Actor

Raymond Massey

1929–present1896–1983DramaRomanceWarAdventure

Chronicler of the Human Condition

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Known For

63 acting credits

as Jonathan Brewster

Arsenic and Old Lace

as Jonathan Brewster

1944

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as Adam Trask

East of Eden

as Adam Trask

1955

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Filmography

1973My Darling Daughters' AnniversaryMatthew Cunningham7.5 1973The President's Plane Is MissingSecretary of State Freeman Sharkey6.3 1972All My Darling DaughtersMatthew Cunningham7.5 1971Walt Whitman: Poet for a New AgeAbraham Lincoln 1969Mackenna's GoldThe Preacher6.6 1967Saint JoanThe Inquisitor

About

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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