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Ray Collins

Ray Collins

Born: 1889-12-10 • Sacramento, California, USA

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