Ray Collins
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 · 92
Perry Mason
1957 · Lieutenant Tragg
Father Knows Best
1954 · Dean Wilson
Climax!
1954 · Jerome Harris
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Evan Gracie
Studio One
1948 · Gen. Sam Woolery
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Herbert Brenner
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Callicott
Citizen Kane
1941 · Jim W. Gettys
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Daniel Webster
Touch of Evil
1958 · District Attorney Adai...
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 · Mr. Milton
Leave Her to Heaven
1945 · Glen Robie
The Fountainhead
1949 · Roger Enright
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942 · Jack Amberson
Athena
1954 · Mr. Tremaine
The Heiress
1949 · Jefferson Almond
The Desperate Hours
1955 · Sheriff Masters
Vengeance Valley
1951 · Arch Strobie
Good Sam
1948 · Rev. Daniels
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947 · Beemish
Hideout
1949 · Arthur Burdett, alias...
Summer Stock
1950 · Jasper G. Wingait
Boys' Ranch
1946 · Davis Banton
Madame Curie
1943 · Lecturer (voice) (uncr...
A Double Life
1947 · Victor Donlan
Texas Lady
1955 · Mica Ralston (rancher)
The Human Comedy
1943 · Mr. Macauley
Command Decision
1948 · Maj. Desmond Lansing
The Racket
1951 · Mortimer Welsh
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
1951 · Jonathan Parker
Slightly Dangerous
1943 · Snodgrass
The Big Street
1942 · Professor B
Never Say Goodbye
1956 · Dr. Bailey
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950 · Commodore Parker
Night in Paradise
1946 · Leonides
You're in the Navy Now
1951 · Rear Adm. L. C. Tennan...
The Man from Colorado
1948 · Big Ed Carter
Francis
1950 · Colonel Hooker
Three Wise Fools
1946 · Judge Watson
See Here, Private Hargrove
1944 · Brodie S. Griffith
Homecoming
1948 · Lt. Col. Avery Silver
Young Man with Ideas
1952 · Edmund Jethrow
Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942 · Johan Bergesen
I Want You
1951 · Judge Kenneth Turner
The Seventh Cross
1944 · Wallau
The Miracle on 34th Street
1955 · Judge Harper
Invitation
1952 · Warren Pritchard
Trail Street
1947 · Opening Narrator (voic...
The Go-Getter
1956 · J.P. Miller (sometimes...
Highways by Night
1942 · Ben Van Steel, Tommy's...
The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956 · Alfred Metcalfe
The Return of Monte Cristo
1946 · Emil Blanchard
It Happens Every Spring
1949 · Alfred Greenleaf
Bad for Each Other
1953 · Dan Reasonover
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
1952 · Jonathan Parker
Badman's Territory
1946 · Colonel Farewell / Nar...
Two Years Before the Mast
1946 · Gordon Stewart
Spoilers of the Forest
1957 · Eric Warren
Crack-Up
1946 · Dr. Lowell
The Red Stallion
1947 · Perry Barton
Can't Help Singing
1944 · Senator Frost
The Navy Comes Through
1942 · Capt. McCall
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1957 · Harris Clayton
Column South
1953 · Storey
Whistling in Brooklyn
1943 · Grover Kendall
Reunion in Reno
1951 · Judge Thomas Kneeland
The Hitler Gang
1944 · Cardinal von Faulhaber
The Desert Song
1953 · Gen. Birabeau
Roughly Speaking
1945 · John Chase Randall
Dreamboat
1952 · Timothy Stone
The Eve of St. Mark
1944 · Deckman West
Barbary Coast Gent
1944 · Johnny Adair
Miss Susie Slagle's
1946 · Dr. Elijah Howe
I'll Give My Life
1960 · John Bradford
Rose Marie
1954 · Insp. Appleby
Salute to the Marines
1943 · Col. John Mason
Crime Doctor
1943 · Dr. John Carey
For the Love of Mary
1948 · Harvey Elwood
Free For All
1949 · A B Blair
The Kid from Left Field
1953 · Fred F. Whacker
The Hidden Eye
1945 · Phillip Treadway
Viva la clase media
1980
Paid in Full
1950 · Dr. Fredericks
Kill the Umpire
1950 · Jonah Evans
The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947 · Fred Houlihan
Main Street Today
1944 · Otis Bird
Up Goes Maisie
1946 · Mr. Floyd Henderickson
The Swordsman
1948 · MacCoppin
Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949 · Matthew 'Matt' Simpson
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
1932 · Waite
Words & Music
1931 · Mr. Lambert (uncredite...
Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men
1940 · Mayor (voice)