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).
Arsenic and Old Lace
(Jonathan Brewster)
East of Eden
(Adam Trask)
Santa Fe Trail
(John Brown)
Things to Come
(John Cabal / Oswald Cabal)
Possessed
(Dean Graham)
Fire Over England
(King Philip II of Spain)
Action in the North Atlantic
(Capt. Steve Jarvis)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
(Chauvelin)
The Old Dark House
(Philip Waverton)
The Fountainhead
(Gail Wynand)
How the West Was Won
(Abraham Lincoln)
A Matter of Life and Death
(Abraham Farlan)
David and Bathsheba
(Nathan)
The Naked and the Dead
(General Cummings)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
(Abe Lincoln)
The Drum
(Prince Ghul)
The Prisoner of Zenda
(Black Michael)
Reap the Wild Wind
(King Cutler)
The Great Impostor
(Abbott Donner)
The Woman in the Window
(Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor)
The Speckled Band
(Sherlock Holmes)
Mackenna's Gold
(The Preacher)
Dangerously They Live
(Dr. Ingersoll)
Mourning Becomes Electra
(Ezra Mannon)
Battle Cry
(Major General Snipes)
Carson City
(Big Jack Davis)
Desperate Journey
(Major Otto Baumeister)
Chain Lightning
(Leland Willis)
God Is My Co-Pilot
(Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault)
Come Fill the Cup
(John Ives)
Dallas
(Will Marlow)
Sugarfoot
(Jacob Stint)
Seven Angry Men
(John Brown)
Prince of Players
(Junius Brutus Booth)
Hotel Berlin
(Arnim von Dahnwitz)
Mayerling
(The Prime Minister)
Roseanna McCoy
(Old Randall McCoy)
The Queen's Guards
Omar Khayyam
(The Shah)
The Desert Song
(Sheik Yousseff)
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
(Matthew Cunningham)
Choice
(Narrator)
Barricade
(Boss Kruger)
Black Limelight
(Peter Charrington)
Challenge: Science Against Cancer
(Narrated by (voice))
The Hurricane
(DeLaage)
Saint Joan
(The Inquisitor)
49th Parallel
(Andy Brock)
The Face at the Window
(Paul le Gros)
High Treason
(Member of Federated States Council)
The Crooked Billet
The Fiercest Heart
(Willem Prisloom)
Seconds for Survival
(Self - Narrator (voice))
The Naked Eye
(Sprecher)
Under the Red Robe
(Cardinal Richelieu)
The President's Plane Is Missing
(Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey)
Dreaming Lips
(Miguel del Vayo)
All My Darling Daughters
(Matthew Cunningham)
The True Story of the Civil War
(Narrator)
Breakdowns of 1942
(Self)
The American Road
(Narrator)
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
(Abraham Lincoln)
Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey
(Narrator)
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
(B. Elzie Bubb)
The Victor Borge Show
(Self)
Night Gallery
(Dr. Glendon)
General Electric Theater
(Lord Hook)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(The Inquisitor)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(Sam Pine)
Lux Video Theatre
(Abe Lincoln)
Climax!
(Sir George Sidney)
Adventures in Paradise
(Captain William Brooks)
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
(Amos Claypool)
Riverboat
(Sir Oliver Garnett)
Robert Montgomery Presents
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
(Malachi West)
Lights Out
Dr. Kildare
(Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie)
Ford Theatre
General Electric Theater
(Paul von Hindenburg)
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self)
Robert Montgomery Presents
(Dr. Henry Craig)
Robert Montgomery Presents
(Dr. Clark Evans)
Robert Montgomery Presents
(Judge Benton)
What's My Line?
(Self - Mystery Guest)
Climax!
(Doc Woodward)
The Ford Theatre Hour
(Clinton Jones)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self)
Insight
Wagon Train
(Montezuma IX)
Dinah!
(Self)
The Bob Hope Show
(Self)
The Merv Griffin Show
(Self)