Raymond Massey

Raymond Hart Massey 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). Among his other well-known roles were Dr. Gillespie in the NBC television series Dr. Kildare (1961–1966), John Brown in Santa Fe Trail (1940) and Seven Angry Men (1955), Abraham Farlan in A Matter of Life and Death (1946), and Jonathan Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).

30 August 1896

Born on the same birth day (30 August): Cliff Lee • Colin Dann • Heo Young-ji • Isaac Levitan • Jack Swigert • Joe Staley • Jonathan Aitken • Pavel Nedvěd • Peggy Lipton • Ricky Sanders • Roberto Hernández (starting pitcher) • Scott Richmond • Simone Pepe • Ted Williams • Theo Hutchcraft • Wojciech Fibak

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