Ray Collins
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1889-12-10
Day of Death
1965-07-11 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Sacramento, California, USA
Ray Collins
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.
Known For
Acting
(2014)
(1980)
(1960)
I'll Give My Life
as John Bradford
(1958)
Touch of Evil
as District Attorney Adair
(1957)
Spoilers of the Forest
as Eric Warren
(1957)
Invitation to a Gunfighter
as Harris Clayton
(1956)
Never Say Goodbye
as Dr. Bailey
(1956)
The Solid Gold Cadillac
as Alfred Metcalfe
(1956)
The Go-Getter
as J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)
(1955)
The Desperate Hours
as Sheriff Masters
(1955)
Texas Lady
as Mica Ralston (rancher)
(1955)
The Miracle on 34th Street
as Judge Harper
(1954)
Rose Marie
as Insp. Appleby
(1954)
Athena
as Mr. Tremaine
(1953)
The Desert Song
as Gen. Birabeau
(1953)
The Kid from Left Field
as Fred F. Whacker
(1953)
Column South
as Storey
(1953)
Bad for Each Other
as Dan Reasonover
(1952)
Young Man with Ideas
as Edmund Jethrow
(1952)
Dreamboat
as Timothy Stone
(1952)
Invitation
as Warren Pritchard
(1952)
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
as Jonathan Parker
(1951)
The Racket
as D. A. Mortimer X. Welsh
(1951)
Vengeance Valley
as Arch Strobie
(1951)
I Want You
as Judge Kenneth Turner
(1951)
You're in the Navy Now
as Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant
(1951)
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
as Jonathan Parker
(1951)
Reunion in Reno
as Judge Thomas Kneeland
(1950)
Francis
as Colonel Hooker
(1950)
Summer Stock
as Jasper G. Wingait
(1950)
Kill the Umpire
as Jonah Evans
(1950)
Paid in Full
as Dr. Fredericks
(1950)
The Reformer and the Redhead
as Commodore Parker
(1949)
It Happens Every Spring
as Alfred Greenleaf
(1949)
The Fountainhead
as Roger Enright
(1949)
The Heiress
as Jefferson Almond
(1949)
Free For All
as A B Blair
(1949)
The Price of Freedom
as Thomas Vollmer
(1949)
Hideout
as Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty
(1949)
Red Stallion In The Rockies
as Matthew 'Matt' Simpson
(1948)
Command Decision
as Maj. Desmond Lansing
(1948)
The Man from Colorado
as Big Ed Carter
(1948)
For the Love of Mary
as Harvey Elwood
(1948)
Homecoming
as Lt. Col. Avery Silver
(1948)
The Swordsman
as MacCoppin
(1948)
Good Sam
as Rev. Daniels
(1947)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Dr. Matt Beemish
(1947)
Trail Street
as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1947)
A Double Life
as Victor Donlan
(1947)
The Senator Was Indiscreet
as Fred Houlihan
(1947)
The Red Stallion
as Perry Barton
(1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Mr. Milton
(1946)
The Return of Monte Cristo
as Emil Blanchard
(1946)
Badman's Territory
as Colonel Farewell / Narrator
(1946)
Up Goes Maisie
as Mr. Floyd Henderickson
(1946)
Two Years Before the Mast
as Gordon Stewart
(1946)
Three Wise Fools
as Judge Watson
(1946)
Night in Paradise
as Leonides
(1946)
Crack-Up
as Dr. Lowell
(1946)
Boys' Ranch
as Davis Banton
(1946)
Miss Susie Slagle's
as Dr. Elijah Howe
(1945)
The Hidden Eye
as Phillip Treadway
(1945)
Leave Her to Heaven
as Glen Robie
(1945)
Roughly Speaking
as John Chase Randall
(1944)
Can't Help Singing
as Senator Frost
(1944)
The Hitler Gang
as Cardinal von Faulhaber
(1944)
Main Street Today
as Otis Bird
(1944)
The Seventh Cross
as Wallau
(1944)
The Eve of St. Mark
as Deckman West
(1944)
See Here, Private Hargrove
as Brodie S. Griffith
(1944)
Barbary Coast Gent
as Johnny Adair
(1943)
Whistling in Brooklyn
as Grover Kendall
(1943)
Madame Curie
as Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
(1943)
Slightly Dangerous
as Snodgrass
(1943)
Salute to the Marines
as Col. John Mason
(1943)
Crime Doctor
as Dr. John Carey
(1943)
The Human Comedy
as Mr. Macauley
(1942)
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Jack Amberson
(1942)
The Navy Comes Through
as Capt. McCall
(1942)
The Big Street
as Professor B
(1942)
Commandos Strike at Dawn
as Johan Bergesen
(1942)
Highways by Night
as Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle
(1941)
Citizen Kane
as Jim W. Gettys
(1940)
Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men
as Mayor (voice)
(1932)
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
as Waite
(1931)
One Way Out
as Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited)
(1931)
Words & Music
as Mr. Lambert (uncredited)