A scion of Toronto's affluent Massey lineage, he attended Upper Canada College, Appleby College and took courses at the University of Toronto before studying at Balliol College, Oxford, and ultimately turned to the theatre, where his resonant, stage-trained voice earned early acclaim on the London stage in the 1920s. Transitioning to film, he appeared in the silent sci-fi drama High Treason (1928)… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 East of Eden 1955 How the West Was Won 1962 A Matter of Life and Death 1946 Series ★ 7.8 Night Gallery 1970
Dr. Glendon Series ★ 7.8 Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955
Sam Pine ★ 7.5 The Prisoner of Zenda 1937
Black Michael ★ 7.4 The Woman in the Window 1944
Dist. Attorney Frank Lalor ★ 7.1 Action in the North Atlantic 1943
Capt. Steve Jarvis ★ 7 49th Parallel 1941
Andy Brock ★ 7 The Scarlet Pimpernel 1934
Chauvelin ★ 6.9 The Great Impostor 1960
Abbott Donner ★ 6.9 Possessed 1947
Dean Graham ★ 6.9 Abe Lincoln in Illinois 1940
Abe Lincoln ★ 6.8 The Fountainhead 1949
Gail Wynand ★ 6.7 The Hurricane 1937
DeLaage Series ★ 6.6 Wagon Train 1957
Montezuma IX ★ 6.4 Chain Lightning 1950
Leland Willis ★ 6.4 Dallas 1950
Will Marlow ★ 6.4 Things to Come 1936
John Cabal / Oswald Cabal ★ 6.3 Mourning Becomes Electra 1947
Ezra Mannon ★ 6.3 Reap the Wild Wind 1942
King Cutler ★ 6.2 Carson City 1952
Big Jack Davis ★ 6.2 Fire Over England 1937
King Philip II of Spain ★ 6.1 Desperate Journey 1942
Major Otto Baumeister ★ 6.1 The Drum 1938
Prince Ghul ★ 5.8 Battle Cry 1955
Major General Snipes ★ 5.8 David and Bathsheba 1951
Nathan ★ 5.8 Santa Fe Trail 1940
John Brown ★ 5.7 The Naked and the Dead 1958
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