Ray Collins

Birthday: 1889-12-10
Deathday: 1965-07-11
Birthplace: Sacramento, California, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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Ray Bidwell Collins (December 10, 1889 – July 11, 1965) was an American character actor in stock and Broadway theatre, radio, films, and television. With 900 stage roles to his credit, he became one of the most successful actors in the developing field of radio drama.

A friend and associate of Orson Welles for many years, Collins went to Hollywood with the Mercury Theatre company and made his feature-film debut in Citizen Kane, as Kane's ruthless political rival.

Collins appeared in more than 75 films and had one of his best-remembered roles on television, as the irascible Lieutenant Arthur Tragg on the television series Perry Mason.

Credits

Year Title Character
2014-02-17 Jamaica's Cool Runners: Pushcarts and the Art of Living
1980-01-04 Viva la clase media
1960-02-03 I'll Give My Life John Bradford
1958-03-30 Touch of Evil District Attorney Adair
1957-04-04 Spoilers of the Forest Eric Warren
1956-08-22 The Solid Gold Cadillac Alfred Metcalfe
1956-03-10 Never Say Goodbye Dr. Bailey
1956-01-01 The Go-Getter J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)
1955-12-14 The Miracle on 34th Street Judge Harper
1955-11-23 Texas Lady Mica Ralston (rancher)
1955-10-05 The Desperate Hours Sheriff Masters
1954-11-04 Athena Mr. Tremaine
1954-03-03 Rose Marie Insp. Appleby
1953-12-24 Bad for Each Other Dan Reasonover
1953-07-01 The Kid from Left Field Fred F. Whacker
1953-05-30 The Desert Song Gen. Birabeau
1953-05-20 Column South Storey
1952-10-27 Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation Jonathan Parker
1952-07-26 Dreamboat Timothy Stone
1952-05-02 Young Man with Ideas Edmund Jethrow
1952-01-29 Invitation Warren Pritchard
1951-12-22 I Want You Judge Kenneth Turner
1951-10-25 The Racket D. A. Mortimer X. Welsh
1951-10-09 Reunion in Reno Judge Thomas Kneeland
1951-05-10 Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm Jonathan Parker
1951-02-23 You're in the Navy Now Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant
1951-02-14 Vengeance Valley Arch Strobie
1950-08-31 Summer Stock Jasper G. Wingait
1950-05-05 The Reformer and the Redhead Commodore Parker
1950-04-27 Kill the Umpire Jonah Evans
1950-02-15 Paid in Full Dr. Fredericks
1950-02-08 Francis Colonel Hooker
1949-11-01 Free For All A B Blair
1949-10-06 The Heiress Jefferson Almond
1949-06-25 The Fountainhead Roger Enright
1949-06-10 It Happens Every Spring Alfred Greenleaf
1949-05-02 Red Stallion In The Rockies Matthew 'Matt' Simpson
1949-04-29 The Price of Freedom Thomas Vollmer
1949-03-08 Hideout Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty
1948-12-23 Command Decision Maj. Desmond Lansing
1948-09-01 Good Sam Rev. Daniels
1948-09-01 For the Love of Mary Harvey Elwood
1948-08-07 The Man from Colorado Big Ed Carter
1948-04-29 Homecoming Lt. Col. Avery Silver
1948-01-02 The Swordsman MacCoppin
1947-12-31 The Senator Was Indiscreet Fred Houlihan
1947-12-25 A Double Life Victor Donlan
1947-09-01 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer Dr. Matt Beemish
1947-08-16 The Red Stallion Perry Barton
1946-12-25 The Best Years of Our Lives Mr. Milton
1946-11-22 Two Years Before the Mast Gordon Stewart
1946-09-26 Three Wise Fools Judge Watson
1946-09-06 Crack-Up Dr. Lowell
1946-07-18 Boys' Ranch Davis Banton
1946-05-03 Night in Paradise Leonides
1946-03-04 Miss Susie Slagle's Dr. Elijah Howe
1946-02-01 Up Goes Maisie Mr. Floyd Henderickson
1945-12-25 Leave Her to Heaven Glen Robie
1945-08-31 The Hidden Eye Phillip Treadway
1945-01-31 Roughly Speaking John Chase Randall
1944-12-25 Can't Help Singing Senator Frost
1944-09-01 Barbary Coast Gent Johnny Adair
1944-07-24 The Seventh Cross Wallau
1944-05-22 The Eve of St. Mark Deckman West
1944-03-25 Main Street Today Otis Bird
1944-03-18 See Here, Private Hargrove Brodie S. Griffith
1943-12-16 Madame Curie Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
1943-12-01 Whistling in Brooklyn Grover Kendall
1943-09-02 Salute to the Marines Col. John Mason
1943-06-22 Crime Doctor Dr. John Carey
1943-04-01 Slightly Dangerous Snodgrass
1943-03-02 The Human Comedy Mr. Macauley
1942-12-30 Commandos Strike at Dawn Johan Bergesen
1942-10-30 The Navy Comes Through Capt. McCall
1942-10-02 Highways by Night Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle
1942-08-13 The Big Street Professor B
1942-07-10 The Magnificent Ambersons Jack Amberson
1941-04-17 Citizen Kane Jim W. Gettys
1940-08-04 Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men Mayor (voice)
1932-08-31 The Trans-Atlantic Mystery Waite
1931-11-01 Words & Music Mr. Lambert (uncredited)
1931-01-05 One Way Out Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited)