Massey was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Anna Vincent, who was American-born, and her husband Chester Daniel Massey, the wealthy co-owner of the Massey-Harris tractor … See more

Massey died of pneumonia in Los Angeles, California on July 29, 1983, a month before he would have turned 87. His death came on the same day as that of David Niven, with whom he had co-starred in The Prisoner of Zenda and A Matter of Life and Death See more

• Raymond Massey at IMDb
• Raymond Massey at the Internet Broadway Database
• Raymond Massey at the BFI's Screenonline
• Raymond Massey Collection at the Victoria University … See more

First World War
Massey joined the Canadian Army at the outbreak of World War I, and served on the Western Front in the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. … See more

He first appeared on the London stage in 1922 in Eugene O'Neill's In the Zone. According to his obituary in The New York Times, he appeared in "several dozen plays and directed … See more

Massey was married three times.
• Margery Fremantle from 1921 to 1929 (divorce); they had one child, architect Geoffrey Massey.
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Massey has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for films at 1719 Vine Street and one for television at 6708 Hollywood … See more