Actor info
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Name :
Raymond Massey
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Born :
August 30, 1896 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (86 years at death)
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Died :
July 29, 1983
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
63 films (1929–1973)
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Also known as :
Raymond Hart Massey
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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).
Notable films
- Mackenna's Gold (1969) as The Preacher
- How the West Was Won (1962) as Abraham Lincoln
- East of Eden (1955) as Adam Trask
- A Matter of Life and Death (1946) as Abraham Farlan
- 49th Parallel (1941) as Andy Brock
