Ray Collins
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 10, 1889, Sacramento, California, USA
- Died
- July 11, 1965
- Movies
- 87
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2014 | Jamaica's Cool Runners: Pushcarts and the Art of Living | |
| 1980 | Viva la clase media | |
| 1960 | I'll Give My Life | John Bradford |
| 1958 | Touch of Evil | District Attorney Adair |
| 1957 | Spoilers of the Forest | Eric Warren |
| 1957 | Invitation to a Gunfighter | Harris Clayton |
| 1956 | The Solid Gold Cadillac | Alfred Metcalfe |
| 1956 | Never Say Goodbye | Dr. Bailey |
| 1956 | The Go-Getter | J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller) |
| 1955 | The Miracle on 34th Street | Judge Harper |
| 1955 | Texas Lady | Mica Ralston (rancher) |
| 1955 | The Desperate Hours | Sheriff Masters |
| 1954 | Athena | Mr. Tremaine |
| 1954 | Rose Marie | Insp. Appleby |
| 1953 | Bad for Each Other | Dan Reasonover |
| 1953 | The Kid from Left Field | Fred F. Whacker |
| 1953 | The Desert Song | Gen. Birabeau |
| 1953 | Column South | Storey |
| 1952 | Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation | Jonathan Parker |
| 1952 | Dreamboat | Timothy Stone |
| 1952 | Young Man with Ideas | Edmund Jethrow |
| 1952 | Invitation | Warren Pritchard |
| 1951 | I Want You | Judge Kenneth Turner |
| 1951 | The Racket | Mortimer Welsh |
| 1951 | Reunion in Reno | Judge Thomas Kneeland |
| 1951 | Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm | Jonathan Parker |
| 1951 | You're in the Navy Now | Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant |
| 1951 | Vengeance Valley | Arch Strobie |
| 1950 | Summer Stock | Jasper G. Wingait |
| 1950 | The Reformer and the Redhead | Commodore Parker |
| 1950 | Kill the Umpire | Jonah Evans |
| 1950 | Paid in Full | Dr. Fredericks |
| 1950 | Francis | Colonel Hooker |
| 1949 | Free For All | A B Blair |
| 1949 | The Heiress | Jefferson Almond |
| 1949 | The Fountainhead | Roger Enright |
| 1949 | It Happens Every Spring | Alfred Greenleaf |
| 1949 | Red Stallion In The Rockies | Matthew 'Matt' Simpson |
| 1949 | The Price of Freedom | Thomas Vollmer |
| 1949 | Hideout | Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty |
| 1948 | Command Decision | Maj. Desmond Lansing |
| 1948 | Good Sam | Rev. Daniels |
| 1948 | For the Love of Mary | Harvey Elwood |
| 1948 | The Man from Colorado | Big Ed Carter |
| 1948 | Homecoming | Lt. Col. Avery Silver |
| 1948 | The Swordsman | MacCoppin |
| 1947 | The Senator Was Indiscreet | Fred Houlihan |
| 1947 | A Double Life | Victor Donlan |
| 1947 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Beemish |
| 1947 | The Red Stallion | Perry Barton |
| 1947 | Trail Street | Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Return of Monte Cristo | Emil Blanchard |
| 1946 | The Best Years of Our Lives | Mr. Milton |
| 1946 | Two Years Before the Mast | Gordon Stewart |
| 1946 | Three Wise Fools | Judge Watson |
| 1946 | Crack-Up | Dr. Lowell |
| 1946 | Boys' Ranch | Davis Banton |
| 1946 | Badman's Territory | Colonel Farewell / Narrator |
| 1946 | Night in Paradise | Leonides |
| 1946 | Miss Susie Slagle's | Dr. Elijah Howe |
| 1946 | Up Goes Maisie | Mr. Floyd Henderickson |
| 1945 | Leave Her to Heaven | Glen Robie |
| 1945 | The Hidden Eye | Phillip Treadway |
| 1945 | Roughly Speaking | John Chase Randall |
| 1944 | Can't Help Singing | Senator Frost |
| 1944 | Barbary Coast Gent | Johnny Adair |
| 1944 | The Seventh Cross | Wallau |
| 1944 | The Eve of St. Mark | Deckman West |
| 1944 | The Hitler Gang | Cardinal von Faulhaber |
| 1944 | Main Street Today | Otis Bird |
| 1944 | See Here, Private Hargrove | Brodie S. Griffith |
| 1943 | Madame Curie | Lecturer (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Whistling in Brooklyn | Grover Kendall |
| 1943 | Salute to the Marines | Col. John Mason |
| 1943 | Crime Doctor | Dr. John Carey |
| 1943 | Slightly Dangerous | Snodgrass |
| 1943 | The Human Comedy | Mr. Macauley |
| 1942 | Commandos Strike at Dawn | Johan Bergesen |
| 1942 | The Navy Comes Through | Capt. McCall |
| 1942 | Highways by Night | Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle |
| 1942 | The Big Street | Professor B |
| 1942 | The Magnificent Ambersons | Jack Amberson |
| 1941 | Citizen Kane | Jim W. Gettys |
| 1940 | Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men | Mayor (voice) |
| 1932 | The Trans-Atlantic Mystery | Waite |
| 1931 | Words & Music | Mr. Lambert (uncredited) |
| 1931 | One Way Out | Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited) |
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