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Ray Collins

Ray Collins

Actor · Born 1889-12-10 · Sacramento, California, USA

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Citizen Kane (1941) — Jim W. Gettys
  2. Touch of Evil (1958) — District Attorney Adair
  3. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) — Mr. Milton
  4. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) — Jack Amberson
  5. The Heiress (1949) — Jefferson Almond
  6. Leave Her to Heaven (1945) — Glen Robie
  7. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Herbert Brenner
  8. The Desperate Hours (1955) — Sheriff Masters
  9. The Fountainhead (1949) — Roger Enright
  10. The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) — Beemish
  11. Perry Mason (1957) — Lieutenant Tragg
  12. A Double Life (1947) — Victor Donlan
  13. Vengeance Valley (1951) — Arch Strobie
  14. Summer Stock (1950) — Jasper G. Wingait
  15. Madame Curie (1943) — Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
  16. The Man from Colorado (1948) — Big Ed Carter
  17. The Seventh Cross (1944) — Wallau
  18. The Racket (1951) — Mortimer Welsh
  19. The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956) — Alfred Metcalfe
  20. The Human Comedy (1943) — Mr. Macauley
  21. Crack-Up (1946) — Dr. Lowell
  22. Francis (1950) — Colonel Hooker
  23. Father Knows Best (1954) — Dean Wilson
  24. It Happens Every Spring (1949) — Alfred Greenleaf
  25. Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942) — Johan Bergesen
  26. Command Decision (1948) — Maj. Desmond Lansing
  27. Good Sam (1948) — Rev. Daniels
  28. The Big Street (1942) — Professor B
  29. Never Say Goodbye (1956) — Dr. Bailey
  30. Dreamboat (1952) — Timothy Stone
  31. You're in the Navy Now (1951) — Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant
  32. Crime Doctor (1943) — Dr. John Carey
  33. The Miracle on 34th Street (1955) — Judge Harper
  34. Badman's Territory (1946) — Colonel Farewell / Narrator
  35. Trail Street (1947) — Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
  36. Studio One (1948) — Gen. Sam Woolery
  37. Bad for Each Other (1953) — Dan Reasonover
  38. Column South (1953) — Storey
  39. Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951) — Jonathan Parker
  40. Climax! (1954) — Jerome Harris