Raymond Massey

Biography

Raymond Hart Massey 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).

Known For

Arsenic and Old Lace

as Jonathan Brewster

East of Eden

as Adam Trask

How the West Was Won

as Abraham Lincoln

A Matter of Life and Death

as Abraham Farlan

The Woman in the Window

as Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor

The Old Dark House

as Philip Waverton

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Sam Pine

Things to Come

as John Cabal / Oswald Cabal

Mackenna's Gold

as The Preacher

The Fountainhead

as Gail Wynand