Ray Collins
Acting

Ray Collins

Born 10 December 1889 · Sacramento, California, USA · Died 11 July 1965

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

Citizen Kane
Touch of Evil
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Magnificent Ambersons
Leave Her to Heaven
The Heiress
The Desperate Hours
The Fountainhead
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Perry Mason
A Double Life
Summer Stock
Viva la clase media
I'll Give My Life
Touch of Evil
Spoilers of the Forest
Invitation to a Gunfighter
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Never Say Goodbye
The Go-Getter
The Desperate Hours
The Miracle on 34th Street
Texas Lady
Rose Marie
Athena
Bad for Each Other
Column South
The Desert Song
The Kid from Left Field
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
Invitation
Young Man with Ideas
Dreamboat
The Racket
Vengeance Valley
You're in the Navy Now
I Want You
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
Reunion in Reno
Summer Stock
The Reformer and the Redhead
Paid in Full
Francis
Kill the Umpire
The Fountainhead
The Heiress
Hideout
It Happens Every Spring
Red Stallion In The Rockies
Free For All
The Man from Colorado
Homecoming
Good Sam
For the Love of Mary
Command Decision
The Swordsman
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
A Double Life
The Senator Was Indiscreet
The Red Stallion
The Best Years of Our Lives
Crack-Up
Badman's Territory
Night in Paradise
Up Goes Maisie
Boys' Ranch
Three Wise Fools
Two Years Before the Mast
Miss Susie Slagle's
The Return of Monte Cristo
Leave Her to Heaven
The Hidden Eye
Roughly Speaking
Can't Help Singing
See Here, Private Hargrove
The Eve of St. Mark
Barbary Coast Gent
Main Street Today
The Seventh Cross
The Hitler Gang
The Human Comedy
Whistling in Brooklyn
Crime Doctor
Salute to the Marines
Slightly Dangerous
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Big Street
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Highways by Night
The Navy Comes Through
Citizen Kane
Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
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