Ray Collins
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.
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- Born:
- Dec 9, 1889 In Sacramento, California, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 96
- First Appeared:
- In the movie One Way Out 1931-01-05
- Latest Project:
- Movie Zappa 2020-11-27
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Zappa | Self - Vocal (archive footage) | 2020-11-27 |
| Movie | Jamaica's Cool Runners: Pushcarts and the Art of Living | Unknown | 2014-02-17 |
| Movie | Beverly Lewis' The Confession | Fulton | 2013-05-11 |
| Movie | The Three Stooges | Carbunkle | 2012-04-13 |
| Movie | Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation | Self (archive footage) | 2007-05-01 |
| Movie | Viva la clase media | 1980-01-04 | |
| Movie | I'll Give My Life | John Bradford | 1960-02-03 |
| Movie | Touch of Evil | District Attorney Adair | 1958-03-30 |
| Movie | Spoilers of the Forest | Eric Warren | 1957-04-04 |
| Series | Perry Mason | Lieutenant Tragg | 1957-09-21 |
| Movie | The Go-Getter | J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller) | 1956-01-01 |
| Movie | Never Say Goodbye | Dr. Bailey | 1956-03-10 |
| Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Evan Gracie | 1956-10-05 |
| Movie | The Solid Gold Cadillac | Alfred Metcalfe | 1956-08-22 |
| Movie | The Desperate Hours | Sheriff Masters | 1955-10-05 |
| Series | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Judge Harper | 1955-10-05 |
| Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Herbert Brenner | 1955-10-02 |
| Movie | Texas Lady | Mica Ralston (rancher) | 1955-11-23 |
| Movie | The Miracle on 34th Street | Judge Harper | 1955-12-14 |
| Series | Climax! | Jerome Harris | 1954-10-07 |
| Movie | Rose Marie | Insp. Appleby | 1954-03-03 |
| Series | The Halls of Ivy | Unknown | 1954-10-19 |
| Movie | Athena | Mr. Tremaine | 1954-11-04 |
| Movie | Column South | Storey | 1953-05-20 |
| Movie | The Desert Song | Gen. Birabeau | 1953-05-30 |
| Movie | Bad for Each Other | Dan Reasonover | 1953-12-24 |
| Movie | The Kid from Left Field | Fred F. Whacker | 1953-07-01 |
| Movie | Invitation | Warren Pritchard | 1952-01-29 |
| Movie | Young Man with Ideas | Edmund Jethrow | 1952-05-02 |
| Movie | Dreamboat | Timothy Stone | 1952-07-26 |
| Movie | Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation | Jonathan Parker | 1952-10-27 |
| Series | Cavalcade of America | Daniel Webster | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm | Jonathan Parker | 1951-05-10 |
| Movie | Vengeance Valley | Arch Strobie | 1951-02-14 |
| Movie | You're in the Navy Now | Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant | 1951-02-23 |
| Movie | Reunion in Reno | Judge Thomas Kneeland | 1951-10-09 |
| Movie | I Want You | Judge Kenneth Turner | 1951-12-22 |
| Movie | The Racket | D. A. Mortimer X. Welsh | 1951-10-25 |
| Movie | Paid in Full | Dr. Fredericks | 1950-02-15 |
| Movie | Francis | Colonel Hooker | 1950-02-08 |
| Movie | Kill the Umpire | Jonah Evans | 1950-04-27 |
| Movie | The Reformer and the Redhead | Commodore Parker | 1950-05-05 |
| Movie | Summer Stock | Jasper G. Wingait | 1950-08-31 |
| Series | Lux Video Theatre | Max | 1950-10-02 |
| Movie | Red Stallion In The Rockies | Matthew 'Matt' Simpson | 1949-05-02 |
| Movie | Hideout | Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty | 1949-03-08 |
| Movie | The Price of Freedom | Thomas Vollmer | 1949-04-29 |
| Movie | It Happens Every Spring | Alfred Greenleaf | 1949-06-10 |
| Movie | The Fountainhead | Roger Enright | 1949-06-25 |
| Movie | Free For All | A B Blair | 1949-11-01 |
| Movie | The Heiress | Jefferson Almond | 1949-10-06 |
| Movie | Homecoming | Lt. Col. Avery Silver | 1948-04-29 |
| Movie | The Swordsman | MacCoppin | 1948-01-02 |
| Movie | The Man from Colorado | Big Ed Carter | 1948-08-07 |
| Movie | Good Sam | Rev. Daniels | 1948-09-01 |
| Movie | Command Decision | Maj. Desmond Lansing | 1948-12-23 |
| Movie | For the Love of Mary | Harvey Elwood | 1948-09-01 |
| Series | Studio One | Gen. Sam Woolery | 1948-11-07 |
| Movie | The Red Stallion | Perry Barton | 1947-08-16 |
| Movie | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Dr. Matt Beemish | 1947-09-01 |
| Movie | A Double Life | Victor Donlan | 1947-12-25 |
| Movie | The Senator Was Indiscreet | Fred Houlihan | 1947-12-31 |
| Movie | Night in Paradise | Leonides | 1946-05-03 |
| Movie | Miss Susie Slagle's | Dr. Elijah Howe | 1946-03-04 |
| Movie | Up Goes Maisie | Mr. Floyd Henderickson | 1946-02-01 |
| Movie | Badman's Territory | Colonel Farewell / Narrator | 1946-05-04 |
| Movie | Boys' Ranch | Davis Banton | 1946-07-18 |
| Movie | The Best Years of Our Lives | Mr. Milton | 1946-12-25 |
| Movie | Two Years Before the Mast | Gordon Stewart | 1946-11-22 |
| Movie | Three Wise Fools | Judge Watson | 1946-09-26 |
| Movie | Crack-Up | Dr. Lowell | 1946-09-06 |
| Movie | Roughly Speaking | John Chase Randall | 1945-01-31 |
| Movie | Leave Her to Heaven | Glen Robie | 1945-12-25 |
| Movie | The Hidden Eye | Phillip Treadway | 1945-08-31 |
| Movie | See Here, Private Hargrove | Brodie S. Griffith | 1944-03-18 |
| Movie | Main Street Today | Otis Bird | 1944-03-25 |
| Movie | The Eve of St. Mark | Deckman West | 1944-05-22 |
| Movie | Can't Help Singing | Senator Frost | 1944-12-25 |
| Movie | Barbary Coast Gent | Johnny Adair | 1944-09-01 |
| Movie | The Seventh Cross | Wallau | 1944-07-24 |
| Movie | The Human Comedy | Mr. Macauley | 1943-03-02 |
| Movie | Crime Doctor | Dr. John Carey | 1943-06-22 |
| Movie | Slightly Dangerous | Snodgrass | 1943-04-01 |
| Movie | Salute to the Marines | Col. John Mason | 1943-09-02 |
| Movie | Madame Curie | Lecturer (voice) (uncredited) | 1943-12-16 |
| Movie | Whistling in Brooklyn | Grover Kendall | 1943-12-01 |
| Movie | The Magnificent Ambersons | Jack Amberson | 1942-07-10 |
| Movie | Highways by Night | Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle | 1942-10-02 |
| Movie | The Big Street | Professor B | 1942-08-13 |
| Movie | The Navy Comes Through | Capt. McCall | 1942-10-30 |
| Movie | Commandos Strike at Dawn | Johan Bergesen | 1942-12-30 |
| Movie | Citizen Kane | Jim W. Gettys | 1941-04-17 |
| Movie | Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men | Mayor (voice) | 1940-08-04 |
| Movie | The Trans-Atlantic Mystery | Waite | 1932-08-31 |
| Movie | One Way Out | Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited) | 1931-01-05 |
| Movie | Words & Music | Mr. Lambert (uncredited) | 1931-11-01 |