Ray Collins
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Perry Mason
Lieutenant Tragg
1957
Series
Father Knows Best
Dean Wilson
1954
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Evan Gracie
1956
Series
Climax!
Jerome Harris
1954
Series
Studio One
Gen. Sam Woolery
1948
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Herbert Brenner
1955
Film
Citizen Kane
Jim W. Gettys
1941
Series
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Callicott
1955
Series
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Judge Harper
1955
Lux Video Theatre
Barton Keyes
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Max
1950
Series
Cavalcade of America
Daniel Webster
1952
Film
Touch of Evil
District Attorney Adair
1958
On Trial
Corbett
1956
Film
The Best Years of Our Lives
Mr. Milton
1946
Film
The Fountainhead
Roger Enright
1949
Film
The Heiress
Jefferson Almond
1949
Film
The Magnificent Ambersons
Jack Amberson
1942
Film
Good Sam
Rev. Daniels
1948
The Halls of Ivy
1954
Film
Leave Her to Heaven
Glen Robie
1945
Film
The Desperate Hours
Sheriff Masters
1955
Film
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Beemish
1947
Film
Vengeance Valley
Arch Strobie
1951
Film
Summer Stock
Jasper G. Wingait
1950
Film
Hideout
Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty
1949
Film
Athena
Mr. Tremaine
1954
Film
The Racket
Mortimer Welsh
1951
Film
Command Decision
Maj. Desmond Lansing
1948
Film
Never Say Goodbye
Dr. Bailey
1956
Film
Boys' Ranch
Davis Banton
1946
Film
Texas Lady
Mica Ralston (rancher)
1955
Film
A Double Life
Victor Donlan
1947
Film
The Man from Colorado
Big Ed Carter
1948
Film
Madame Curie
Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Film
See Here, Private Hargrove
Brodie S. Griffith
1944
Film
Night in Paradise
Leonides
1946
Film
Three Wise Fools
Judge Watson
1946
Film
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
Jonathan Parker
1951
Film
Reunion in Reno
Judge Thomas Kneeland
1951
Film
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
Jonathan Parker
1952
Film
Trail Street
Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1947
Film
The Human Comedy
Mr. Macauley
1943
Film
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Johan Bergesen
1942
Film
The Seventh Cross
Wallau
1944
Film
Slightly Dangerous
Snodgrass
1943
Film
You're in the Navy Now
Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant
1951
Film
Invitation
Warren Pritchard
1952
Film
Francis
Colonel Hooker
1950
Film
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Alfred Metcalfe
1956
Film
The Big Street
Professor B
1942
Film
The Reformer and the Redhead
Commodore Parker
1950
Film
The Hitler Gang
Cardinal von Faulhaber
1944
Film
The Red Stallion
Perry Barton
1947
Film
The Navy Comes Through
Capt. McCall
1942
Film
Homecoming
Lt. Col. Avery Silver
1948
Film
Can't Help Singing
Senator Frost
1944
Film
Paid in Full
Dr. Fredericks
1950
Film
Dreamboat
Timothy Stone
1952
Film
Column South
Storey
1953
Film
Crack-Up
Dr. Lowell
1946
Film
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Harris Clayton
1957
Film
Bad for Each Other
Dan Reasonover
1953
Film
I Want You
Judge Kenneth Turner
1951
Film
For the Love of Mary
Harvey Elwood
1948
Film
Badman's Territory
Colonel Farewell / Narrator
1946
Film
The Go-Getter
J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)
1956
Film
Spoilers of the Forest
Eric Warren
1957
Film
The Miracle on 34th Street
Judge Harper
1955
Film
Young Man with Ideas
Edmund Jethrow
1952
Film
Highways by Night
Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle
1942
Film
The Return of Monte Cristo
Emil Blanchard
1946
Film
Two Years Before the Mast
Gordon Stewart
1946
Film
Kill the Umpire
Jonah Evans
1950
Film
I'll Give My Life
John Bradford
1960
Film
The Desert Song
Gen. Birabeau
1953
Film
Barbary Coast Gent
Johnny Adair
1944
Film
The Kid from Left Field
Fred F. Whacker
1953
Film
It Happens Every Spring
Alfred Greenleaf
1949
Film
Main Street Today
Otis Bird
1944
Film
Miss Susie Slagle's
Dr. Elijah Howe
1946
Film
Whistling in Brooklyn
Grover Kendall
1943
Film
Free For All
A B Blair
1949
Film
Up Goes Maisie
Mr. Floyd Henderickson
1946
Film
Rose Marie
Insp. Appleby
1954
Film
Roughly Speaking
John Chase Randall
1945
Film
The Eve of St. Mark
Deckman West
1944
Film
The Hidden Eye
Phillip Treadway
1945
Film
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
Waite
1932
Film
Salute to the Marines
Col. John Mason
1943
Film
The Swordsman
MacCoppin
1948
Film
Crime Doctor
Dr. John Carey
1943
Film
Viva la clase media
1980
Film
The Senator Was Indiscreet
Fred Houlihan
1947
Film
Red Stallion In The Rockies
Matthew 'Matt' Simpson
1949
The Price of Freedom
Thomas Vollmer
1949
One Way Out
Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited)
1931
Film
Words & Music
Mr. Lambert (uncredited)
1931
Film
Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men
Mayor (voice)
1940
Jamaica's Cool Runners: Pushcarts and the Art of Living
2014
Film
Citizen Kane: Trailer
Self
1940