the Dead as General Cummings | 1958-08-06 |
| Omar Khayyam as The Shah | 1957-08-23 |
| Mayerling as The Prime Minister | 1957-02-04 |
| The True Story of the Civil War as Narrator | 1956-12-22 |
| The Naked Eye as Sprecher | 1956-01-01 |
| East of Eden as Adam Trask | 1955-04-10 |
| Seven Angry Men as John Brown | 1955-03-27 |
| Battle Cry as Major General Snipes | 1955-02-02 |
| Prince of Players as Junius Brutus Booth | 1955-01-11 |
| The American Road as Narrator | 1953-12-16 |
| The Desert Song as Sheik Yousseff | 1953-05-30 |
| Carson City as Big Jack Davis | 1952-06-13 |
| Come Fill the Cup as John Ives | 1951-10-24 |
| David and Bathsheba as Nathan | 1951-08-10 |
| Sugarfoot as Jacob Stint | 1951-02-11 |
| Dallas as Will Marlow | 1950-12-30 |
| Challenge: Science Against Cancer as Narrated by (voice) | 1950-08-19 |
| Barricade as Boss Kruger | 1950-03-24 |
| Chain Lightning as Leland Willis | 1950-02-18 |
| Roseanna McCoy as Old Randall McCoy | 1949-10-12 |
| The Fountainhead as Gail Wynand | 1949-06-25 |
| Mourning Becomes Electra as Ezra Mannon | 1947-11-19 |
| Possessed as Dean Graham | 1947-05-29 |
| A Matter of Life and Death as Abraham Farlan | 1946-12-15 |
| God Is My Co-Pilot as Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault | 1945-04-07 |
| Hotel Berlin as Arnim von Dahnwitz | 1945-03-02 |
| The Woman in the Window as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor | 1944-10-25 |
| Arsenic and Old Lace as Jonathan Brewster | 1944-09-01 |
| Action in the North Atlantic as Capt. Steve Jarvis | 1943-06-12 |
| Breakdowns of 1942 as Self | 1942-12-31 |
| Desperate Journey as Major Otto Baumeister | 1942-09-26 |
| Reap the Wild Wind as King Cutler | 1942-03-26 |
| Dangerously They Live as Dr. Ingersoll | 1941-12-24 |
| 49th Parallel as Andy Brock | 1941-11-24 |
| Santa Fe Trail as John Brown | 1940-12-20 |
| Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Abe Lincoln | 1940-02-22 |
| Black Limelight as Peter Charrington | 1938-06-14 |
| The Drum as Prince Ghul | 1938-04-07 |
| The Hurricane as DeLaage | 1937-11-09 |
| The Prisoner of Zenda as Black Michael | 1937-09-03 |
| Under the Red Robe as Cardinal Richelieu | 1937-05-31 |
| Fire Over England as King Philip II of Spain | 1937-03-05 |
| Dreaming Lips as Miguel del Vayo | 1937-02-02 |
| Things to Come as John Cabal / Oswald Cabal | 1936-03-31 |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel as Chauvelin | 1934-12-20 |
| The Old Dark House as Philip Waverton | 1932-10-20 |
| The Face at the Window as Paul le Gros | 1932-10-18 |
| The Speckled Band as Sherlock Holmes | 1931-03-05 |
| The Crooked Billet | 1930-03-21 |
| High Treason as Member of Federated States Council | 1929-03-25 |



