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Raymond Hart Massey (August 30, 1896 – July 29, 1983) was a Canadian/American actor, known for his commanding, stage-trained voice.
Massey was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Anna (née Vincent), who was American-born, and Chester Daniel Massey, the wealthy owner of the Massey-Harris Tractor Company and son of Hart Massey and grandson of founder Daniel Massey. His branch of the Massey family emigrated to Canada from New England a few years before the War of 1812, their ancestors having migrated from England to the Massachusetts colony in the 1630's. He attended secondary school briefly at Upper Canada College, before transferring to Appleby College in Oakville, Ontario, and taking several courses at University of Toronto, where he was an active member of the Kappa Alpha Society. He later graduated from Balliol College, Oxford.
At the outbreak of World War I, Massey joined the Canadian Army, serving with the artillery on the Western Front. He returned to Canada suffering shell-shock and was engaged as an Army instructor for American officers at Yale University. In 1918, he was sent to serve in Siberia, where he made his first stage appearance, entertaining American troops on occupation duty. Severely wounded in action in France, he was sent home, where he eventually worked in the family business, selling farm implements.
Actors: Mark Rydell (producer), Maggie Wagner (actress), Mark Moses (actor), Andrew Prine (actor), Mark Rydell (actor), Gary Sievers (actor), Michael Moriarty (actor), Edward Herrmann (actor), Charles Dierkop (actor), Phil Hawn (actor), Barry Primus (actor), David Proval (actor), James Franco (actor), Yvonne Blake (costume designer), John Frizzell (composer),
Plot: A biopic about the actor James Dean, whose stardom of the ultimate teenage rebel as well as the premature death made him a legend. His roles are depicted having much in common with his personal life, most notably the difficult relationship with his father.
Keywords: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, acting, acting-class, actor, actors-studio-new-york-city, actress, audition, aunt-nephew-relationshipActors: Edith Fellows (actress), Ian McShane (actor), Christina Applegate (actress), Diane Ladd (actress), Cheryl Ladd (actress), Gene Starzenski (miscellaneous crew), Gisèle Grimm (actress), Lloyd Bridges (actor), William Schallert (actor), David Paymer (actor), Walker Edmiston (actor), Salome Jens (actress), Hope Williams (miscellaneous crew), Bill Borden (miscellaneous crew), Ben Piazza (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Raymond Massey gives a moving performance as Abe Lincoln. This clip excerpts his response to Stephen Douglas in the final Presidential debate. The issues he addresses are as relevant today as they were back then, proving that the more things change, the more they stay the same.
MYSTERY GUEST: Richard Chamberlain & Raymond Massey PANEL: Dorothy Kilgallen, Joey Bishop, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf
16th century adventurer Michael Ingleby (Laurence Olivier)goes undercover as a dead traitor to foil a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth (Flora Robson). Vivien Leigh plays Cynthia, an absent-minded lady-in-waiting who makes the aging monarch jealous when she falls for the young Ingleby.
Stars: Raymond Massey, Conrad Veidt, Annabella Director: Victor Seastrom Cardinal Richelieu spares the life of a convicted duelist provided he will capture the leader of the Huguenots.
After her sister dies under mysterious circumstances, a young heiress seeks Holmes' help when she feels threatened by her brutish stepfather. The book the Speckled Band has just been translated into Welsh and is the first Sherlock Holmes book to be translated into Welsh. You can find more information here www.sherlockholmeswelshpool.com
Action in the North Atlantic (1943) Raymond Massey
Trailer for the 1940 screen classic, ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS, starring Raymond Massey, Ruth Gordon and Gene Lockhart. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Robert E. Sherwood, the screen adaptation garnered two Academy Award nominations: Best Actor (Raymond Massey) and Best Cinematography (James Wong Howe). Subscribe to Captbijou's channel!! More vintage videos are added almost daily!! To buy classic films, westerns, serials, commercials and vintage television shows on DVD -- plus original movie posters, autographs and collectables -- be sure to visit Captain Bijou's website, www.captainbijou.com
Aircraft playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL23A1203602337689 more at http://scitech.quickfound.net/aviation_news_and_search.html Odd hyper-patriotic Cold War tribute to the USAF Air Defense Command, mixing Raymond Massey narration with music, graphics, and, the weird part, choral reading. United States Air Force film SFP-1099 Public domain film from the US National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied. The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/...
