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
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
(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)
Athena
as Mr. Tremaine
(1954)
Rose Marie
as Insp. Appleby
(1953)
The Desert Song
as Gen. Birabeau
(1953)
The Kid from Left Field
as Fred F. Whacker
(1953)
Bad for Each Other
as Dan Reasonover
(1953)
Column South
as Storey
(1952)
Dreamboat
as Timothy Stone
(1952)
Young Man with Ideas
as Edmund Jethrow
(1952)
Invitation
as Warren Pritchard
(1952)
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
as Jonathan Parker
(1951)
Vengeance Valley
as Arch Strobie
(1951)
The Racket
as D. A. Mortimer X. Welsh
(1951)
I Want You
as Judge Kenneth Turner
(1951)
You're in the Navy Now
as Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant
(1951)
Reunion in Reno
as Judge Thomas Kneeland
(1951)
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
as Jonathan Parker
(1950)
Kill the Umpire
as Jonah Evans
(1950)
Francis
as Colonel Hooker
(1950)
Summer Stock
as Jasper G. Wingait
(1950)
The Reformer and the Redhead
as Commodore Parker
(1950)
Paid in Full
as Dr. Fredericks
(1949)
The Heiress
as Jefferson Almond
(1949)
The Fountainhead
as Roger Enright
(1949)
Hideout
as Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty
(1949)
It Happens Every Spring
as Alfred Greenleaf
(1949)
Free For All
as A B Blair
(1949)
The Price of Freedom
as Thomas Vollmer
(1949)
Red Stallion In The Rockies
as Matthew 'Matt' Simpson
(1948)
The Man from Colorado
as Big Ed Carter
(1948)
Good Sam
as Rev. Daniels
(1948)
Command Decision
as Maj. Desmond Lansing
(1948)
Homecoming
as Lt. Col. Avery Silver
(1948)
For the Love of Mary
as Harvey Elwood
(1948)
The Swordsman
as MacCoppin
(1947)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Dr. Matt Beemish
(1947)
A Double Life
as Victor Donlan
(1947)
The Red Stallion
as Perry Barton
(1947)
The Senator Was Indiscreet
as Fred Houlihan
(1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Mr. Milton
(1946)
Badman's Territory
as Colonel Farewell / Narrator
(1946)
Two Years Before the Mast
as Gordon Stewart
(1946)
Crack-Up
as Dr. Lowell
(1946)
Night in Paradise
as Leonides
(1946)
Three Wise Fools
as Judge Watson
(1946)
Up Goes Maisie
as Mr. Floyd Henderickson
(1946)
Boys' Ranch
as Davis Banton
(1946)
Miss Susie Slagle's
as Dr. Elijah Howe
(1945)
Leave Her to Heaven
as Glen Robie
(1945)
Roughly Speaking
as John Chase Randall
(1945)
The Hidden Eye
as Phillip Treadway
(1944)
The Seventh Cross
as Wallau
(1944)
The Hitler Gang
as Cardinal von Faulhaber
(1944)
Main Street Today
as Otis Bird
(1944)
Can't Help Singing
as Senator Frost
(1944)
Barbary Coast Gent
as Johnny Adair
(1944)
See Here, Private Hargrove
as Brodie S. Griffith
(1944)
The Eve of St. Mark
as Deckman West
(1943)
Madame Curie
as Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
(1943)
Whistling in Brooklyn
as Grover Kendall
(1943)
Slightly Dangerous
as Snodgrass
(1943)
Crime Doctor
as Dr. John Carey
(1943)
The Human Comedy
as Mr. Macauley
(1943)
Salute to the Marines
as Col. John Mason
(1942)
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Jack Amberson
(1942)
Commandos Strike at Dawn
as Johan Bergesen
(1942)
The Big Street
as Professor B
(1942)
The Navy Comes Through
as Capt. McCall
(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)
Words & Music
as Mr. Lambert (uncredited)
(1931)
One Way Out
as Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited)