Raymond Massey

Birth Name:

Raymond Hart Massey

Birth Place:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Profession

Actor, Writer, Soundtrack

Participated in a revival of "Candida" with prominent actors like Katharine Cornell to raise money for the Canadian Army and Navy Relief effort
Served in the Canadian Army during World War I as a member of the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force
Attended the University of Toronto and Balliol College at Oxford University
First appeared on stage in London in a 1922 production of Eugene O'Neill's "In the Zone․"
Made his screen acting debut in the film "High Treason" in 1929
After playing Abraham Lincoln in the 1938 stage production of Robert Sherwood's play "Abe Lincoln in Illinois," he reprised the role in the 1940 film by the same name
Best known for his role as Dr․ Leonard Gillespie in "Dr․ Kildare" and as Jonathan Brewster in "Arsenic and Old Lace․"
His first role on the American stage was in the title role of "Hamlet" on Broadway

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