Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 27, 1906
Died
Sep 23, 1952
Place of Birth
Alaska
Credits
27 titles
Mala
Biography
Ray Mala (born Ray Agnaqsiaq Wise) was an American actor. Born to a Native Alaskan Inupiaq mother and Russian Jewish immigrant father, he was one of Hollywood's foremost Native actors from the early 1920s until his death in 1952.
Known For
Filmography
Red Snow
Sgt. Koovuk
The Fan
Assistant Camera
The Tuttles of Tahiti
Nat
The Girl from Alaska
Charley
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Marnoa
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
Barab
Honolulu Lu
Native Cop
Hold Back the Dawn
Young Mexican Bridegroom (uncredited)
The Devil's Pipeline
Talamu
North West Mounted Police
Indian
Girl from God's Country
Joe
South of Pago Pago
Native Diver
Zanzibar
Mala
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Prince of the Rock People (uncredited)
Green Hell
Mala
Coast Guard
Eskimo Driver (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
Wani - Native Slave Leader
Union Pacific
Indian Finding Cigar Store Indian (uncredited)
Hawk of the Wilderness
Kias
S.O.S. Clipper Island
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Little Elk
Call of The Yukon
Olee John
The Jungle Princess
Melan
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
Agent Ray Mala
Last of the Pagans
Taro
Eskimo
Mala, aka Kripik (uncredited)
Igloo
The Young Hunter