Ray Collins
87 movies · 11 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 10, 1889
- Died
- Jul 11, 1965 (age 75)
- Place of birth
- Sacramento, California, USA
- Also known as
- Raymond Bidwell Collins · Ray Bidwell Collins
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.
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 8.0 Citizen Kane
1941 · Film
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★ 7.7 Touch of Evil
1958 · Film
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★ 7.7 The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 · Film
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★ 7.3 The Magnificent Ambersons
1942 · Film
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★ 7.5 Leave Her to Heaven
1945 · Film
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★ 7.8 The Heiress
1949 · Film
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★ 7.8 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · TV
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★ 7.0 The Desperate Hours
1955 · Film
Ray Collins: movies and TV shows
Acting (98)
- 2014
- 1980
- 1960 I'll Give My Life
as John Bradford
- 1958 Touch of Evil
as District Attorney Adair
- 1957
- 1957 Spoilers of the Forest
as Eric Warren
- 1957 Invitation to a Gunfighter
as Harris Clayton
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956 The Solid Gold Cadillac
as Alfred Metcalfe
- 1956 Never Say Goodbye
as Dr. Bailey
- 1956 The Go-Getter
as J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)
- 1955 The Miracle on 34th Street
as Judge Harper
- 1955 Texas Lady
as Mica Ralston (rancher)
- 1955 The Desperate Hours
as Sheriff Masters
- 1955
- 1955
- 1954 Athena
as Mr. Tremaine
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954 Rose Marie
as Insp. Appleby
- 1953 Bad for Each Other
as Dan Reasonover
- 1953 The Kid from Left Field
as Fred F. Whacker
- 1953 The Desert Song
as Gen. Birabeau
- 1953 Column South
as Storey
- 1952 Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
as Jonathan Parker
- 1952
- 1952 Dreamboat
as Timothy Stone
- 1952 Young Man with Ideas
as Edmund Jethrow
- 1952 Invitation
as Warren Pritchard
- 1951 I Want You
as Judge Kenneth Turner
- 1951 The Racket
as Mortimer Welsh
- 1951 Reunion in Reno
as Judge Thomas Kneeland
- 1951 Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
as Jonathan Parker
- 1951 You're in the Navy Now
as Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant
- 1951 Vengeance Valley
as Arch Strobie
- 1950
- 1950 Summer Stock
as Jasper G. Wingait
- 1950 The Reformer and the Redhead
as Commodore Parker
- 1950 Kill the Umpire
as Jonah Evans
- 1950 Paid in Full
as Dr. Fredericks
- 1950 Francis
as Colonel Hooker
- 1949 Free For All
as A B Blair
- 1949 The Heiress
as Jefferson Almond
- 1949 The Fountainhead
as Roger Enright
- 1949 It Happens Every Spring
as Alfred Greenleaf
- 1949 Red Stallion In The Rockies
as Matthew 'Matt' Simpson
- 1949 The Price of Freedom
as Thomas Vollmer
- 1949 Hideout
as Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty
- 1948 Command Decision
as Maj. Desmond Lansing
- 1948
- 1948 Good Sam
as Rev. Daniels
- 1948 For the Love of Mary
as Harvey Elwood
- 1948 The Man from Colorado
as Big Ed Carter
- 1948 Homecoming
as Lt. Col. Avery Silver
- 1948 The Swordsman
as MacCoppin
- 1947 The Senator Was Indiscreet
as Fred Houlihan
- 1947 A Double Life
as Victor Donlan
- 1947 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Beemish
- 1947 The Red Stallion
as Perry Barton
- 1947 Trail Street
as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1946 The Return of Monte Cristo
as Emil Blanchard
- 1946 The Best Years of Our Lives
as Mr. Milton
- 1946 Two Years Before the Mast
as Gordon Stewart
- 1946 Three Wise Fools
as Judge Watson
- 1946 Crack-Up
as Dr. Lowell
- 1946 Boys' Ranch
as Davis Banton
- 1946 Badman's Territory
as Colonel Farewell / Narrator
- 1946 Night in Paradise
as Leonides
- 1946 Miss Susie Slagle's
as Dr. Elijah Howe
- 1946 Up Goes Maisie
as Mr. Floyd Henderickson
- 1945 Leave Her to Heaven
as Glen Robie
- 1945 The Hidden Eye
as Phillip Treadway
- 1945 Roughly Speaking
as John Chase Randall
- 1944 Can't Help Singing
as Senator Frost
- 1944 Barbary Coast Gent
as Johnny Adair
- 1944 The Seventh Cross
as Wallau
- 1944 The Eve of St. Mark
as Deckman West
- 1944 The Hitler Gang
as Cardinal von Faulhaber
- 1944 Main Street Today
as Otis Bird
- 1944 See Here, Private Hargrove
as Brodie S. Griffith
- 1943 Madame Curie
as Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
- 1943 Whistling in Brooklyn
as Grover Kendall
- 1943 Salute to the Marines
as Col. John Mason
- 1943 Crime Doctor
as Dr. John Carey
- 1943 Slightly Dangerous
as Snodgrass
- 1943 The Human Comedy
as Mr. Macauley
- 1942 Commandos Strike at Dawn
as Johan Bergesen
- 1942 The Navy Comes Through
as Capt. McCall
- 1942 Highways by Night
as Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle
- 1942 The Big Street
as Professor B
- 1942 The Magnificent Ambersons
as Jack Amberson
- 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)
- 1931 One Way Out
as Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited)