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Raymond 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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Mourning Becomes Electra
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A Matter of Life and Death
As Abraham Farlan
Arsenic and Old Lace
As Jonathan Brewster
49th Parallel
As Andy Brock
The Old Dark House
As Philip Waverton
The Prisoner of Zenda
As Black Michael
The Naked and the Dead
As General Cummings
Santa Fe Trail
As John Brown
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The Naked and the Dead
1958 · General Cummings
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947 · Ezra Mannon
A Matter of Life and Death
1946 · Abraham Farlan
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944 · Jonathan Brewster
49th Parallel
1941 · Andy Brock
Santa Fe Trail
1940 · John Brown
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937 · Black Michael
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934 · Chauvelin
The Old Dark House
1932 · Philip Waverton