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Raymond Massey

レイモンド・マッセイ　/　れいもんど・まっせい

Actor from Canada

August 30, 1896 – July 29, 1983　・　Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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screenwriter
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My Take

Raymond Massey is one of those actors whose voice I feel like I know before I even place the face. That commanding, stage-trained delivery carried him from Oxford-era theater to an Oscar-nominated turn as Abraham Lincoln in 1940, a role so suited to him he kept returning to it across decades. I find it fitting that a Canadian-born actor became the screen's definitive Lincoln; sometimes an outsider sees a national icon most clearly. The Hollywood Walk of Fame star feels almost like a footnote next to a career built on gravitas. He's a reminder of an era when sheer presence and diction were the craft.

Overview

Raymond Hart Massey (August 30, 1896 – July 29, 1983) was a Canadian and American actor. Known for his commanding stage-trained voice, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the title role in Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), a role he later reprised on television and in the film How the West Was Won (1962). Among his other well-known roles were Dr.

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1. Profile

Name (English): Raymond Massey
Name (Japanese): レイモンド・マッセイ
Reading: れいもんど・まっせい
Born: August 30, 1896 – July 29, 1983
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Monkey
Origin: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor / screenwriter / film actor / stage actor / manufacturer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Balliol College

Awards & achievements

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%BB%E3%82%A4

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