Highest rated as cast or director
Raymond Massey's 6 titles from the 1940s have a median Balasaur Score of 75, led by Arsenic and Old Lace (80) and The Woman in the Window (77), against 70 for those from the 1930s.
Biography
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 TV and in How the West Was Won (1962). Among his other well-known roles were Dr Gillespie in the NBC TV series Dr Kildare (1961–1966), John Brown in Santa Fe Trail (1940), Seven Angry Men (1955), Abraham Farlan in A Matter of Life and Death (1946), and Jonathan Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).
Acted in 73
1970s
- 1973
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
Matthew Cunningham
The President's Plane Is Missing
Secretary of State Freeman Sharkey
- 1972
All My Darling Daughters
Matthew Cunningham
- 1971
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
Abraham Lincoln
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
- 1967
Saint Joan
The Inquisitor
- 1966
- 1962
- 1961
The Queen's Guards
Movie
- 1960
Insight
TV
1950s
- 1959
- 1958
The Naked and the Dead
General Cummings
- 1957
Omar Khayyam
The Shah
Mayerling
The Prime Minister
- 1956
Armchair Theatre
Sir George Sidney, MP · 1 episode
- 1955
Seven Angry Men
John Brown
Prince of Players
Junius Brutus Booth
- 1954
- 1953
The Desert Song
Sheik Yousseff
General Electric Theater
Lord Hook, Paul von Hindenburg · 1 episode
- 1952
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Inquisitor · 1 episode
Come Fill the Cup
John Ives
David and Bathsheba
Nathan
Sugarfoot
Jacob Stint
- 1950
Barricade
Boss Kruger
1940s
- 1949
Roseanna McCoy
Old Randall McCoy
The Fountainhead
Gail Wynand
- 1948
Years Ago
Clinton Jones
The Ford Theatre Hour
Clinton Jones · 1 episode
- 1947
Mourning Becomes Electra
Ezra Mannon
- 1946
- 1945
God Is My Co-Pilot
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault
Hotel Berlin
Arnim von Dahnwitz
- 1944
- 1943
Action in the North Atlantic
Capt. Steve Jarvis
- 1942
Desperate Journey
Major Otto Baumeister
- 1941
Dangerously They Live
Dr. Ingersoll
- 1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Abe Lincoln
1930s
- 1938
Black Limelight
Peter Charrington
- 1937
Under the Red Robe
Cardinal Richelieu
Dreaming Lips
Miguel del Vayo
- 1936
- 1934
- 1932
The Old Dark House
Philip Waverton
- 1931
The Speckled Band
Sherlock Holmes
- 1930
The Crooked Billet
Movie
1920s
- 1929
High Treason
(uncredited)
Wrote 1
1950s
- 1956
Armchair Theatre
Writer
Appearances11
1970s
- 1974
1960s
- 1962
Jacqueline Kennedy's Asian Journey
Narrator
- 1960
Seconds for Survival
Self - Narrator (voice)
1950s
- 1956
The True Story of the Civil War
Narrator
The Naked Eye
Narrator (voice)
- 1950
1940s
- 1948
- 1942
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
