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Birthday: Dec 10, 1889
Place of Birth: Sacramento, California, USA

Ray Collins

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
Movie Cast Year
Citizen Kane Jim W. Gettys 1941
The Best Years of Our Lives Mr. Milton 1946
The Magnificent Ambersons Jack Amberson 1942
Touch of Evil District Attorney Adair 1958
The Price of Freedom Thomas Vollmer 1949
The Fountainhead Roger Enright 1949
The Racket D. A. Mortimer X. Welsh 1951
Crack-Up Dr. Lowell 1946
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer Dr. Matt Beemish 1947
The Heiress Jefferson Almond 1949
A Double Life Victor Donlan 1947
The Man from Colorado Big Ed Carter 1948
Vengeance Valley Arch Strobie 1951
Summer Stock Jasper G. Wingait 1950
The Senator Was Indiscreet Fred Houlihan 1947
The Reformer and the Redhead Commodore Parker 1950
Paid in Full Dr. Fredericks 1950
Badman's Territory Colonel Farewell / Narrator 1946
Leave Her to Heaven Glen Robie 1945
The Human Comedy Mr. Macauley 1943
The Desperate Hours Sheriff Masters 1955
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation Jonathan Parker 1952
Can't Help Singing Senator Frost 1944
You're in the Navy Now Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant 1951
Hideout Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty 1949
Bad for Each Other Dan Reasonover 1953
Whistling in Brooklyn Grover Kendall 1943
Crime Doctor Dr. John Carey 1943
The Solid Gold Cadillac Alfred Metcalfe 1956
The Hidden Eye Phillip Treadway 1945
Salute to the Marines Col. John Mason 1943
See Here, Private Hargrove Brodie S. Griffith 1944
Homecoming Lt. Col. Avery Silver 1948
The Big Street Professor B 1942
Commandos Strike at Dawn Johan Bergesen 1942
Highways by Night Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle 1942
The Navy Comes Through Capt. McCall 1942
Good Sam Rev. Daniels 1948
The Miracle on 34th Street Judge Harper 1955
Words & Music Mr. Lambert (uncredited) 1931
Invitation Warren Pritchard 1952
Young Man with Ideas Edmund Jethrow 1952
Roughly Speaking John Chase Randall 1945
Night in Paradise Leonides 1946
Column South Storey 1953
Texas Lady Mica Ralston (rancher) 1955
Never Say Goodbye Dr. Bailey 1956
Rose Marie Insp. Appleby 1954
Slightly Dangerous Snodgrass 1943
Up Goes Maisie Mr. Floyd Henderickson 1946
Boys' Ranch Davis Banton 1946
The Desert Song Gen. Birabeau 1953
I Want You Judge Kenneth Turner 1951
Three Wise Fools Judge Watson 1946
The Eve of St. Mark Deckman West 1944
Two Years Before the Mast Gordon Stewart 1946
The Red Stallion Perry Barton 1947
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For the Love of Mary Harvey Elwood 1948
Miss Susie Slagle's Dr. Elijah Howe 1946
Barbary Coast Gent Johnny Adair 1944
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery Waite 1932
It Happens Every Spring Alfred Greenleaf 1949
Dreamboat Timothy Stone 1952
Command Decision Maj. Desmond Lansing 1948
Spoilers of the Forest Eric Warren 1957
Red Stallion In The Rockies Matthew 'Matt' Simpson 1949
The Swordsman MacCoppin 1948
Francis Colonel Hooker 1950
Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men Mayor (voice) 1940
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm Jonathan Parker 1951
Kill the Umpire Jonah Evans 1950
Free For All A B Blair 1949
One Way Out Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited) 1931
The Kid from Left Field Fred F. Whacker 1953
The Go-Getter J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller) 1956
Reunion in Reno Judge Thomas Kneeland 1951
Main Street Today Otis Bird 1944
Madame Curie Lecturer (voice) (uncredited) 1943
Athena Mr. Tremaine 1954
I'll Give My Life John Bradford 1960
The Seventh Cross Wallau 1944
Viva la clase media 1980
Series Cast Year
Perry Mason Lieutenant Tragg 1957
Studio One Gen. Sam Woolery 1948
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Herbert Brenner 1955
Lux Video Theatre Barton Keyes 1950
Climax! Jerome Harris 1954
The 20th Century Fox Hour Callicott 1955
Cavalcade of America Daniel Webster 1952
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Evan Gracie 1956
The Halls of Ivy 1954
The 20th Century Fox Hour Judge Harper 1955
Lux Video Theatre Max 1950
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