Career
He later became a theater professor at the University of South Florida in the 1970s. He remained on faculty until his retirement as professor emeritus in 1996. Also in 1958 he acted in the Peter Hall production of Tennessee Williams" play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Comedy Theatre in London, with Kim Stanley and Leo McKern also in the cast.
Massie played the characters of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde in the 1960 Hammer horror film The Two Faces of Doctor Jekyll.
Unusually, he played Jekyll in make-up as an old, unattractive, bearded man, and his villainous counterpart Hyde as his young, handsome self. He also appeared in the controversial thriller Sapphire (1959), and The Rebel (1961), a vehicle for British comedian Tony Hancock, as a budding artist.
His later films included the British comedies Raising the Wind (1961) and The Pot Carriers (1962). In 1963, he acted in William Fairchild"s play Breaking Point, at the Golders Green Hippodrome, London with John Gregson, Robert Beatty, and Robert Ayres in the cast.
John Barron was director
He taught acting, scene study, voice production, clowning, directing and other subjects. He also directed numerous productions at USF. Paul Massie died on June 8, 2011, in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, at the age of 78. He had resided on the South Shore of Nova Scotia since his retirement from USF in 1996.
