Biography
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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Known For
Filmography
Acting Credits (96)
Dinah!
Self
1974
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
Matthew Cunningham
1973
The President's Plane Is Missing
Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
1973
All My Darling Daughters
Matthew Cunningham
1972
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
Abraham Lincoln
1971