A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.
Program: Lux Radio Theater Episode: Action In The North Air Date:May 2, 1939 Starring: George Raft Raymond Massey Julie Bishop
The year is 1854. Robert E. Lee is Superintendent of West Point, where J.E.B. Stuart (Errol Flynn) and George A. Custer (Ronald Reagan) are classmates. In the dormitory, one of the cadets (Van Heflin) reads aloud the secession-promoting pamphlets of abolitionist John Brown. At graduation, the address is given by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis. J.E.B. Stuart and Custer are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry in the Kansas territory, where they have to deal with John Brown.
The Speckled Band (1931) with Raymond Massey as Sherlock Holmes. https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Speckled_Band_(movie_1931)
The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel. Director: William Cameron Menzies Writer: H.G. Wells (novel) Stars: Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson
A segment from the Chesterfield Supper Club program November 20, 1949 on NBC-TV starring Perry Como. Perry introduces a sketch with Raymond Massey as Abraham Lincoln and Denise Alexander as Perry's "daughter". Massey reads the Gettysburg Address. Denise Alexander is still active in 2013.
Barry Goldwater's got Hollywood firepower in the form of Actor Raymond Massey, who wants us to get out of a meaningless war that's costing us "a million dollars a day". Maybe they could "Go Back to the Future" and stop this meaningless war.
Filmography - 1929: The Crooked Billet; High Treason. 1931: The Speckled Band. 1932: The Face at the Window; The Old Dark House. 1934: The Scarlet Pimpernel. 1936: Things to Come. 1937: Fire Over England; Dreaming Lips; Under the Red Robe; The Prisoner of Zenda; The Hurricane. 1938: The Drum. 1939: Black Limelight; For Auld Lang Syne. 1940: Abe Lincoln in Illinois; Santa Fe Trail. 1941: 49th Parallel; Dangerously They Live. 1942: Reap the Wild Wind; Desperate Journey. 1943: Action in the North Atlantic. 1944: A Canterbury Tale; Arsenic and Old Lace; The Woman in the Window. 1945: Hotel Berlin; God Is My Co-Pilot. 1946: A Matter of Life and Death. 1947: Possessed; Mourning Becomes Electra. 1949: The Fountainhead; Roseanna McCoy. 1950: Chain Lightning; Barricade; Dallas. 1951: Sugarfoot; Dav...
Raymond Massey puts a hurting on his kit during his drum solo. The secret weapon behind the Wooten Brothers and Friends.
Raymond, back in the saddle for a night, takes a solo at The Wooten Brothers and Friends. 2/24/10 The solo went on for 10 minutes. I unfortunately ran out of hard disk space on my little recorder around 7 1/2 minutes.
Showreel
Raymond Massey's showreel by Pantelones Productions.
Stars: Raymond Massey, Conrad Veidt, Annabella Director: Victor Seastrom Cardinal Richelieu spares the life of a convicted duelist provided he will capture the leader of the Huguenots.
Stars: Raymond Massey, Conrad Veidt, Annabella Director: Victor Seastrom Cardinal Richelieu spares the life of a convicted duelist provided he will capture the leader of the Huguenots.
The Speckled Band (1931) with Raymond Massey as Sherlock Holmes. https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Speckled_Band_(movie_1931)
Program: Lux Radio Theater Episode: Action In The North Air Date:May 2, 1939 Starring: George Raft Raymond Massey Julie Bishop