Raymond Massey

Raymond Hart Massey
1896 - 1983 (pneumonia)
American born Toronto

Height 6' 1" (1.85 m) . Educated at Toronto University & Balliol College, Oxford, he joined the Canadian Field Artillery in World War I, served in France & was wounded. His first appearance was in a stage production in Siberia, during its occupation by American Forces in 1918. Raymond returned to Canada & the farm implement business after the war, but footlights proved a greater allure than ploughshares. He appeared at the Everyman Theatre, London in "In the Zone" in 1922 and from then his acting career never looked back. As adept in front of arc lights as the footlights, he was signed up for a 5 year contract by Alexander Korda. Major Massey was invalided from the Canadian Army in 1943. Raymond is devoted to his American wife Dorothy, to whom he refers all queries and problems. He has an ardent radio following in the States and has now become an American citizen. This is natural as his forebears were American for generations. A bad traveller, Raymond hates the sea and aeroplanes. A good sportsman, he excels at golf and fishing, A scholar, he loves good literature. A modest man, he regards himself as supremely uninteresting. Spouse Dorothy Whitney (1939 - 29 July 1983) (his death), Adrianne Allen (1929 - 1939) (divorced) 2 children, Margery Fremantle (1921 - 1929) (divorced) 1 child.

My Darling Daughters' Anniversary (1973) , The President's Plane Is Missing (1973) , All My Darling Daughters (1972), "Night Gallery" (1971) , Mackenna's Gold (1969) , "Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1967) , "Insight" (1967) , "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E." (1966) , "Dr. Kildare" (1965) ,"The Eleventh Hour" (1963) , How the West Was Won (1962) , "Kraft Mystery Theater" (1962) , The Queen's Guards (1961) , "Adventures in Paradise" (1961) , The Fiercest Heart (1961) , The Great Impostor (1961) , "Wagon Train" (1960), "Riverboat" (1960) , "Zane Grey Theater" (1960) , "Playhouse 90" (1960) , "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1959) , "General Electric Theater" (1955) , "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" (1959) , The Naked and the Dead (1958) , Now That April's Here (1958) , Omar Khayyam (1957) , "Kraft Television Theatre" (1957) , "Producers' Showcase" (1955) , "I Spy" (????) , "Climax!" (1956) , "Goodyear Television Playhouse" (1956) , "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1952) , "Ford Star Jubilee" (1956) , "Man's Heritage" (1956) , "The 20th Century-Fox Hour" (1955) , Seven Angry Men (1955) , East of Eden (1955) , Battle Cry (1955) , Prince of Players (1955) , The Desert Song (1953) , Carson City (1952) , "Lights Out" (1952) , Come Fill the Cup (1951) , David and Bathsheba (1951) , "Lux Video Theatre" (1951) , Sugarfoot (1951) , Dallas (1950) , "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse" (1950) , "The Clock" (1950) , Barricade (1950) , Chain Lightning (1950) , "The Ford Theatre Hour" (1950) , Roseanna McCoy (1949) , The Fountainhead (1949) , Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) , Possessed (1947) , A Matter of Life and Death (1946) , Hotel Berlin (1945) , God Is My Co-Pilot (1945) , The Woman in the Window (1944) , Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) , A Canterbury Tale (1944) , Action in the North Atlantic (1943) , Desperate Journey (1942) , Reap the Wild Wind (1942) , Dangerously They Live (1941) , 49th Parallel (1941) , Santa Fe Trail (1940) , Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) , The Drum (1938) , "Picture Page" (1938) , Black Limelight (1938) , The Hurricane (1937) , The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) , Under the Red Robe (1937) , Dreaming Lips (1937) , Fire Over England (1937) , Things to Come (1936) , The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) , The Old Dark House (1932) , The Face at the Window (1932) , The Speckled Band (1931) , The Crooked Billet (1929) , High Treason (1928) , Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927)