Biography
Raymond Hart Massey was a Canadian and American actor. Known for his commanding stage-trained voice, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the title role in Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), a role he later reprised on television and in the film How the West Was Won (1962). Among his other well-known roles were Dr. Gillespie on the NBC television series Dr. Kildare (1961–66), John Brown in Santa Fe Trail (1940) and 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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Awards & recognition
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1941 · nominated
Filmography40 titles
Night Gallery
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
East of Eden
The Prisoner of Zenda
The Woman in the Window
God Is My Co-Pilot
Action in the North Atlantic
How the West Was Won
What's My Line?
The Invaders
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
The Great Impostor
Possessed
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
The Fountainhead
The Ed Sullivan Show
Under the Red Robe
Lux Video Theatre
The Hurricane
The Old Dark House
Mackenna's Gold
Wagon Train
Dallas
Things to Come
Barricade
Reap the Wild Wind
Carson City
Fire Over England
Desperate Journey
The Drum
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Lights Out
David and Bathsheba
Omar Khayyam
Santa Fe Trail
The Speckled Band
Battle Cry