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Raymond Massey
🎭 Acting

Raymond Massey

August 30, 1896 (age 86)
July 29, 1983
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Male
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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…

Movies

63 credits
How the West Was Won
★ 7.0
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How the West Was Won
1962 as Abraham Lincoln
Mackenna's Gold
★ 6.6
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Mackenna's Gold
1969 as The Preacher
A Matter of Life and Death Movie
★ 7.8
Comedy, Drama
1946 Comedy, Drama
East of Eden
★ 7.5
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East of Eden
1955 as Adam Trask
Arsenic and Old Lace
★ 7.6
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Arsenic and Old Lace
1944 as Jonathan Brewster
The Desert Song
★ 6.8
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The Desert Song
1953 as Sheik Yousseff
The Woman in the Window
★ 7.4
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The Woman in the Window
1944 as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor
Reap the Wild Wind
★ 6.4
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Reap the Wild Wind
1942 as King Cutler
David and Bathsheba
★ 5.9
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David and Bathsheba
1951 as Nathan
The Prisoner of Zenda
★ 7.5
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The Prisoner of Zenda
1937 as Black Michael
The Great Impostor
★ 6.9
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The Great Impostor
1960 as Abbott Donner
The Hurricane
★ 6.8
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The Hurricane
1937 as DeLaage
Santa Fe Trail
★ 5.8
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Santa Fe Trail
1940 as John Brown
God Is My Co-Pilot
★ 7.2
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God Is My Co-Pilot
1945 as Maj. Gen. Claire L.…
Dallas
★ 6.5
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Dallas
1950 as Will Marlow
The Fountainhead
★ 6.8
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The Fountainhead
1949 as Gail Wynand
Carson City
★ 6.2
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Carson City
1952 as Big Jack Davis
Battle Cry
★ 5.7
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Battle Cry
1955 as Major General Snipes
Desperate Journey
★ 6.1
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Desperate Journey
1942 as Major Otto Baumeister
49th Parallel
★ 7.0
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49th Parallel
1941 as Andy Brock
The Old Dark House
★ 6.7
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The Old Dark House
1932 as Philip Waverton
Action in the North Atlantic
★ 7.1
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Action in the North Atlantic
1943 as Capt. Steve Jarvis
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
★ 6.9
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940 as Abe Lincoln
The Scarlet Pimpernel Movie
★ 7.0
18+
Sensitive content
Adventure, Drama
1934 Adventure, Drama
Possessed
★ 6.9
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Possessed
1947 as Dean Graham
Mourning Becomes Electra
★ 6.1
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Mourning Becomes Electra
1947 as Ezra Mannon
Fire Over England
★ 6.2
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Fire Over England
1937 as King Philip II of…
Things to Come
★ 6.5
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Things to Come
1936 as John Cabal / Oswald…
Breakdowns of 1942
★ 6.0
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Breakdowns of 1942
1942 as Self
Seven Angry Men
★ 6.0
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Seven Angry Men
1955 as John Brown

TV Shows

33 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV
★ 7.5
PRO
Talk
What’s My Line? TV
★ 7.0
PRO
Comedy, Family
1950 Comedy, Family
Wagon Train TV
★ 6.6
Drama, Family
1957 Drama, Family
Robert Montgomery Presents TV
★ 6.0
Drama
Robert Montgomery Presents TV
★ 6.0
Drama
Robert Montgomery Presents TV
★ 6.0
Drama
Robert Montgomery Presents TV
★ 6.0
Drama
The Merv Griffin Show TV
★ 6.6
Talk
Climax! TV
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Climax!
1954 as Sir George Sidney
Climax! TV
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Climax!
1954 as Doc Woodward
Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theatre TV
★ 6.2
Drama, Western
1956 Drama, Western
Dr. Kildare TV
★ 5.7
Drama
1961 Drama
The Ed Sullivan Show TV
★ 6.8
Comedy, Talk
1948 Comedy, Talk
The Bob Hope Show TV
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The Bob Hope Show
1950 as Self
Night Gallery TV
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Night Gallery
1970 as Dr. Glendon
Night Gallery TV
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Night Gallery
1970 as Colonel Archie Dittman (segment…
Dinah! TV
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Dinah!
1974 as Self
Adventures in Paradise TV
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Adventures in Paradise
1959 as Captain William Brooks
Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 as Sam Pine
Lights Out TV
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Lights Out
1949
The 20th Century Fox Hour TV
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The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 as George Apley
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse TV
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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 as Amos Claypool
Lux Video Theatre TV
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Lux Video Theatre
1950 as Abe Lincoln
Riverboat TV
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Riverboat
1959 as Sir Oliver Garnett
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. TV
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The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 as B. Elzie Bubb
Hallmark Hall of Fame TV
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 as The Inquisitor
Ford Theatre TV
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Ford Theatre
1948
General Electric Theater TV
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General Electric Theater
1953 as Lord Hook
General Electric Theater TV
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General Electric Theater
1953 as Paul von Hindenburg
Armchair Theatre TV
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Armchair Theatre
1956 as Sir George Sidney, MP
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