Mala

Birthday: 1906-12-27
Deathday: 1952-09-23
Birthplace: Alaska
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

Ray Mala (born Ray Agnaqsiaq Wise) was an American actor. Born to a Native Alaskan Inupiaq mother and Russian Jewish immigrant father, he was one of Hollywood's foremost Native actors from the early 1920s until his death in 1952.

Credits

Year Title Character
1952-07-07 Red Snow Sgt. Koovuk
1942-05-01 The Tuttles of Tahiti Nat
1942-04-16 The Girl from Alaska Charley
1942-02-27 The Mad Doctor of Market Street Barab
1942-01-29 Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake Marnoa
1941-12-11 Honolulu Lu Native Cop
1941-09-26 Hold Back the Dawn Young Mexican Bridegroom (uncredited)
1940-10-31 The Devil's Pipeline Talamu
1940-10-22 North West Mounted Police Indian
1940-07-30 Girl from God's Country Joe
1940-07-19 South of Pago Pago Native Diver
1940-03-08 Zanzibar Mala
1940-03-03 Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Prince of the Rock People (uncredited)
1940-01-26 Green Hell Mala
1939-08-04 Coast Guard Eskimo Driver (uncredited)
1939-07-31 Mutiny on the Blackhawk Wani - Native Slave Leader
1939-05-05 Union Pacific Indian Finding Cigar Store Indian (uncredited)
1938-12-03 Hawk of the Wilderness Kias
1938-08-11 S.O.S. Clipper Island
1938-06-30 The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok Little Elk
1938-04-18 Call of The Yukon Olee John
1936-11-27 The Jungle Princess Melan
1936-11-13 Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island Agent Ray Mala
1935-12-20 Last of the Pagans Taro
1933-11-14 Eskimo Mala, aka Kripik (uncredited)
1932-07-01 Igloo The Young Hunter