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Post by snsurone on Aug 7, 2018 14:30:41 GMT
He often played villains in movies, but he also played sympathetic characters, too.
He was, arguably, the best Abraham Lincoln in movie history.
And I loved his character of Andy in 49th PARALLEL, where in the final scene, he punches the lights out of the Nazi protagonist.
Later, he was equally successful on TV as Dr. Gillespie and other roles before failing health forced him to retire.
IMHO, he was one of filmdom's best character actors.
Your opinions?
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Post by politicidal on Aug 7, 2018 14:37:56 GMT
Always reliable in whatever role he played.
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Post by mattgarth on Aug 7, 2018 15:54:43 GMT
He sure could play difficult, unyielding fathers:
SANTA FE TRAIL (as John Brown)
MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA
EAST OF EDEN
SEVEN ANGRY MEN (as Brown again)
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Post by teleadm on Aug 7, 2018 17:40:12 GMT
 Chauvelin in The Scarlet Pimpernel 1934  Black Michael in The Prisoner of Zenda 1937  Jonathan Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace 1944  Abraham Lincoln in How the West Was Won 1962 .jpg) The Preacher in Mackenna's Gold 1969  Dr. Leonard Gillespie in Dr Kildare 1961 - 1966, 191 episodes.   Abraham Farlan in A Matter of Life and Death 1946  Cabal in Things to Come 1936  Sherlock Holmes in The Speckled Band 1931 |
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Post by snsurone on Aug 7, 2018 21:39:33 GMT
An interesting bit of trivia:
Massay starred in an episode of ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS, where he played a farmer who was too late to get his critically injured son to a doctor because of a "Road Hog" (the episode's title).
As a result, Massey plotted with his surviving sons to bring the POS down, since the authorities refused to act.
Well, the son who actually carried out the vendetta was played by the young, then unknown, Richard Chamberlain!
I wonder if the two actors ever discussed this on the set of DR. KILDARE.
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Post by neurosturgeon on Aug 7, 2018 23:14:47 GMT
PRINCE OF PLAYERS
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
THE FOUNTAINHEAD
THE GREAT IMPOSTER
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