Acting

Raymond Massey

Also Known As: Raymond Hart Massey

Birth Date

August 30, 1896

Death Date

July 29, 1983

(passed away at 86)

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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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 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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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Merv Griffin Show

Wagon Train

Robert Montgomery Presents

What's My Line?

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Climax!

Dr. Kildare

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Bob Hope Show

Dinah!

Night Gallery

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Adventures in Paradise

Lux Video Theatre

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

Lights Out

Ford Theatre