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Actor

Raymond Massey

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Acting credits

84

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Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

1.4

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Movies: 59Series: 25Crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 2669

IMDb ID: nm0557339

Known for: Acting

Born: August 30, 1896

Died: July 29, 1983

Age: 86

Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1929 - 1974

Years active: 46

Average TMDB rating: 6.75

Wikidata: Q531461

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).

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