Ray Collins

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1889-12-10

Day of Death

1965-07-11

Place of Birth

Sacramento, California, USA

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.

Filmography (87)

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Jamaica's Cool Runners: Pushcarts and the Art of Living

⭐ 5.6 Role: Unknown

Viva la clase media

⭐ 8.0 Role: John Bradford

I'll Give My Life

⭐ 7.7 Role: District Attorney Adair

Touch of Evil

⭐ 6.0 Role: Eric Warren

Spoilers of the Forest

⭐ 0 Role: Harris Clayton

Invitation to a Gunfighter

⭐ 6.2 Role: Alfred Metcalfe

The Solid Gold Cadillac

⭐ 6.4 Role: Dr. Bailey

Never Say Goodbye

⭐ 10.0 Role: J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)

The Go-Getter

⭐ 5.6 Role: Judge Harper

The Miracle on 34th Street

⭐ 5.7 Role: Mica Ralston (rancher)

Texas Lady

⭐ 7.0 Role: Sheriff Masters

The Desperate Hours

⭐ 5.8 Role: Mr. Tremaine

Athena

⭐ 4.5 Role: Insp. Appleby

Rose Marie

⭐ 6.0 Role: Dan Reasonover

Bad for Each Other

⭐ 7.9 Role: Fred F. Whacker

The Kid from Left Field

⭐ 6.8 Role: Gen. Birabeau

The Desert Song

⭐ 6.2 Role: Storey

Column South

⭐ 7.9 Role: Jonathan Parker

Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation

⭐ 6.1 Role: Timothy Stone

Dreamboat

⭐ 5.2 Role: Edmund Jethrow

Young Man with Ideas

⭐ 6.7 Role: Warren Pritchard

Invitation

⭐ 5.2 Role: Judge Kenneth Turner

I Want You

⭐ 6.3 Role: Mortimer Welsh

The Racket

⭐ 6.3 Role: Judge Thomas Kneeland

Reunion in Reno

⭐ 6.7 Role: Jonathan Parker

Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm

⭐ 5.1 Role: Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant

You're in the Navy Now

⭐ 5.4 Role: Arch Strobie

Vengeance Valley

⭐ 6.7 Role: Jasper G. Wingait

Summer Stock

⭐ 7.6 Role: Commodore Parker

The Reformer and the Redhead

⭐ 6.9 Role: Jonah Evans

Kill the Umpire

⭐ 6.9 Role: Dr. Fredericks

Paid in Full

⭐ 5.8 Role: Colonel Hooker

Francis

⭐ 6.3 Role: A B Blair

Free For All

⭐ 7.8 Role: Jefferson Almond

The Heiress

⭐ 6.9 Role: Roger Enright

The Fountainhead

⭐ 6.5 Role: Alfred Greenleaf

It Happens Every Spring

⭐ 9.0 Role: Matthew 'Matt' Simpson

Red Stallion In The Rockies

⭐ 8.0 Role: Thomas Vollmer

The Price of Freedom

⭐ 5.9 Role: Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty

Hideout

⭐ 6.6 Role: Maj. Desmond Lansing

Command Decision

⭐ 6.3 Role: Rev. Daniels

Good Sam

⭐ 6.2 Role: Harvey Elwood

For the Love of Mary

⭐ 6.8 Role: Big Ed Carter

The Man from Colorado

⭐ 7.0 Role: Lt. Col. Avery Silver

Homecoming

⭐ 7.3 Role: MacCoppin

The Swordsman

⭐ 6.2 Role: Fred Houlihan

The Senator Was Indiscreet

⭐ 6.4 Role: Victor Donlan

A Double Life

⭐ 6.9 Role: Dr. Matt Beemish

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

⭐ 10.0 Role: Perry Barton

The Red Stallion

⭐ 6.5 Role: Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Trail Street

⭐ 7.8 Role: Mr. Milton

The Best Years of Our Lives

⭐ 6.2 Role: Emil Blanchard

The Return of Monte Cristo

⭐ 6.5 Role: Gordon Stewart

Two Years Before the Mast

⭐ 5.7 Role: Judge Watson

Three Wise Fools

⭐ 5.7 Role: Dr. Lowell

Crack-Up

⭐ 7.0 Role: Davis Banton

Boys' Ranch

⭐ 6.0 Role: Colonel Farewell / Narrator

Badman's Territory

⭐ 6.5 Role: Leonides

Night in Paradise

⭐ 8.5 Role: Dr. Elijah Howe

Miss Susie Slagle's

⭐ 6.8 Role: Mr. Floyd Henderickson

Up Goes Maisie

⭐ 7.4 Role: Glen Robie

Leave Her to Heaven

⭐ 7.9 Role: Phillip Treadway

The Hidden Eye

⭐ 6.8 Role: John Chase Randall

Roughly Speaking

⭐ 6.0 Role: Senator Frost

Can't Help Singing

⭐ 5.5 Role: Johnny Adair

Barbary Coast Gent

⭐ 6.8 Role: Wallau

The Seventh Cross

⭐ 5.9 Role: Deckman West

The Eve of St. Mark

⭐ 6.3 Role: Cardinal von Faulhaber

The Hitler Gang

⭐ 6.4 Role: Otis Bird

Main Street Today

⭐ 6.5 Role: Brodie S. Griffith

See Here, Private Hargrove

⭐ 7.2 Role: Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)

Madame Curie

⭐ 7.0 Role: Grover Kendall

Whistling in Brooklyn

⭐ 7.2 Role: Col. John Mason

Salute to the Marines

⭐ 6.4 Role: Dr. John Carey

Crime Doctor

⭐ 6.0 Role: Snodgrass

Slightly Dangerous

⭐ 6.3 Role: Mr. Macauley

The Human Comedy

⭐ 5.5 Role: Johan Bergesen

Commandos Strike at Dawn

⭐ 6.0 Role: Capt. McCall

The Navy Comes Through

⭐ 7.3 Role: Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle

Highways by Night

⭐ 5.8 Role: Professor B

The Big Street

⭐ 7.3 Role: Jack Amberson

The Magnificent Ambersons

⭐ 8.0 Role: Jim W. Gettys

Citizen Kane

⭐ 7.5 Role: Mayor (voice)

Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men

⭐ 5.4 Role: Waite

The Trans-Atlantic Mystery

⭐ 7.0 Role: Mr. Lambert (uncredited)

Words & Music

⭐ 7.0 Role: Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited)

One Way Out