Ray Collins
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 10 December 1889 · Sacramento, California, USA
- Died
- 11 July 1965
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.
Known for
Acting 88
- 2014Jamaica's Cool Runners: Pushcarts and the Art of Living
- 1980Viva la clase media
- 1960I'll Give My Life as John Bradford
- 1958Touch of Evil as District Attorney Adair
- 1957Spoilers of the Forest as Eric Warren
- 1957Invitation to a Gunfighter as Harris Clayton
- 1956The Solid Gold Cadillac as Alfred Metcalfe
- 1956Never Say Goodbye as Dr. Bailey
- 1956The Go-Getter as J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)
- 1955The Miracle on 34th Street as Judge Harper
- 1955Texas Lady as Mica Ralston (rancher)
- 1955The Desperate Hours as Sheriff Masters
- 1954Athena as Mr. Tremaine
- 1954Rose Marie as Insp. Appleby
- 1953Bad for Each Other as Dan Reasonover
- 1953The Kid from Left Field as Fred F. Whacker
- 1953The Desert Song as Gen. Birabeau
- 1953Column South as Storey
- 1952Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation as Jonathan Parker
- 1952Dreamboat as Timothy Stone
- 1952Young Man with Ideas as Edmund Jethrow
- 1952Invitation as Warren Pritchard
- 1951I Want You as Judge Kenneth Turner
- 1951The Racket as Mortimer Welsh
- 1951Reunion in Reno as Judge Thomas Kneeland
- 1951Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm as Jonathan Parker
- 1951You're in the Navy Now as Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant
- 1951Vengeance Valley as Arch Strobie
- 1950Summer Stock as Jasper G. Wingait
- 1950The Reformer and the Redhead as Commodore Parker
- 1950Kill the Umpire as Jonah Evans
- 1950Paid in Full as Dr. Fredericks
- 1950Francis as Colonel Hooker
- 1949Free For All as A B Blair
- 1949The Heiress as Jefferson Almond
- 1949The Fountainhead as Roger Enright
- 1949It Happens Every Spring as Alfred Greenleaf
- 1949Red Stallion In The Rockies as Matthew 'Matt' Simpson
- 1949The Price of Freedom as Thomas Vollmer
- 1949Hideout as Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty
- 1948Command Decision as Maj. Desmond Lansing
- 1948Good Sam as Rev. Daniels
- 1948For the Love of Mary as Harvey Elwood
- 1948The Man from Colorado as Big Ed Carter
- 1948Homecoming as Lt. Col. Avery Silver
- 1948The Swordsman as MacCoppin
- 1947The Senator Was Indiscreet as Fred Houlihan
- 1947A Double Life as Victor Donlan
- 1947The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer as Beemish
- 1947The Red Stallion as Perry Barton
- 1947Trail Street as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1946The Return of Monte Cristo as Emil Blanchard
- 1946Two Years Before the Mast as Gordon Stewart
- 1946The Best Years of Our Lives as Mr. Milton
- 1946Three Wise Fools as Judge Watson
- 1946Crack-Up as Dr. Lowell
- 1946Boys' Ranch as Davis Banton
- 1946Badman's Territory as Colonel Farewell / Narrator
- 1946Night in Paradise as Leonides
- 1946Miss Susie Slagle's as Dr. Elijah Howe
- 1946Up Goes Maisie as Mr. Floyd Henderickson
- 1945Leave Her to Heaven as Glen Robie
- 1945The Hidden Eye as Phillip Treadway
- 1945Roughly Speaking as John Chase Randall
- 1944Can't Help Singing as Senator Frost
- 1944Barbary Coast Gent as Johnny Adair
- 1944The Seventh Cross as Wallau
- 1944The Eve of St. Mark as Deckman West
- 1944The Hitler Gang as Cardinal von Faulhaber
- 1944Main Street Today as Otis Bird
- 1944See Here, Private Hargrove as Brodie S. Griffith
- 1943Madame Curie as Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
- 1943Whistling in Brooklyn as Grover Kendall
- 1943Salute to the Marines as Col. John Mason
- 1943Crime Doctor as Dr. John Carey
- 1943Slightly Dangerous as Snodgrass
- 1943The Human Comedy as Mr. Macauley
- 1942Commandos Strike at Dawn as Johan Bergesen
- 1942The Navy Comes Through as Capt. McCall
- 1942Highways by Night as Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle
- 1942The Big Street as Professor B
- 1942The Magnificent Ambersons as Jack Amberson
- 1941Citizen Kane as Jim W. Gettys
- 1940Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men as Mayor (voice)
- 1940Citizen Kane Trailer as himself/Jim Gettys
- 1932The Trans-Atlantic Mystery as Waite
- 1931Words & Music as Mr. Lambert (uncredited)
- 1931One Way Out as Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited)