Ray Collins
Biography
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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Movies (41)
Jamaica's Cool Runners: Pushcarts and the Art of Living
2014
Viva la clase media
1980
I'll Give My Life
as John Bradford
1960
Touch of Evil
as District Attorney Adair
1958
Spoilers of the Forest
as Eric Warren
1957
Invitation to a Gunfighter
as Harris Clayton
1957
The Solid Gold Cadillac
as Alfred Metcalfe
1956
Never Say Goodbye
as Dr. Bailey
1956
The Go-Getter
as J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)
1956
The Miracle on 34th Street
as Judge Harper
1955
Texas Lady
as Mica Ralston (rancher)
1955
The Desperate Hours
as Sheriff Masters
1955
Athena
as Mr. Tremaine
1954
Rose Marie
as Insp. Appleby
1954
Bad for Each Other
as Dan Reasonover
1953
The Kid from Left Field
as Fred F. Whacker
1953
The Desert Song
as Gen. Birabeau
1953
Column South
as Storey
1953
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
as Jonathan Parker
1952
Dreamboat
as Timothy Stone
1952
Young Man with Ideas
as Edmund Jethrow
1952
Invitation
as Warren Pritchard
1952
I Want You
as Judge Kenneth Turner
1951
The Racket
as Mortimer Welsh
1951
Reunion in Reno
as Judge Thomas Kneeland
1951
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
as Jonathan Parker
1951
You're in the Navy Now
as Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant
1951
Vengeance Valley
as Arch Strobie
1951
Summer Stock
as Jasper G. Wingait
1950
The Reformer and the Redhead
as Commodore Parker
1950
Kill the Umpire
as Jonah Evans
1950
Paid in Full
as Dr. Fredericks
1950
Francis
as Colonel Hooker
1950
Free For All
as A B Blair
1949
The Heiress
as Jefferson Almond
1949
The Fountainhead
as Roger Enright
1949
It Happens Every Spring
as Alfred Greenleaf
1949
Red Stallion In The Rockies
as Matthew 'Matt' Simpson
1949
The Price of Freedom
as Thomas Vollmer
1949
Hideout
as Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty
1949
Command Decision
as Maj. Desmond Lansing
1948
TV Shows (9)
Perry Mason
as Lieutenant Tragg
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Evan Gracie
1956
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Callicott
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Herbert Brenner
1955
The Halls of Ivy
1954
Climax!
as Jerome Harris
1954
Cavalcade of America
as Daniel Webster
1952
Lux Video Theatre
as Barton Keyes
1950
Studio One
as Gen. Sam Woolery
1948