Editing Daniel Massey (actor) (section)

==Career==
Massey made his film debut as a child in his godfather [[Noël Coward]]'s naval drama, ''[[In Which We Serve]]'' (1942). He would later play Coward in the 1968 [[Julie Andrews]] vehicle ''[[Star! (film)|Star!]]'',<ref>[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/91271/star ''Star!''] tcm.com, retrieved 21 October 2017</ref> a performance for which he won a [[Golden Globe Award]] and received his sole [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]].<ref>[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/91271/star#awards " ''Star!'' Awards"] tcm.com, retrieved 21 October 2017</ref>

He made a major impression as an adult as [[Laurence Olivier]]'s son-in-law in the stage and screen versions of [[John Osborne]]'s ''[[The Entertainer (play)|The Entertainer]]'' (film in 1960).<ref>[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/74137/the-entertainer " ''The Entertainer'' film"] tcm.com, retrieved 21 October 2017</ref> Massey appeared in numerous British films from the 1950s onwards, including  ''[[The Jokers]]'' (1967), ''[[Mary, Queen of Scots (1971 film)|Mary, Queen of Scots]]'' (1971), ''[[The Vault of Horror (film)|The Vault of Horror]]'' (1973, in which his character's sister was played by his real-life sister, [[Anna Massey]]),  ''[[The Cat and the Canary (1979 film)|The Cat and the Canary]]'' (1979), ''[[Escape to Victory|Victory!]]'' (1981) and ''[[In the Name of the Father]]'' (1993).<ref>[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/124384%7C35431/daniel-massey#filmography "Daniel Massey Filmography"] tcm.com, retrieved 21 October 2017</ref>

Other highlights of his career were his stage roles, especially that of the German conductor [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]] in [[Ronald Harwood]]'s ''[[Taking Sides (play)|Taking Sides]]''; Massey was nominated for the 1996 [[Olivier Award]] as Best Actor.<ref>[http://www.olivierawards.com/winners/view/item98530/olivier-winners-1996/ "Olivier Award Winners, 1996"] olivierawards.com, retrieved 21 October 2017</ref> He recreated the role for Broadway in 1996, earning a 1997 [[Drama Desk Award]] nomination for Outstanding Actor In A Play.<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/production/taking-sides-brooks-atkinson-theatre-vault-0000008002 ''Taking Sides''] Playbill, retrieved 21 October 2017</ref> His other Broadway stage appearances included musicals such as ''[[She Loves Me]]'' as Georg in 1963<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/production/she-loves-me-eugene-oneill-theatre-vault-0000004735 ''She Loves Me''] Playbill, retrieved 21 October 2017</ref> and ''[[Gigi (musical)|Gigi]]'' (as Gaston) in 1973.<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/production/gigi-uris-theatre-vault-0000011090 ''Gigi''] Playbill, retrieved 21 October 2017</ref>

He appeared in [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s ''[[Follies]]'' as Benjamin Stone in the West End in 1987.<ref>Clines, Francis X. [https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/23/theater/follies-restaged-in-london.html "'Follies' Restaged in London"] ''The New York Times'', 23 July 1987</ref> In the 1980s and 1990s, he also appeared with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] in productions such as ''[[Love's Labour's Lost]]'', ''[[Measure for Measure]]'' and ''The Time of Your Life'', the latter alongside [[John Thaw]].

In 1970 Massey played the role of the openly gay character Daniel, alongside a cast headed by [[Michael Bryant (actor)|Michael Bryant]] as Mathieu in the acclaimed multi-part [[The Roads to Freedom (TV serial)|BBC adaptation]] of [[Jean Paul Sartre]]'s ''[[The Roads to Freedom]]''.<ref>[http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8a7eb94a2853402b82df04b2ebf80a04 " ''The Roads to Freedom'' BBC Two"] bbc.co.uk, retrieved 21 October 2017</ref>

Other television highlights of Massey's career include ''[[The Crucible]]'' on the [[BBC]] (1981) as Reverend Hale,<ref>[http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2b6e3552b73e42cdb6b0c3dee35a2e1c " ''The Crucible'', BBC One London, 12 April 1981"] bbc.co.uk, retrieved 21 October 2017</ref> ''[[The Golden Bowl]]'' (1972) as the Prince, in the ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]'' episode "Deceived by Flight" as Anthony Donn, again with John Thaw, the BBC adaptation of [[Molly Keane| Molly Keane's]] novel ''[[Good Behaviour (Keane novel)| Good Behaviour]]'' (1983) as the Major, and his performance as an AIDS patient in ''[[Intimate Contact]]'' (1987). With [[Jeremy Brett]] as Sherlock Holmes, he played a US Senator in "[[The Problem of Thor Bridge]]", series 3, episode 2, ''[[The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes]]'', [[Granada Television]], 1991. Brett had once been married to Massey's sister, Anna, and was father to Massey's nephew by Anna, actor David Huggins. He also stole mostly every scene he appeared in the [[Alan Bleasdale]] classic ''[[G.B.H. (TV series)|G.B.H.]]'' (1991) as the awkward eccentric hotel owner, Grosvenor.