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Raymond Massey

1896 - 1983

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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 television and in How the West Was Won (1962). Among his other well-known roles were Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raymond Massey is the 2,734th most popular actor (down from 2,135th in 2019), the 233rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 163rd in 2019) and the 59th most popular Canadian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Raymond Massey ranks 2,734 out of 13,578. Before him are Jacques Villeret, Mark Rylance, Zoë Wanamaker, Gregory Itzin, Clark Gregg, and Kari Wuhrer. After him are Aldo Fabrizi, Kathleen Freeman, Henri Vidal, Olga Baclanova, Paul Wesley, and Charles Bickford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Raymond Massey ranks 147. Before him are Árpád Weisz, D. R. Bendre, Ken Myers, Lester Germer, Prince Wolfgang of Hesse, and Edward Arthur Milne. After him are Franz Blücher, Frank Loomis, Norman Thomas Gilroy, Prince Sigismund of Prussia, Tommy Johnson, and Jaromír Weinberger. Among people deceased in 1983, Raymond Massey ranks 121. Before him are Jørgen Juve, Ira Gershwin, Michel Micombero, Oddbjørn Hagen, Juan Carlos Zabala, and Cathy Berberian. After him are Gunta Stölzl, Ernst Degner, Johan Richthoff, Fatma Begum, Adrian Boult, and Herman Kahn.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Raymond Massey ranks 233 out of 1,622. Before him are Chris Benoit (1967), Donald Jackson (1940), James Doohan (1920), Daniel Lavoie (1949), Jon Vickers (1926), and Walter Byron (1894). After him are Garth Hudson (1937), Joe Clark (1939), Hume Cronyn (1911), E. Pauline Johnson (1861), Elisha Cuthbert (1982), and Walter Pidgeon (1897).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Raymond Massey ranks 59. Before him are Joseph Wiseman (1918), Hayden Christensen (1981), Phil Hartman (1948), Chief Dan George (1899), Florence Lawrence (1886), and James Doohan (1920). After him are Hume Cronyn (1911), Elisha Cuthbert (1982), Walter Pidgeon (1897), Neve Campbell (1973), Arthur Hill (1922), and Kenneth Welsh (1942).

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