Raymond Massey

Raymond Massey

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...

Known For

East of Eden

as Adam Trask

Arsenic and Old Lace

as Jonathan Brewster

Cast Credits

The President's Plane Is Missing

as Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey

All My Darling Daughters

as Matthew Cunningham

Mackenna's Gold

as The Preacher

Saint Joan

as The Inquisitor

How the West Was Won

as Abraham Lincoln

The Fiercest Heart

as Willem Prisloom

The Great Impostor

as Abbott Donner

The Naked and the Dead

as General Cummings

Omar Khayyam

as The Shah

Mayerling

as The Prime Minister

East of Eden

as Adam Trask

Seven Angry Men

as John Brown

Battle Cry

as Major General Snipes

Prince of Players

as Junius Brutus Booth

The Desert Song

as Sheik Yousseff

Carson City

as Big Jack Davis

Come Fill the Cup

as John Ives

Sugarfoot

as Jacob Stint

Dallas

as Will Marlow

Barricade

as Boss Kruger

Chain Lightning

as Leland Willis

Roseanna McCoy

as Old Randall McCoy

The Fountainhead

as Gail Wynand

Possessed

as Dean Graham