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Raymond Massey

Raymond Massey

Acting • 1896-08-30 • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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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East of Eden7.5

East of Eden

1955

Arsenic and Old Lace7.6

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944

Things to Come6.4

Things to Come

1936

The Woman in the Window7.4

The Woman in the Window

1944

Dr. Kildare5.7

Dr. Kildare

1961

The Fountainhead6.8

The Fountainhead

1949

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