- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 10, 1889
- Place of Birth
- Sacramento, California, USA
- Died
- July 11, 1965
Ray Collins
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
Jamaica's Cool Runners: Pushcarts and the Art of Living
2014
movieViva la clase media
1980
movieI'll Give My Life
1960 · John Bradford
movieTouch of Evil
1958 · District Attorney Adair
tvPerry Mason
1957 · Lieutenant Tragg
movieSpoilers of the Forest
1957 · Eric Warren
movieInvitation to a Gunfighter
1957 · Harris Clayton
tvDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Evan Gracie
On Trial
1956 · Corbett
movieThe Solid Gold Cadillac
1956 · Alfred Metcalfe
movieNever Say Goodbye
1956 · Dr. Bailey
movieThe Go-Getter
1956 · J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)
movieThe Miracle on 34th Street
1955 · Judge Harper
movieTexas Lady
1955 · Mica Ralston (rancher)
movieThe Desperate Hours
1955 · Sheriff Masters
tvThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Callicott, Judge Harper
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Herbert Brenner
movieAthena
1954 · Mr. Tremaine
The Halls of Ivy
1954
tvClimax!
1954 · Jerome Harris
tvFather Knows Best
1954 · Dean Wilson
movieRose Marie
1954 · Insp. Appleby
movieBad for Each Other
1953 · Dan Reasonover
movieThe Kid from Left Field
1953 · Fred F. Whacker
movieThe Desert Song
1953 · Gen. Birabeau
movieColumn South
1953 · Storey
movieMa and Pa Kettle on Vacation
1952 · Jonathan Parker
tvCavalcade of America
1952 · Daniel Webster
movieDreamboat
1952 · Timothy Stone
movieYoung Man with Ideas
1952 · Edmund Jethrow
movieInvitation
1952 · Warren Pritchard
movieI Want You
1951 · Judge Kenneth Turner
movieThe Racket
1951 · Mortimer Welsh
movieReunion in Reno
1951 · Judge Thomas Kneeland
movieMa and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
1951 · Jonathan Parker
movieYou're in the Navy Now
1951 · Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant
movieVengeance Valley
1951 · Arch Strobie
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Barton Keyes, Max
movieSummer Stock
1950 · Jasper G. Wingait
movieThe Reformer and the Redhead
1950 · Commodore Parker
movieKill the Umpire
1950 · Jonah Evans
moviePaid in Full
1950 · Dr. Fredericks
movieFrancis
1950 · Colonel Hooker
movieFree For All
1949 · A B Blair
movieThe Heiress
1949 · Jefferson Almond
movieThe Fountainhead
1949 · Roger Enright
movieIt Happens Every Spring
1949 · Alfred Greenleaf
movieRed Stallion In The Rockies
1949 · Matthew 'Matt' Simpson
The Price of Freedom
1949 · Thomas Vollmer
movieHideout
1949 · Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty
movieCommand Decision
1948 · Maj. Desmond Lansing
tvStudio One
1948 · Gen. Sam Woolery
movieGood Sam
1948 · Rev. Daniels
movieFor the Love of Mary
1948 · Harvey Elwood
movieThe Man from Colorado
1948 · Big Ed Carter
movieHomecoming
1948 · Lt. Col. Avery Silver
movieThe Swordsman
1948 · MacCoppin
movieThe Senator Was Indiscreet
1947 · Fred Houlihan
movieA Double Life
1947 · Victor Donlan
movieThe Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947 · Beemish
movieThe Red Stallion
1947 · Perry Barton
movieTrail Street
1947 · Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
movieThe Best Years of Our Lives
1946 · Mr. Milton
movieThe Return of Monte Cristo
1946 · Emil Blanchard
movieTwo Years Before the Mast
1946 · Gordon Stewart
movieThree Wise Fools
1946 · Judge Watson
movieCrack-Up
1946 · Dr. Lowell
movieBoys' Ranch
1946 · Davis Banton
movieBadman's Territory
1946 · Colonel Farewell / Narrator
movieNight in Paradise
1946 · Leonides
movieMiss Susie Slagle's
1946 · Dr. Elijah Howe
movieUp Goes Maisie
1946 · Mr. Floyd Henderickson
movieLeave Her to Heaven
1945 · Glen Robie
movieThe Hidden Eye
1945 · Phillip Treadway
movieRoughly Speaking
1945 · John Chase Randall
movieCan't Help Singing
1944 · Senator Frost
movieBarbary Coast Gent
1944 · Johnny Adair
movieThe Seventh Cross
1944 · Wallau
movieThe Eve of St. Mark
1944 · Deckman West
movieThe Hitler Gang
1944 · Cardinal von Faulhaber
movieMain Street Today
1944 · Otis Bird
movieSee Here, Private Hargrove
1944 · Brodie S. Griffith
movieMadame Curie
1943 · Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
movieWhistling in Brooklyn
1943 · Grover Kendall
movieSalute to the Marines
1943 · Col. John Mason
movieCrime Doctor
1943 · Dr. John Carey
movieSlightly Dangerous
1943 · Snodgrass
movieThe Human Comedy
1943 · Mr. Macauley
movieCommandos Strike at Dawn
1942 · Johan Bergesen
movieThe Navy Comes Through
1942 · Capt. McCall
movieHighways by Night
1942 · Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle
movieThe Big Street
1942 · Professor B
movieThe Magnificent Ambersons
1942 · Jack Amberson
movieCitizen Kane
1941 · Jim W. Gettys
movieValley Town: A Study of Machines and Men
1940 · Mayor (voice)
movieThe Trans-Atlantic Mystery
1932 · Waite
movieWords & Music
1931 · Mr. Lambert (uncredited)
One Way Out
1931 · Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited)