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