Ray Collins
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.
Born: December 10, 1889
Place of Birth: Sacramento, California, USA
Known For
Miss Susie Slagle's
A student nurse falls in love with a young intern in 1910 Baltimore, but tragedy ensues when he contracts a fatal disease.
Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men
A documentary examining the effects of industrial automation on a small American town.
Citizen Kane
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
The Best Years of Our Lives
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.
Touch of Evil
A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.
The Heiress
In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man — who may or may not be after her inheritance.
Perry Mason
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
The Hidden Eye
A perfumed message provides the only clue for a blind detective bent on clearing a man accused of murder.
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
The Kettles are in Paris along with their daughter-in-law's parents the Parkers. Pa tries to buy racy postcards. He also gets in big trouble when he is given a letter to deliver to Adolph Wade, a spy who gets killed by spies Inez and Cyrus Kraft.
Filmography
as John Bradford
as District Attorney Adair
as Lieutenant Tragg
as Eric Warren
as Harris Clayton
as Evan Gracie
as Alfred Metcalfe
as Dr. Bailey
as J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)
as Judge Harper
as Mica Ralston (rancher)
as Sheriff Masters
as Callicott
as Judge Harper
as Herbert Brenner
as Mr. Tremaine
as Jerome Harris
as Insp. Appleby
as Dan Reasonover
as Fred F. Whacker
as Gen. Birabeau
as Storey
as Jonathan Parker
as Daniel Webster
as Timothy Stone
as Edmund Jethrow
as Warren Pritchard
as Judge Kenneth Turner
as Mortimer Welsh
as Judge Thomas Kneeland
as Jonathan Parker
as Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant
as Arch Strobie
as Jasper G. Wingait
as Commodore Parker
as Jonah Evans
as Dr. Fredericks
as Colonel Hooker
as A B Blair
as Jefferson Almond
as Roger Enright
as Alfred Greenleaf
as Matthew 'Matt' Simpson
as Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty
as Maj. Desmond Lansing
as Gen. Sam Woolery
as Rev. Daniels
as Harvey Elwood
as Big Ed Carter
as Lt. Col. Avery Silver
as MacCoppin
as Fred Houlihan
as Victor Donlan
as Dr. Matt Beemish
as Perry Barton
as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Mr. Milton
as Emil Blanchard
as Gordon Stewart
as Judge Watson
as Dr. Lowell
as Davis Banton
as Colonel Farewell / Narrator
as Leonides
as Dr. Elijah Howe
as Mr. Floyd Henderickson
as Glen Robie
as Phillip Treadway
as John Chase Randall
as Senator Frost
as Johnny Adair
as Wallau
as Deckman West
as Cardinal von Faulhaber
as Otis Bird
as Brodie S. Griffith
as Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
as Grover Kendall
as Col. John Mason
as Dr. John Carey
as Snodgrass
as Mr. Macauley
as Johan Bergesen
as Capt. McCall
as Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle
as Professor B
as Jack Amberson
as Jim W. Gettys
as Mayor (voice)
as himself/Jim Gettys
as Mr. Lambert (uncredited)