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.
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Movie Appearances
Citizen Kane
as Jim W. Gettys
1941
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Mr. Milton
1946
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Jack Amberson
1942
Touch of Evil
as District Attorney Adair
1958
The Price of Freedom
as Thomas Vollmer
1949
The Fountainhead
as Roger Enright
1949
The Racket
as Mortimer Welsh
1951
Crack-Up
as Dr. Lowell
1946
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Dr. Matt Beemish
1947
The Heiress
as Jefferson Almond
1949
A Double Life
as Victor Donlan
1947
The Man from Colorado
as Big Ed Carter
1948
Summer Stock
as Jasper G. Wingait
1950
Vengeance Valley
as Arch Strobie
1951
The Senator Was Indiscreet
as Fred Houlihan
1947
The Reformer and the Redhead
as Commodore Parker
1950
Paid in Full
as Dr. Fredericks
1950
Badman's Territory
as Colonel Farewell / Narrator
1946
Leave Her to Heaven
as Glen Robie
1945
The Human Comedy
as Mr. Macauley
1943
TV Appearances
Perry Mason
as Lieutenant Tragg
1957
Studio One
as Gen. Sam Woolery
1948
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Herbert Brenner
1955
Lux Video Theatre
as Barton Keyes
1950
Climax!
as Jerome Harris
1954
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Callicott
1955
Cavalcade of America
as Daniel Webster
1952
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Evan Gracie
1956
The Halls of Ivy
1954
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Judge Harper
1955
Lux Video Theatre
as Max
1950
On Trial
as Corbett
1956