Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 10, 1889
Died
Jul 11, 1965
Place of Birth
Sacramento, California, USA
Credits
98 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Jamaica's Cool Runners: Pushcarts and the Art of Living
Viva la clase media
I'll Give My Life
John Bradford
Touch of Evil
District Attorney Adair
Perry Mason
Lieutenant Tragg
Spoilers of the Forest
Eric Warren
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Harris Clayton
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Evan Gracie
On Trial
Corbett
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Alfred Metcalfe
Never Say Goodbye
Dr. Bailey
The Go-Getter
J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)
The Miracle on 34th Street
Judge Harper
Texas Lady
Mica Ralston (rancher)
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Callicott
The Desperate Hours
Sheriff Masters
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Herbert Brenner
Athena
Mr. Tremaine
The Halls of Ivy
Climax!
Jerome Harris
Father Knows Best
Dean Wilson
Rose Marie
Insp. Appleby
Bad for Each Other
Dan Reasonover
The Kid from Left Field
Fred F. Whacker
The Desert Song
Gen. Birabeau
Column South
Storey
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
Jonathan Parker
Cavalcade of America
Daniel Webster
Dreamboat
Timothy Stone
Young Man with Ideas
Edmund Jethrow
Invitation
Warren Pritchard
I Want You
Judge Kenneth Turner
The Racket
Mortimer Welsh
Reunion in Reno
Judge Thomas Kneeland
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
Jonathan Parker
You're in the Navy Now
Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant
Vengeance Valley
Arch Strobie
Lux Video Theatre
Barton Keyes
Summer Stock
Jasper G. Wingait
The Reformer and the Redhead
Commodore Parker
Kill the Umpire
Jonah Evans
Paid in Full
Dr. Fredericks
Francis
Colonel Hooker
Free For All
A B Blair
The Heiress
Jefferson Almond
The Fountainhead
Roger Enright
It Happens Every Spring
Alfred Greenleaf
Red Stallion In The Rockies
Matthew 'Matt' Simpson
The Price of Freedom
Thomas Vollmer
Hideout
Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty