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Ray Collins

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedDec 10, 1889 (Died at 76)
Zodiac Sign♐Sagittarius
Place of BirthSacramento, California, USA
Career Span1931 – 1965
Known Credits93 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 1.6

Ray Collins

Also known as:Raymond Bidwell CollinsRay Bidwell Collins
Total Works

93

84 movies • 9 shows

Avg Rating

6.7 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#2

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Citizen Kane
8.0
Citizen Kane
1941•movie
as Jim W. Gettys
Touch of Evil
7.7
Touch of Evil
1958•movie
as District Attorney Adair
The Best Years of Our Lives
7.7
as Mr. Milton
The Magnificent Ambersons
7.3
as Jack Amberson

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 93 titles featuring Ray Collins

Citizen Kane
8.0
Citizen Kane
1941•movie

as Jim W. Gettys

Touch of Evil
7.7
Touch of Evil
1958•movie

as District Attorney Adair

The Best Years of Our Lives
7.7

as Mr. Milton

The Magnificent Ambersons
7.3

as Jack Amberson

Leave Her to Heaven
7.5

as Glen Robie

The Heiress
7.8
The Heiress
1949•movie

as Jefferson Almond

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.8
1 eps

as Herbert Brenner

The Desperate Hours
7.0

as Sheriff Masters

The Fountainhead
6.8
The Fountainhead
1949•movie

as Roger Enright

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
6.9

as Beemish

Perry Mason
7.7
271 eps
Perry Mason
1957•series

as Lieutenant Tragg

A Double Life
6.3
A Double Life
1947•movie

as Victor Donlan

Vengeance Valley
5.4
Vengeance Valley
1951•movie

as Arch Strobie

Summer Stock
6.7
Summer Stock
1950•movie

as Jasper G. Wingait

Madame Curie
7.2
Madame Curie
1943•movie

as Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)

The Man from Colorado
6.9

as Big Ed Carter

The Racket
6.3
The Racket
1951•movie

as Mortimer Welsh

The Seventh Cross
6.8
The Seventh Cross
1944•movie

as Wallau

The Solid Gold Cadillac
6.3

as Alfred Metcalfe

The Human Comedy
6.2
The Human Comedy
1943•movie

as Mr. Macauley

Crack-Up
5.8
Crack-Up
1946•movie

as Dr. Lowell

Francis
5.8
Francis
1950•movie

as Colonel Hooker

Father Knows Best
6.6
1 eps
Father Knows Best
1954•series

as Dean Wilson

It Happens Every Spring
6.6

as Alfred Greenleaf

Commandos Strike at Dawn
5.5

as Johan Bergesen

Good Sam
6.3
Good Sam
1948•movie

as Rev. Daniels

Command Decision
6.6
Command Decision
1948•movie

as Maj. Desmond Lansing

Never Say Goodbye
6.2
Never Say Goodbye
1956•movie

as Dr. Bailey

The Big Street
5.8
The Big Street
1942•movie

as Professor B

Dreamboat
6.1
Dreamboat
1952•movie

as Timothy Stone

You're in the Navy Now
5.5

as Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant

Crime Doctor
6.4
Crime Doctor
1943•movie

as Dr. John Carey

The Miracle on 34th Street
5.7

as Judge Harper

Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
6.7

as Jonathan Parker

Badman's Territory
6.3
Badman's Territory
1946•movie

as Colonel Farewell / Narrator

Bad for Each Other
6.2
Bad for Each Other
1953•movie

as Dan Reasonover

Column South
6.1
Column South
1953•movie

as Storey

Trail Street
6.5
Trail Street
1947•movie

as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Studio One
5.4
1 eps
Studio One
1948•series

as Gen. Sam Woolery

Homecoming
7.1
Homecoming
1948•movie

as Lt. Col. Avery Silver

Climax!
3.8
1 eps
Climax!
1954•series

as Jerome Harris

The Navy Comes Through
6.0

as Capt. McCall

The Eve of St. Mark
5.9

as Deckman West

Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
7.1

as Jonathan Parker

Can't Help Singing
6.0
Can't Help Singing
1944•movie

as Senator Frost

Two Years Before the Mast
6.5

as Gordon Stewart

The Hitler Gang
6.3
The Hitler Gang
1944•movie

as Cardinal von Faulhaber

The 20th Century Fox Hour
6.0
1 eps

as Callicott

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
6.2
1 eps

as Evan Gracie

Paid in Full
6.9
Paid in Full
1950•movie

as Dr. Fredericks

Young Man with Ideas
5.2

as Edmund Jethrow

I Want You
5.2
I Want You
1951•movie

as Judge Kenneth Turner

Rose Marie
4.5
Rose Marie
1954•movie

as Insp. Appleby

Slightly Dangerous
6.0
Slightly Dangerous
1943•movie

as Snodgrass

Athena
5.8
Athena
1954•movie

as Mr. Tremaine

Hideout
5.9
Hideout
1949•movie

as Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty

The Hidden Eye
7.9
The Hidden Eye
1945•movie

as Phillip Treadway

Invitation
6.7
Invitation
1952•movie

as Warren Pritchard

For the Love of Mary
6.2

as Harvey Elwood

Kill the Umpire
6.9
Kill the Umpire
1950•movie

as Jonah Evans

Viva la clase media
5.6
Lux Video Theatre
6.7
1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
1950•series

as Barton Keyes

The Senator Was Indiscreet
6.2

as Fred Houlihan

Texas Lady
5.7
Texas Lady
1955•movie

as Mica Ralston (rancher)

Main Street Today
6.3
Main Street Today
1944•movie

as Otis Bird

The Reformer and the Redhead
7.6

as Commodore Parker

Salute to the Marines
7.2

as Col. John Mason

Roughly Speaking
6.8
Roughly Speaking
1945•movie

as John Chase Randall

Boys' Ranch
7.0
Boys' Ranch
1946•movie

as Davis Banton

The Desert Song
6.8
The Desert Song
1953•movie

as Gen. Birabeau

Barbary Coast Gent
5.5
Barbary Coast Gent
1944•movie

as Johnny Adair

The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
5.4

as Waite

The Kid from Left Field
7.7

as Fred F. Whacker

The Return of Monte Cristo
5.4

as Emil Blanchard

Cavalcade of America
4.6
1 eps

as Daniel Webster

Whistling in Brooklyn
7.0

as Grover Kendall

Up Goes Maisie
6.8
Up Goes Maisie
1946•movie

as Mr. Floyd Henderickson

Highways by Night
7.3
Highways by Night
1942•movie

as Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle

Three Wise Fools
5.7
Three Wise Fools
1946•movie

as Judge Watson

The Swordsman
7.3
The Swordsman
1948•movie

as MacCoppin

Free For All
6.3
Free For All
1949•movie

as A B Blair

Reunion in Reno
6.3
Reunion in Reno
1951•movie

as Judge Thomas Kneeland

See Here, Private Hargrove
6.5

as Brodie S. Griffith

Words & Music
6.5
Words & Music
1931•movie

as Mr. Lambert (uncredited)

Night in Paradise
6.5
Night in Paradise
1946•movie

as Leonides

Miss Susie Slagle's
8.5

as Dr. Elijah Howe

Spoilers of the Forest
6.0

as Eric Warren

Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men
7.5

as Mayor (voice)

I'll Give My Life
8.0
I'll Give My Life
1960•movie

as John Bradford

The Red Stallion
10.0
The Red Stallion
1947•movie

as Perry Barton

Red Stallion In The Rockies
9.0

as Matthew 'Matt' Simpson

The Go-Getter
10.0
The Go-Getter
1956•movie

as J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)

Invitation to a Gunfighter

as Harris Clayton