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Ray Collins
Ray Collins

Ray Collins

ActingBorn December 10, 1889Died July 11, 1965 (age 75)Sacramento, California, USA

Biography

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.

Filmography

1960
I'll Give My Life

as John Bradford

Movie
1958
Touch of Evil

as District Attorney Adair

Movie
1957
Perry Mason

as Lieutenant Tragg

TV
1957Movie
1957Movie
1956
On Trial

as Corbett

TV
1956
The Solid Gold Cadillac

as Alfred Metcalfe

Movie
1956
Never Say Goodbye

as Dr. Bailey

Movie
1956
The Go-Getter

as J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)

Movie
1955Movie
1955
Texas Lady

as Mica Ralston (rancher)

Movie
1955
The Desperate Hours

as Sheriff Masters

Movie
1955TV
1955TV
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Herbert Brenner

TV
1954
Athena

as Mr. Tremaine

Movie
1954
Climax!

as Jerome Harris

TV
1954
Father Knows Best

as Dean Wilson

TV
1954
Rose Marie

as Insp. Appleby

Movie
1953
Bad for Each Other

as Dan Reasonover

Movie
1953
The Kid from Left Field

as Fred F. Whacker

Movie
1953
The Desert Song

as Gen. Birabeau

Movie
1953
Column South

as Storey

Movie
1952Movie
1952
Cavalcade of America

as Daniel Webster

TV
1952
Dreamboat

as Timothy Stone

Movie
1952
Young Man with Ideas

as Edmund Jethrow

Movie
1952
Invitation

as Warren Pritchard

Movie
1951
I Want You

as Judge Kenneth Turner

Movie
1951
The Racket

as Mortimer Welsh

Movie
1951
Reunion in Reno

as Judge Thomas Kneeland

Movie
1951Movie
1951
You're in the Navy Now

as Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant

Movie
1951
Vengeance Valley

as Arch Strobie

Movie
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Barton Keyes

TV
1950TV
1950
Summer Stock

as Jasper G. Wingait

Movie
1950
The Reformer and the Redhead

as Commodore Parker

Movie
1950
Kill the Umpire

as Jonah Evans

Movie
1950
Paid in Full

as Dr. Fredericks

Movie
1950
Francis

as Colonel Hooker

Movie
1949
Free For All

as A B Blair

Movie
1949
The Heiress

as Jefferson Almond

Movie
1949
The Fountainhead

as Roger Enright

Movie
1949
It Happens Every Spring

as Alfred Greenleaf

Movie
1949
Red Stallion In The Rockies

as Matthew 'Matt' Simpson

Movie
1949
The Price of Freedom

as Thomas Vollmer

Movie
1949
Hideout

as Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty

Movie
1948
Command Decision

as Maj. Desmond Lansing

Movie
1948
Studio One

as Gen. Sam Woolery

TV
1948
Good Sam

as Rev. Daniels

Movie
1948
For the Love of Mary

as Harvey Elwood

Movie
1948
The Man from Colorado

as Big Ed Carter

Movie
1948
Homecoming

as Lt. Col. Avery Silver

Movie
1948
The Swordsman

as MacCoppin

Movie
1947Movie
1947
A Double Life

as Victor Donlan

Movie
1947
The Red Stallion

as Perry Barton

Movie
1947
Trail Street

as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1946Movie
1946Movie
1946
Two Years Before the Mast

as Gordon Stewart

Movie
1946
Three Wise Fools

as Judge Watson

Movie
1946
Crack-Up

as Dr. Lowell

Movie
1946
Boys' Ranch

as Davis Banton

Movie
1946
Badman's Territory

as Colonel Farewell / Narrator

Movie
1946Movie
1946
Miss Susie Slagle's

as Dr. Elijah Howe

Movie
1946
Up Goes Maisie

as Mr. Floyd Henderickson

Movie
1945
Leave Her to Heaven

as Glen Robie

Movie
1945
The Hidden Eye

as Phillip Treadway

Movie
1945
Roughly Speaking

as John Chase Randall

Movie
1944
Can't Help Singing

as Senator Frost

Movie
1944
Barbary Coast Gent

as Johnny Adair

Movie
1944Movie
1944
The Eve of St. Mark

as Deckman West

Movie
1944
The Hitler Gang

as Cardinal von Faulhaber

Movie
1944
Main Street Today

as Otis Bird

Movie
1944
See Here, Private Hargrove

as Brodie S. Griffith

Movie
1943
Madame Curie

as Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1943
Whistling in Brooklyn

as Grover Kendall

Movie
1943
Salute to the Marines

as Col. John Mason

Movie
1943
Crime Doctor

as Dr. John Carey

Movie
1943
Slightly Dangerous

as Snodgrass

Movie
1943
The Human Comedy

as Mr. Macauley

Movie
1942
Commandos Strike at Dawn

as Johan Bergesen

Movie
1942
The Navy Comes Through

as Capt. McCall

Movie
1942
Highways by Night

as Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle

Movie
1942
The Big Street

as Professor B

Movie
1942Movie
1941
Citizen Kane

as Jim W. Gettys

Movie
1931
Words & Music

as Mr. Lambert (uncredited)

Movie
1931
One Way Out

as Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayDecember 10, 1889
Day of DeathJuly 11, 1965
Place of BirthSacramento, California, USA
Popularity1.2