ACTOR

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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raymond Massey has received more than 1,745,249 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Raymond Massey is the 2,135th most popular actor (up from 2,651st in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from Canada (up from 207th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Canadian Actor.

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  • 53.75

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  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Raymond Massey ranks 2,135 out of 13,578. Before him are Néstor Pitana, Cicely Tyson, Tyga, Katherine Heigl, Dolores Costello, and Leonid Bykov. After him are Bruce McGill, Julie Harris, Gong Yoo, David Wenham, Richard Belzer, and Kajol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Raymond Massey ranks 124. Before him are Carl Ludwig Siegel, Józef Czapski, Máté Zalka, Prince Wolfgang of Hesse, Heimito von Doderer, and John of Shanghai and San Francisco. After him are Johannes Kleiman, Besse Cooper, Josephine Tey, Ramón Franco, Jacques Duclos, and Dodie Smith. Among people deceased in 1983, Raymond Massey ranks 102. Before him are Roy Sullivan, Juan López Fontana, Maurice Bishop, Antonin Magne, Ibrahim Abboud, and Lina Radke. After him are Yuri Levitan, Shūji Terayama, Zhang Daqian, Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Manuel Ferreira, and Louise Weiss.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Raymond Massey ranks 163 out of 1,622. Before him are Hayden Christensen (1981), Albert W. Tucker (1905), John Tuzo Wilson (1908), Denys Arcand (1941), Shawn Mendes (1998), and Brian Mulroney (1939). After him are Jeff Wall (1946), Stephen Harper (1959), Joe Shuster (1914), Henry Czerny (1959), James Doohan (1920), and Emily Carr (1871).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Raymond Massey ranks 49. Before him are Tom Cavanagh (1963), Peter Cullen (1941), Raymond Burr (1917), William B. Davis (1938), Fay Wray (1907), and Hayden Christensen (1981). After him are Henry Czerny (1959), James Doohan (1920), Elisha Cuthbert (1982), Stana Katic (1978), Hume Cronyn (1911), and Elliot Page (1987).

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Television and Movie Roles

East of Eden
Adam Trask
In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.
Apr 10o 19557.552 / 10
Things to Come
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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.
Mar 31o 19366.4 / 10
Arsenic and Old Lace
Jonathan Brewster
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!
Sep 1o 19447.6 / 10