Ray Collins

Known for ActingBorn 1889-12-10Died 1965-07-11Sacramento, California, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Go-Getter

The Red Stallion

Red Stallion In The Rockies

Miss Susie Slagle's

I'll Give My Life

The Price of Freedom

The Kid from Left Field

Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation

Citizen Kane

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Hidden Eye

Perry Mason

The Heiress

Touch of Evil

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Reformer and the Redhead

Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men

Leave Her to Heaven

The Swordsman

Highways by Night

The Magnificent Ambersons

Salute to the Marines

Madame Curie

The Desperate Hours

The Halls of Ivy

Homecoming

Boys' Ranch

Whistling in Brooklyn

Paid in Full

The Man from Colorado

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

The Fountainhead

Kill the Umpire

The Desert Song

Words & Music

One Way Out

The Seventh Cross

Roughly Speaking

Invitation

Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm

Lux Video Theatre

Up Goes Maisie

Summer Stock

Command Decision

It Happens Every Spring

Trail Street

Night in Paradise

Never Say Goodbye