Ray Collins
Biography
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.
Known For
Jim W. Gettys
Citizen Kane
Mr. Milton
The Best Years of Our Lives
Jack Amberson
The Magnificent Ambersons
District Attorney Adair
Touch of Evil
Thomas Vollmer
The Price of Freedom
Roger Enright
The Fountainhead
D. A. Mortimer X. Welsh
The Racket
Dr. Lowell
Crack-Up
Dr. Matt Beemish
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Jefferson Almond
The Heiress
Victor Donlan
A Double Life
Big Ed Carter
The Man from Colorado
Jasper G. Wingait
Summer Stock
Arch Strobie
Vengeance Valley
Fred Houlihan
The Senator Was Indiscreet
Commodore Parker
The Reformer and the Redhead
Dr. Fredericks
Paid in Full
Colonel Farewell / Narrator
Badman's Territory
Glen Robie
Leave Her to Heaven
Mr. Macauley
The Human Comedy
Sheriff Masters
The Desperate Hours
Jonathan Parker
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
Senator Frost
Can't Help Singing
Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant
You're in the Navy Now
Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty
Hideout
Dan Reasonover
Bad for Each Other
Grover Kendall
Whistling in Brooklyn
Dr. John Carey
Crime Doctor
Alfred Metcalfe
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Phillip Treadway
The Hidden Eye
Col. John Mason
Salute to the Marines
Brodie S. Griffith
See Here, Private Hargrove
Lt. Col. Avery Silver
Homecoming
Professor B
The Big Street
Johan Bergesen
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle
Highways by Night
Capt. McCall
The Navy Comes Through
Rev. Daniels
Good Sam
Judge Harper
The Miracle on 34th Street
Mr. Lambert (uncredited)
Words & Music
Warren Pritchard
Invitation
Edmund Jethrow
Young Man with Ideas
John Chase Randall
Roughly Speaking
Leonides
Night in Paradise
Storey
Column South
Mica Ralston (rancher)
Texas Lady
Dr. Bailey
Never Say Goodbye
Insp. Appleby
Rose Marie
Snodgrass
Slightly Dangerous
Mr. Floyd Henderickson
Up Goes Maisie
Davis Banton
Boys' Ranch
Gen. Birabeau
The Desert Song
Judge Kenneth Turner
I Want You
Judge Watson
Three Wise Fools
Deckman West
The Eve of St. Mark
Gordon Stewart
Two Years Before the Mast
Perry Barton
The Red Stallion
Jamaica's Cool Runners: Pushcarts and the Art of Living
Harvey Elwood
For the Love of Mary
Dr. Elijah Howe
Miss Susie Slagle's
Johnny Adair
Barbary Coast Gent
Waite
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
Alfred Greenleaf
It Happens Every Spring
Timothy Stone
Dreamboat
Maj. Desmond Lansing
Command Decision
Eric Warren
Spoilers of the Forest
Matthew 'Matt' Simpson
Red Stallion In The Rockies
MacCoppin
The Swordsman
Colonel Hooker
Francis
Mayor (voice)
Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men
Jonathan Parker
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
Jonah Evans
Kill the Umpire
A B Blair
Free For All
Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited)
One Way Out
Fred F. Whacker
The Kid from Left Field
J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)
The Go-Getter
Judge Thomas Kneeland
Reunion in Reno
Otis Bird
Main Street Today
Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
Madame Curie
Mr. Tremaine
Athena
John Bradford
I'll Give My Life
Wallau
The Seventh Cross
Viva la clase media
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
83
Gender
Male
Birthday
1889-12-10
Place of Birth
Sacramento, California, USA
Also Known As
Raymond Bidwell Collins