Ray 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. 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

Perry Mason

Climax!

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Father Knows Best

Studio One

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The 20th Century Fox Hour

The 20th Century Fox Hour

All Movies (87)

• Jamaica's Cool Runners: Pushcarts and the Art of Living2014
• Viva la clase media1980
• I'll Give My Life1960 · as John Bradford
• Touch of Evil1958 · as District Attorney Adair
• Spoilers of the Forest1957 · as Eric Warren
• Invitation to a Gunfighter1957 · as Harris Clayton
• The Solid Gold Cadillac1956 · as Alfred Metcalfe
• Never Say Goodbye1956 · as Dr. Bailey
• The Go-Getter1956 · as J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)
• The Miracle on 34th Street1955 · as Judge Harper
• Texas Lady1955 · as Mica Ralston (rancher)
• The Desperate Hours1955 · as Sheriff Masters
• Athena1954 · as Mr. Tremaine
• Rose Marie1954 · as Insp. Appleby
• Bad for Each Other1953 · as Dan Reasonover
• The Kid from Left Field1953 · as Fred F. Whacker
• The Desert Song1953 · as Gen. Birabeau
• Column South1953 · as Storey
• Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation1952 · as Jonathan Parker
• Dreamboat1952 · as Timothy Stone
• Young Man with Ideas1952 · as Edmund Jethrow
• Invitation1952 · as Warren Pritchard
• I Want You1951 · as Judge Kenneth Turner
• The Racket1951 · as Mortimer Welsh
• Reunion in Reno1951 · as Judge Thomas Kneeland
• Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm1951 · as Jonathan Parker
• You're in the Navy Now1951 · as Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant
• Vengeance Valley1951 · as Arch Strobie
• Summer Stock1950 · as Jasper G. Wingait
• The Reformer and the Redhead1950 · as Commodore Parker
• Kill the Umpire1950 · as Jonah Evans
• Paid in Full1950 · as Dr. Fredericks
• Francis1950 · as Colonel Hooker
• Free For All1949 · as A B Blair
• The Heiress1949 · as Jefferson Almond
• The Fountainhead1949 · as Roger Enright
• It Happens Every Spring1949 · as Alfred Greenleaf
• Red Stallion In The Rockies1949 · as Matthew 'Matt' Simpson
• The Price of Freedom1949 · as Thomas Vollmer
• Hideout1949 · as Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty
• Command Decision1948 · as Maj. Desmond Lansing
• Good Sam1948 · as Rev. Daniels
• For the Love of Mary1948 · as Harvey Elwood
• The Man from Colorado1948 · as Big Ed Carter
• Homecoming1948 · as Lt. Col. Avery Silver
• The Swordsman1948 · as MacCoppin
• The Senator Was Indiscreet1947 · as Fred Houlihan
• A Double Life1947 · as Victor Donlan
• The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer1947 · as Beemish
• The Red Stallion1947 · as Perry Barton
• Trail Street1947 · as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• The Best Years of Our Lives1946 · as Mr. Milton
• The Return of Monte Cristo1946 · as Emil Blanchard
• Two Years Before the Mast1946 · as Gordon Stewart
• Three Wise Fools1946 · as Judge Watson
• Crack-Up1946 · as Dr. Lowell
• Boys' Ranch1946 · as Davis Banton
• Badman's Territory1946 · as Colonel Farewell / Narrator
• Night in Paradise1946 · as Leonides
• Miss Susie Slagle's1946 · as Dr. Elijah Howe
• Up Goes Maisie1946 · as Mr. Floyd Henderickson
• Leave Her to Heaven1945 · as Glen Robie
• The Hidden Eye1945 · as Phillip Treadway
• Roughly Speaking1945 · as John Chase Randall
• Can't Help Singing1944 · as Senator Frost
• Barbary Coast Gent1944 · as Johnny Adair
• The Seventh Cross1944 · as Wallau
• The Eve of St. Mark1944 · as Deckman West
• The Hitler Gang1944 · as Cardinal von Faulhaber
• Main Street Today1944 · as Otis Bird
• See Here, Private Hargrove1944 · as Brodie S. Griffith
• Madame Curie1943 · as Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
• Whistling in Brooklyn1943 · as Grover Kendall
• Salute to the Marines1943 · as Col. John Mason
• Crime Doctor1943 · as Dr. John Carey
• Slightly Dangerous1943 · as Snodgrass
• The Human Comedy1943 · as Mr. Macauley
• Commandos Strike at Dawn1942 · as Johan Bergesen
• The Navy Comes Through1942 · as Capt. McCall
• Highways by Night1942 · as Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle
• The Big Street1942 · as Professor B
• The Magnificent Ambersons1942 · as Jack Amberson
• Citizen Kane1941 · as Jim W. Gettys
• Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men1940 · as Mayor (voice)
• The Trans-Atlantic Mystery1932 · as Waite
• Words & Music1931 · as Mr. Lambert (uncredited)
• One Way Out1931 · as Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited)

All TV Shows (13)

• Perry Mason1957 · as Lieutenant Tragg
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Evan Gracie
• On Trial1956 · as Corbett
• The 20th Century Fox Hour1955 · as Callicott
• The 20th Century Fox Hour1955 · as Judge Harper
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Herbert Brenner
• The Halls of Ivy1954
• Climax!1954 · as Jerome Harris
• Father Knows Best1954 · as Dean Wilson
• Cavalcade of America1952 · as Daniel Webster
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Barton Keyes
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Max
• Studio One1948 · as Gen. Sam Woolery