Ray Collins
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 10, 1889
- Died
- Jul 11, 1965 (aged 75)
- Place of birth
- Sacramento, California, USA
- Credits
- 98
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
Citizen Kane
1941Movie
Jim W. Gettys
Touch of Evil
1958Movie
District Attorney Adair
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946Movie
Mr. Milton
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942Movie
Jack Amberson
Leave Her to Heaven
1945Movie
Glen Robie
The Heiress
1949Movie
Jefferson Almond
Filmography
Jamaica's Cool Runners: Pushcarts and the Art of Living
2014Movie
Viva la clase media
1980Movie
I'll Give My Life
1960Movie
John Bradford
Touch of Evil
1958Movie
District Attorney Adair
Perry Mason
1957TV
Lieutenant Tragg
Spoilers of the Forest
1957Movie
Eric Warren
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1957Movie
Harris Clayton
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956TV
Evan Gracie
On Trial
1956TV
Corbett
The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956Movie
Alfred Metcalfe
Never Say Goodbye
1956Movie
Dr. Bailey
The Go-Getter
1956Movie
J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)
The Miracle on 34th Street
1955Movie
Judge Harper
Texas Lady
1955Movie
Mica Ralston (rancher)
The Desperate Hours
1955Movie
Sheriff Masters
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955TV
Callicott, Judge Harper
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955TV
Herbert Brenner
Athena
1954Movie
Mr. Tremaine
The Halls of Ivy
1954TV
Climax!
1954TV
Jerome Harris
Father Knows Best
1954TV
Dean Wilson
Rose Marie
1954Movie
Insp. Appleby
Bad for Each Other
1953Movie
Dan Reasonover
The Kid from Left Field
1953Movie
Fred F. Whacker
The Desert Song
1953Movie
Gen. Birabeau
Column South
1953Movie
Storey
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
1952Movie
Jonathan Parker
Cavalcade of America
1952TV
Daniel Webster
Dreamboat
1952Movie
Timothy Stone
Young Man with Ideas
1952Movie
Edmund Jethrow
Invitation
1952Movie
Warren Pritchard
I Want You
1951Movie
Judge Kenneth Turner
The Racket
1951Movie
Mortimer Welsh
Reunion in Reno
1951Movie
Judge Thomas Kneeland
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
1951Movie
Jonathan Parker
You're in the Navy Now
1951Movie
Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant
Vengeance Valley
1951Movie
Arch Strobie
Lux Video Theatre
1950TV
Barton Keyes, Max
Summer Stock
1950Movie
Jasper G. Wingait
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950Movie
Commodore Parker
Kill the Umpire
1950Movie
Jonah Evans
Paid in Full
1950Movie
Dr. Fredericks
Francis
1950Movie
Colonel Hooker
Free For All
1949Movie
A B Blair
The Heiress
1949Movie
Jefferson Almond
The Fountainhead
1949Movie
Roger Enright
It Happens Every Spring
1949Movie
Alfred Greenleaf
Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949Movie
Matthew 'Matt' Simpson
The Price of Freedom
1949Movie
Thomas Vollmer
Hideout
1949Movie
Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty
Command Decision
1948Movie
Maj. Desmond Lansing
Studio One
1948TV
Gen. Sam Woolery
Good Sam
1948Movie
Rev. Daniels
For the Love of Mary
1948Movie
Harvey Elwood
The Man from Colorado
1948Movie
Big Ed Carter
Homecoming
1948Movie
Lt. Col. Avery Silver
The Swordsman
1948Movie
MacCoppin
The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947Movie
Fred Houlihan
A Double Life
1947Movie
Victor Donlan
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947Movie
Beemish
The Red Stallion
1947Movie
Perry Barton
Trail Street
1947Movie
Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Return of Monte Cristo
1946Movie
Emil Blanchard
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946Movie
Mr. Milton
Two Years Before the Mast
1946Movie
Gordon Stewart
Three Wise Fools
1946Movie
Judge Watson
Crack-Up
1946Movie
Dr. Lowell
Boys' Ranch
1946Movie
Davis Banton
Badman's Territory
1946Movie
Colonel Farewell / Narrator
Night in Paradise
1946Movie
Leonides
Miss Susie Slagle's
1946Movie
Dr. Elijah Howe
Up Goes Maisie
1946Movie
Mr. Floyd Henderickson
Leave Her to Heaven
1945Movie
Glen Robie
The Hidden Eye
1945Movie
Phillip Treadway
Roughly Speaking
1945Movie
John Chase Randall
Can't Help Singing
1944Movie
Senator Frost
Barbary Coast Gent
1944Movie
Johnny Adair
The Seventh Cross
1944Movie
Wallau
The Eve of St. Mark
1944Movie
Deckman West
The Hitler Gang
1944Movie
Cardinal von Faulhaber
Main Street Today
1944Movie
Otis Bird
See Here, Private Hargrove
1944Movie
Brodie S. Griffith
Madame Curie
1943Movie
Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
Whistling in Brooklyn
1943Movie
Grover Kendall
Salute to the Marines
1943Movie
Col. John Mason
Crime Doctor
1943Movie
Dr. John Carey
Slightly Dangerous
1943Movie
Snodgrass
The Human Comedy
1943Movie
Mr. Macauley
Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942Movie
Johan Bergesen
The Navy Comes Through
1942Movie
Capt. McCall
Highways by Night
1942Movie
Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle
The Big Street
1942Movie
Professor B
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942Movie
Jack Amberson
Citizen Kane
1941Movie
Jim W. Gettys
Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men
1940Movie
Mayor (voice)
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
1932Movie
Waite
Words & Music
1931Movie
Mr. Lambert (uncredited)
One Way Out
1931Movie
Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited)