Ray Collins
Born: 1889-12-10 in Sacramento, California, USA
Died: 1965-07-11
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1980
1960
- I'll Give My Life as John Bradford
1958
- Touch of Evil as District Attorney Adair
1957
- Perry Mason as Lieutenant Tragg
- Spoilers of the Forest as Eric Warren
- Invitation to a Gunfighter as Harris Clayton
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Evan Gracie
- On Trial as Corbett
- The Solid Gold Cadillac as Alfred Metcalfe
- Never Say Goodbye as Dr. Bailey
- The Go-Getter as J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Herbert Brenner
- The 20th Century Fox Hour as Callicott
- The Desperate Hours as Sheriff Masters
- The Miracle on 34th Street as Judge Harper
- Texas Lady as Mica Ralston (rancher)
1954
- Climax! as Jerome Harris
- Father Knows Best as Dean Wilson
- The Halls of Ivy
- Athena as Mr. Tremaine
- Rose Marie as Insp. Appleby
1953
- Bad for Each Other as Dan Reasonover
- The Kid from Left Field as Fred F. Whacker
- Column South as Storey
- The Desert Song as Gen. Birabeau
1952
- Cavalcade of America as Daniel Webster
- Young Man with Ideas as Edmund Jethrow
- Dreamboat as Timothy Stone
- Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation as Jonathan Parker
- Invitation as Warren Pritchard
1951
- Vengeance Valley as Arch Strobie
- The Racket as Mortimer Welsh
- You're in the Navy Now as Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant
- Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm as Jonathan Parker
- I Want You as Judge Kenneth Turner
- Reunion in Reno as Judge Thomas Kneeland
1950
- Lux Video Theatre as Barton Keyes
- Summer Stock as Jasper G. Wingait
- Francis as Colonel Hooker
- The Reformer and the Redhead as Commodore Parker
- Paid in Full as Dr. Fredericks
- Kill the Umpire as Jonah Evans
1949
- The Fountainhead as Roger Enright
- The Heiress as Jefferson Almond
- It Happens Every Spring as Alfred Greenleaf
- Hideout as Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty
- Free For All as A B Blair
- Red Stallion In The Rockies as Matthew 'Matt' Simpson
- The Price of Freedom as Thomas Vollmer
1948
- Studio One as Gen. Sam Woolery
- The Man from Colorado as Big Ed Carter
- Good Sam as Rev. Daniels
- Command Decision as Maj. Desmond Lansing
- For the Love of Mary as Harvey Elwood
- Homecoming as Lt. Col. Avery Silver
- The Swordsman as MacCoppin
1947
- The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer as Beemish
- A Double Life as Victor Donlan
- The Senator Was Indiscreet as Fred Houlihan
- Trail Street as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- The Red Stallion as Perry Barton
1946
- Two Years Before the Mast as Gordon Stewart
- The Best Years of Our Lives as Mr. Milton
- Boys' Ranch as Davis Banton
- Miss Susie Slagle's as Dr. Elijah Howe
- The Return of Monte Cristo as Emil Blanchard
- Badman's Territory as Colonel Farewell / Narrator
- Three Wise Fools as Judge Watson
- Night in Paradise as Leonides
- Crack-Up as Dr. Lowell
- Up Goes Maisie as Mr. Floyd Henderickson
1945
- Leave Her to Heaven as Glen Robie
- The Hidden Eye as Phillip Treadway
- Roughly Speaking as John Chase Randall
1944
- The Seventh Cross as Wallau
- See Here, Private Hargrove as Brodie S. Griffith
- Can't Help Singing as Senator Frost
- The Eve of St. Mark as Deckman West
- Barbary Coast Gent as Johnny Adair
- Main Street Today as Otis Bird
- The Hitler Gang as Cardinal von Faulhaber
1943
- Madame Curie as Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
- Salute to the Marines as Col. John Mason
- Slightly Dangerous as Snodgrass
- The Human Comedy as Mr. Macauley
- Whistling in Brooklyn as Grover Kendall
- Crime Doctor as Dr. John Carey
1942
- The Magnificent Ambersons as Jack Amberson
- Commandos Strike at Dawn as Johan Bergesen
- The Big Street as Professor B
- The Navy Comes Through as Capt. McCall
- Highways by Night as Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle
1941
- Citizen Kane as Jim W. Gettys
1940
- Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men as Mayor (voice)
1932
- The Trans-Atlantic Mystery as Waite
1931
- Words & Music as Mr. Lambert (uncredited)
- One Way Out as Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited)