Daniel Massey (actor)

Daniel Raymond Massey (October 10, 1933 - March 25, 1998) was a British-Canadian actor. Although successful on stage and screen, his career was eclipsed by other members of Canada's noted Massey family: his father, Raymond Massey, his sister, Anna Massey and his uncle Vincent Massey, Governor General of Canada.

Daniel Massey was born and died in London, England. He made his film debut as a child in Noel Coward's flag-waver, In Which We Serve (1942) -- Coward being his godfather. He would later play Noel Coward in the 1968 Julie Andrews vehicle, Star!, a performance for which he won a Golden Globe award. Massey appeared in numerous British films from the 1950s onwards, without ever becoming a major star, and the 1968 award would be the high point of his career. He also made many stage appearances, notably in musicals such as Gigi and Stephen Sondheim's Follies.

Massey was married four times, twice to well-known actresses: Adrienne Corri and Penelope Wilton. He died of Hodgkin's disease.


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He would later play Noel Coward in the 1968 Julie Andrews vehicle, Star!, a performance for which he won a Golden Globe award. He has said that this is one of his life's proudest achievements. He made his film debut as a child in Noel Coward's flag-waver, In Which We Serve (1942) -- Coward being his godfather. For his strong support of Eugene McCarthy in 1968 (and effective use of television commercials in California), Newman was 19th on Richard Nixon's enemies list. Daniel Massey was born and died in London, England. In 1994, the Motion Picture Academy awarded him The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in recognition of his charitable work. Although successful on stage and screen, his career was eclipsed by other members of Canada's noted Massey family: his father, Raymond Massey, his sister, Anna Massey and his uncle Vincent Massey, Governor General of Canada. Named for the gang in his film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, it is a camp for seriously ill children he cofounded in 1986.

Daniel Raymond Massey (October 10, 1933 - March 25, 1998) was a British-Canadian actor. One beneficiary of his charity is the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, located between Ashford and Eastford, Connecticut. He cowrote a memoir about the subject, Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good (ISBN 0385508026). As of 2003, the franchise has resulted in $150 million in donations. Newman donates the proceeds, after taxes, to charity.

The brand started with salad dressing, and has expanded to include pasta sauce, lemonade, popcorn, and salsa, amoung other things. Newman founded Newman's Own, a line of food products, in 1982. He is the now the oldest driver to win a major sanctioned race, having won the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1995 at the age of 70. He cofounded Newman/Haas Racing in 1983.

As a gentlemen driver Paul Newman ran the 24 hours of Le Mans once in 1979, driving a Porsche 935, he finished second. His first professional event was in 1972, in Thompson, Connecticut. He first became interested in the sport ("the first thing that I ever found I had any grace in") while filming Winning, a 1968 film. Newman is known as the co-owner of the Newman-Haas team a CART Championship auto racing team.

He was also nominated for an Emmy Award for his lead role in a 2003 production of Our Town. He married Joanne Woodward in 1958, and later directed her in Rachel, Rachel, a film for which he won a Golden Globe as director and was nominated for an Oscar as the producer. * Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor
** Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. The award came a year after he won an honorary Oscar for his "many and memorable and compelling screen performances.".

Although frequently nominated, Newman has won only one Oscar in a competitive category, for his leading role on The Color of Money in 1986. His rebellious persona translated well to a subsequent generation. Newman was one of the few actors who successfully made the transition from 1950s to the 1960s and 1970s cinema. His first movie, The Silver Chalice has been described by Newman as the "worst movie of the entire 1950s decade", but he rebounded with a series of acclaimed roles.

While he was attending graduate school at Yale, he became a successful stage actor on Broadway. When he returned to America he attended Kenyon College and Yale University. He served in the Navy in World War II, in the Pacific theater. He was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio to a Catholic mother and a Jewish father who owned a successful sporting goods store.

Paul Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an American actor and film director. Road to Perdition (2002) **. Message in a Bottle (1999). Nobody's Fool (1994) *.

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994). The Color of Money (1986) * (Oscar). The Verdict (1982) *. Absence of Malice (1981) *.

Fort Apache: The Bronx (1981). Slap Shot (1977). The Towering Inferno (1974). The Sting (1973).

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). Cool Hand Luke (1967) *. Hud (1963) *. The Hustler (1961) *.

Exodus (1960). Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) *. Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956). The Silver Chalice (1954), his film debut.