East of Eden
1955
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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...
Biography. 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. The Canadian-born actor first honed his craft on the stages of the U.K. for nearly 10 years before venturing across ...
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 Massey. Table of Contents show. Raymond Massey movies: From Lincoln to Boris Karloff. Though hardly remembered today, the Toronto-born Raymond Massey was a top supporting player – and sometime lead – in both British and American movies from the early 1930s all the way to the early 1960s.
The Canadian-born actor first honed his craft on the stages of the U.K. for nearly 10 years before venturing across the Atlantic to appear on Broadway as...
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).
Married three times, Raymond Massey was the father of actors Daniel and Anne Massey. Read More ↓. Movie Highlights. See Full Filmography. Factsheet. Decided to try acting after staging plays for recreation as a member of the Canadian armed forces fighting World War I on the Siberian front.
