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.
Acting (83 movies)
Citizen Kane
1941
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942
Touch of Evil
1958
The Fountainhead
1949
The Racket
1951
Crack-Up
1946
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
The Heiress
1949
A Double Life
1947
The Man from Colorado
1948
Summer Stock
1950
Vengeance Valley
1951
The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950
Paid in Full
1950
Badman's Territory
1946
Leave Her to Heaven
1945
The Human Comedy
1943
The Desperate Hours
1955
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
1952
Can't Help Singing
1944
You're in the Navy Now
1951
Hideout
1949
Bad for Each Other
1953
Whistling in Brooklyn
1943
Crime Doctor
1943
The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956
The Hidden Eye
1945
Salute to the Marines
1943
See Here, Private Hargrove
1944
Homecoming
1948
The Big Street
1942
Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942
Highways by Night
1942
The Navy Comes Through
1942
Good Sam
1948
The Miracle on 34th Street
1955
Words & Music
1931
Invitation
1952
Young Man with Ideas
1952
Roughly Speaking
1945
Night in Paradise
1946
Column South
1953
Texas Lady
1955
Never Say Goodbye
1956
Rose Marie
1954
Slightly Dangerous
1943
Up Goes Maisie
1946
Boys' Ranch
1946
The Desert Song
1953
I Want You
1951
Three Wise Fools
1946
The Eve of St. Mark
1944
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
The Red Stallion
1947
For the Love of Mary
1948
Miss Susie Slagle's
1946
Barbary Coast Gent
1944
It Happens Every Spring
1949
Dreamboat
1952
Command Decision
1948
Spoilers of the Forest
1957
Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949
The Swordsman
1948
Francis
1950
Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men
1940
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
1951
Kill the Umpire
1950
Free For All
1949
The Kid from Left Field
1953
The Go-Getter
1956
Reunion in Reno
1951
Main Street Today
1944
Madame Curie
1943
Athena
1954
I'll Give My Life
1960
The Seventh Cross
1944
Viva la clase media
1980
The Hitler Gang
1944
Trail Street
1947
The Return of Monte Cristo
1946
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1957
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