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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 television and in How the West Was Won (1962).
Raymond Massey. Actor: Arsenic and Old Lace. Educated at the University of Toronto & Balliol College, Oxford, he joined the Canadian Field Artillery in World War I, served in France & was wounded.
Raymond Massey. Actor: Arsenic and Old Lace. Educated at the University of Toronto & Balliol College, Oxford, he joined the Canadian Field Artillery in World War I, served in France & was wounded.
Raymond Massey (born August 30, 1896, Toronto, Ontario, Canada—died July 29, 1983, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) was a Canadian-American actor, director, and producer. Massey was born into a prominent Toronto family. He served in the Canadian Army and was wounded at Ypres, France, in 1916.
Raymond Hart Massey (August 30, 1896 – July 29, 1983) was a Canadian - American actor. Early life. Massey was born Raymond Hart Massey in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He studied at Balliol College, Oxford and at the University of Toronto. Massey served in the Canadian Army during World War II. Massey moved to London to begin his acting career in 1922.
Jul 31, 1983 · Raymond Massey, who starred in movies as Abraham Lincoln and on television as Dr. Gillespie in the ''Dr. Kildare'' series, died Friday at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los...
Raymond Massey was nominated for his one and only Academy Award for his performance as Abraham Lincoln in John Cromwell’s nice-looking but overly reverential Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), based on Robert E. Sherwood’s play in which Massey had starred on Broadway.
Exceptionally tall, with distinctive, unconventional features and a commanding presence, actor Raymond Massey built an impressive career out of playing reassuring authority figures and scheming villains equally well.
Tall, gaunt, Toronto-born, Oxford-educated Raymond Massey turned his back on the family firm (Massey/Harris Agricultural Implements) and became a major actor on both sides of the Atlantic, on stage and screen, for 50 years. Now best known for his US career, which included the title role in Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), the mad and murderous ...
A Matter of Life and Death. Acting. Raymond Massey was a prominent Canadian/American stage and screen actor.
