Tribute to Raymond Massey - 1896-1983
I like old movies, and a like actors who can "make" a movie by their mere presence. I'm sure that any fan of old movies knows Raymond Massey, because he made movies over a 60-some years, often in starring roles, and because he had a striking appearance... quite tall with a look that could be quite intense or quietly dignified. Some of his more famed roles were as Abraham Lincoln, in "East of Eden", "The Fountainhead", and an early sci-fi "Things to Come". He also did a lot of television, most notably as Dr. Gillespie on the "Dr. Kildare" series. Massey came from a wealthy Canadian family famous for the manufacture of farm implements. Here is a good biography and a few photos from his movies.

  as a young Lincoln as President Lincoln from Things to Come as John Brown in Santa Fe from Things to Come as Dr. Gillespie, with Richard Chamberlain in Dr. Kildare as Lincoln from Things to Come

   Massey's filmography - 58 movies over 66 years
  1. My Darling Daughters' Anniversary (1973) (TV) .... Matthew Cunningham
  2. The President's Plane Is Missing (1973) (TV) .... Secretary Of State Freeman Sharkey
  3. All My Darling Daughters (1972) (TV) .... Matthew Cunningham
  4. Mackenna's Gold (1969) .... The Preacher
  5. How the West Was Won (1962) .... Abraham Lincoln
  6. The Queen's Guards (1961) .... Capt. Fellowes
  7. Dr. Kildare (1961) TV Series .... Dr. Leonard Gillespie
  8. The Fiercest Heart (1961) .... Willem Prinsloo
  9. The Great Impostor (1961) .... Abbott Donner
  10. The Naked and the Dead (1958) .... Gen. Cummings
  11. Now That April's Here (1958) .... Narrator
  12. Omar Khayyam (1957) .... The Shah
  13. I Spy (1956) TV Series .... Anton (1956)
  14. Man's Heritage (1956) TV Series .... Host
  15. Seven Angry Men (1955) .... John Brown
  16. East of Eden (1955) .... Adam Trask
  17. Battle Cry (1955) .... Maj. Gen. Snipes
  18. Prince of Players (1955) .... Junius Brutus Booth
  19. The Desert Song (1953) .... Yousseff
  20. Carson City (1952) .... 'Big' Jack Davis
  21. Come Fill the Cup (1951) .... John Ives
  22. David and Bathsheba (1951) .... Nathan
  23. Sugarfoot (1951) .... Jacob Stint
  24. Dallas (1950) .... Will Marlow/Abernathy
  25. Barricade (1950) .... Boss Kruger
  26. Chain Lightning (1950) .... Leland Willis
  27. Roseanna McCoy (1949) .... Old Randall McCoy
  28. The Fountainhead (1949) .... Gail Wynand
  29. Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) .... Brig. Gen. Ezra Mannon
  30. Possessed (1947) .... Dean Graham
  31. A Matter of Life and Death (1946) .... Abraham Farlan
  32. Hotel Berlin (1945) .... Arnim von Dahnwitz
  33. God Is My Co-Pilot (1945) .... Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
  34. The Woman in the Window (1945) .... Dist. Atty. Frank Lalor
  35. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) .... Jonathan Brewster
  36. A Canterbury Tale (1944) (voice) .... Narrator (US version)
  37. Action in the North Atlantic (1943) .... Capt. Steve Jarvis
  38. Desperate Journey (1942) .... Maj. Otto Baumeister
  39. Reap the Wild Wind (1942) .... King Cutler
  40. Dangerously They Live (1942) .... Dr. Ingersoll
  41. 49th Parallel (1941) .... Andy Brock
  42. Santa Fe Trail (1940) .... John Brown
  43. Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) .... Abe Lincoln
  44. The Drum (1938) .... Prince Ghul
  45. Black Limelight (1938) .... Peter Charrington
  46. The Hurricane (1937) .... Gov. Eugene De Laage
  47. The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) .... Michael, Duke of Strelsau
  48. Under the Red Robe (1937) .... Cardinal Richelieu
  49. Dreaming Lips (1937) .... Miguel del Vayo
  50. Fire Over England (1937) .... King Philip II of Spain
  51. Things to Come (1936) .... John Cabal/Oswald Cabal
  52. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) .... Citizen Chauvelin
  53. The Old Dark House (1932) .... Philip Waverton
  54. The Face at the Window (1932) .... Paul le Gros
  55. The Speckled Band (1931) .... Sherlock Holmes
  56. The Crooked Billet (1929) (uncredited)
  57. High Treason (1928)
  58. Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927)