Raymond Massey

1896-1983

Biography: life and films

Raymond Massey was a Canadian-American actor. He was born in Toronto, Canada on 30th August 1896 and died in Los Angeles, California, USA on 29th July 1983, aged 86.

His best films as an actor include John Cromwell's Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), Frank Capra's comedy-thriller Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), Fritz Lang's crime-thriller The Woman in the Window (1944), Curtis Bernhardt's thriller Possessed (1947) and Elia Kazan's East of Eden (1955).

Raymond Massey appeared in 52 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Raoul Walsh (3 films), Michael Powell (3), Stuart Heisler (2), Robert Florey (2), Peter Godfrey (2), John Ford (2) and John Cromwell (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (33 films), romance (9), War (9), Western (8), Thriller (7), history (6), Biography (6), crime-thriller (3), comedy (2) and Fantasy (2).

Our average rating for Raymond Massey over all films is: 3.2

Filmography

Key: a = actor

High Treason (1928) [a]

The Crooked Billet (1929) [a]

The Speckled Band (1931) [a]

The Face at the Window (1932) [a]

The Old Dark House (1932) [a]

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) [a]

Things to Come (1936) [a]

Dreaming Lips (1937) [a]

Fire Over England (1937) [a]

The Hurricane (1937) [a]

The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) [a]

Under the Red Robe (1937) [a]

The Drum (1938) [a]

Black Limelight (1939) [a]

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) [a]

Santa Fe Trail (1940) [a]

49th Parallel (1941) [a]

Dangerously They Live (1941) [a]

Desperate Journey (1942) [a]

Reap the Wild Wind (1942) [a]

Action in the North Atlantic (1943) [a]

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) [a]

The Woman in the Window (1944) [a]

God Is My Co-Pilot (1945) [a]

Hotel Berlin (1945) [a]

A Matter of Life and Death (1946) [a]

Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) [a]

Possessed (1947) [a]

Roseanna McCoy (1949) [a]

The Fountainhead (1949) [a]

Barricade (1950) [a]

Chain Lightning (1950) [a]

Dallas (1950) [a]

Come Fill the Cup (1951) [a]

David and Bathsheba (1951) [a]

Sugarfoot (1951) [a]

Carson City (1952) [a]

The Desert Song (1953) [a]

Battle Cry (1955) [a]

East of Eden (1955) [a]

Prince of Players (1955) [a]

Seven Angry Men (1955) [a]

The Naked Eye (1956) [a]

Omar Khayyam (1957) [a]

Now That April's Here (1958) [a]

The Naked and the Dead (1958) [a]

The Fiercest Heart (1961) [a]

The Great Impostor (1961) [a]

The Queen's Guards (1961) [a]

How the West Was Won (1962) [a]

Mackenna's Gold (1969) [a]

Deception (2013) [a]



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