Massey, Raymond

Massey, Raymond

▪ Canadian-American actor, director, and producer
in full  Raymond Hart Massey 
born Aug. 30, 1896, Toronto, Ont., Can.
died July 29, 1983, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.
 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. After World War I he continued his education, at Oxford, and embarked upon a career as an actor, much against his family's wishes, while in England in 1922. By 1926 he had become part manager of the Everyman Theatre in London, and in the following years he played a wide variety of stage roles, becoming known for the force and conviction of his performances. In 1931 he made a rather inauspicious New York City debut in the unsuccessful Norman Bel Geddes experimental production of Hamlet. His most acclaimed Broadway performance came eight years later in the title role of Abe Lincoln in Illinois.

      Massey's career as a film actor began in 1931 and extended to more than 60 motion pictures, including the film version of Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Arsenic and Old Lace, and East of Eden. During World War II he served as an officer in the Canadian Army, but after becoming a U.S. citizen in 1944, he resumed his career in Hollywood and on Broadway. He directed 35 plays altogether, and during the 1960s he played the continuing role of Dr. Gillespie in the popular television series Doctor Kildare.

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