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Ray Collins

Born 1889-12-10

Died 1965-07-11

📍 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 92

Viva la clase media

I'll Give My Life

as John Bradford

as District Attorney Adair

as Lieutenant Tragg

Spoilers of the Forest

Invitation to a Gunfighter

as Harris Clayton

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

The Solid Gold Cadillac

as Alfred Metcalfe

Never Say Goodbye

as J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)

The Miracle on 34th Street

as Judge Harper

as Mica Ralston (rancher)

The Desperate Hours

as Sheriff Masters

The 20th Century Fox Hour

The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Judge Harper

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Herbert Brenner

as Mr. Tremaine

as Jerome Harris

as Insp. Appleby

Bad for Each Other

as Dan Reasonover

The Kid from Left Field

as Fred F. Whacker

The Desert Song

as Gen. Birabeau

Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation

as Jonathan Parker

Cavalcade of America

as Daniel Webster

as Timothy Stone

Young Man with Ideas

as Edmund Jethrow

as Warren Pritchard

as Judge Kenneth Turner

as Mortimer Welsh

Reunion in Reno

as Judge Thomas Kneeland

Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm

as Jonathan Parker

You're in the Navy Now

as Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant

Vengeance Valley

as Arch Strobie

as Jasper G. Wingait

The Reformer and the Redhead

as Commodore Parker

Kill the Umpire

as Dr. Fredericks

as Colonel Hooker

as Jefferson Almond

The Fountainhead

as Roger Enright

It Happens Every Spring

as Alfred Greenleaf

Red Stallion In The Rockies

as Matthew 'Matt' Simpson

as Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty

Command Decision

as Maj. Desmond Lansing

as Gen. Sam Woolery

as Rev. Daniels

For the Love of Mary

as Harvey Elwood

The Man from Colorado

as Big Ed Carter

as Lt. Col. Avery Silver

The Senator Was Indiscreet

as Fred Houlihan

as Victor Donlan

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

as Dr. Matt Beemish

The Red Stallion

as Perry Barton

as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Return of Monte Cristo

as Emil Blanchard

Two Years Before the Mast

as Gordon Stewart

Three Wise Fools

as Judge Watson

as Davis Banton

Badman's Territory

as Colonel Farewell / Narrator

Night in Paradise

Miss Susie Slagle's

as Dr. Elijah Howe

as Mr. Floyd Henderickson

Leave Her to Heaven

as Phillip Treadway

Roughly Speaking

as John Chase Randall

Can't Help Singing

as Senator Frost

Barbary Coast Gent

as Johnny Adair

The Seventh Cross

The Eve of St. Mark

as Deckman West

The Hitler Gang

as Cardinal von Faulhaber

Main Street Today

See Here, Private Hargrove

as Brodie S. Griffith

as Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)

Whistling in Brooklyn

as Grover Kendall

Salute to the Marines

as Col. John Mason

as Dr. John Carey

Slightly Dangerous

The Human Comedy

as Mr. Macauley

Commandos Strike at Dawn

as Johan Bergesen

The Navy Comes Through

as Capt. McCall

Highways by Night

as Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle

The Magnificent Ambersons

as Jack Amberson

as Jim W. Gettys

Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men

as Mayor (voice)

The Trans-Atlantic Mystery

as Mr. Lambert (uncredited)