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Ray Collins

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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: Acting

Born: Sacramento, California, USA, 1889-12-10

Died: 1965-07-11

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1931	One Way Out	Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited)	0
2	1931	Words & Music	Mr. Lambert (uncredited)	0
3	1932	The Trans-Atlantic Mystery	Waite	43
4	1940	Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men	Mayor (voice)	80
5	1941	Citizen Kane	Jim W. Gettys	80
6	1942	The Magnificent Ambersons	Jack Amberson	73
7	1942	The Big Street	Professor B	58
8	1942	Highways by Night	Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle	60
9	1942	The Navy Comes Through	Capt. McCall	56
10	1942	Commandos Strike at Dawn	Johan Bergesen	54
11	1943	The Human Comedy	Mr. Macauley	63
12	1943	Slightly Dangerous	Snodgrass	60
13	1943	Crime Doctor	Dr. John Carey	62
14	1943	Salute to the Marines	Col. John Mason	68
15	1943	Whistling in Brooklyn	Grover Kendall	63
16	1943	Madame Curie	Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)	71
17	1944	See Here, Private Hargrove	Brodie S. Griffith	60
18	1944	Main Street Today	Otis Bird	62
19	1944	The Hitler Gang	Cardinal von Faulhaber	60
20	1944	The Eve of St. Mark	Deckman West	58
21	1944	The Seventh Cross	Wallau	67
22	1944	Barbary Coast Gent	Johnny Adair	46
23	1944	Can't Help Singing	Senator Frost	51
24	1945	Roughly Speaking	John Chase Randall	68
25	1945	The Hidden Eye	Phillip Treadway	76
26	1945	Leave Her to Heaven	Glen Robie	74
27	1946	Up Goes Maisie	Mr. Floyd Henderickson	67
28	1946	Miss Susie Slagle's	Dr. Elijah Howe	100
29	1946	Night in Paradise	Leonides	40
30	1946	Badman's Territory	Colonel Farewell / Narrator	57
31	1946	Boys' Ranch	Davis Banton	65
32	1946	Crack-Up	Dr. Lowell	56
33	1946	Three Wise Fools	Judge Watson	50
34	1946	Two Years Before the Mast	Gordon Stewart	62
35	1946	The Best Years of Our Lives	Mr. Milton	78
36	1947	The Red Stallion	Perry Barton	0
37	1947	The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer	Dr. Matt Beemish	69
38	1947	A Double Life	Victor Donlan	63
39	1947	The Senator Was Indiscreet	Fred Houlihan	54
40	1948	The Swordsman	MacCoppin	0
41	1948	Homecoming	Lt. Col. Avery Silver	70
42	1948	The Man from Colorado	Big Ed Carter	67
43	1948	Good Sam	Rev. Daniels	60
44	1948	For the Love of Mary	Harvey Elwood	58
45	1948	Command Decision	Maj. Desmond Lansing	64
46	1949	Hideout	Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty	54
47	1949	The Price of Freedom	Thomas Vollmer	0
48	1949	Red Stallion In The Rockies	Matthew 'Matt' Simpson	0
49	1949	It Happens Every Spring	Alfred Greenleaf	64
50	1949	The Fountainhead	Roger Enright	69
51	1949	The Heiress	Jefferson Almond	78
52	1949	Free For All	A B Blair	60
53	1950	Francis	Colonel Hooker	55
54	1950	Paid in Full	Dr. Fredericks	66
55	1950	Kill the Umpire	Jonah Evans	63
56	1950	The Reformer and the Redhead	Commodore Parker	63
57	1950	Summer Stock	Jasper G. Wingait	67
58	1951	Vengeance Valley	Arch Strobie	52
59	1951	You're in the Navy Now	Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant	44
60	1951	Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm	Jonathan Parker	63
61	1951	Reunion in Reno	Judge Thomas Kneeland	60
62	1951	The Racket	D. A. Mortimer X. Welsh	63
63	1951	I Want You	Judge Kenneth Turner	52
64	1952	Invitation	Warren Pritchard	65
65	1952	Young Man with Ideas	Edmund Jethrow	47
66	1952	Dreamboat	Timothy Stone	60
67	1952	Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation	Jonathan Parker	72
68	1953	Column South	Storey	60
69	1953	The Desert Song	Gen. Birabeau	65
70	1953	The Kid from Left Field	Fred F. Whacker	72
71	1953	Bad for Each Other	Dan Reasonover	57
72	1954	Rose Marie	Insp. Appleby	40
73	1954	Athena	Mr. Tremaine	56
74	1955	The Desperate Hours	Sheriff Masters	70
75	1955	Texas Lady	Mica Ralston (rancher)	54
76	1955	The Miracle on 34th Street	Judge Harper	52
77	1956	The Go-Getter	J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)	0
78	1956	Never Say Goodbye	Dr. Bailey	66
79	1956	The Solid Gold Cadillac	Alfred Metcalfe	63
80	1957	Spoilers of the Forest	Eric Warren	0
81	1958	Touch of Evil	District Attorney Adair	78
82	1960	I'll Give My Life	John Bradford	60
83	1980	Viva la clase media		53
84	2014	Jamaica's Cool Runners: Pushcarts and the Art of Living		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Studio One	Gen. Sam Woolery	50
2	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Barton Keyes	63
3	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Max	63
4	1952	Cavalcade of America	Daniel Webster	35
5	1954	Climax!	Jerome Harris	33
6	1954	The Halls of Ivy		0
7	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Herbert Brenner	77
8	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour	Callicott	54
9	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour	Judge Harper	54
10	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Evan Gracie	55
11	1957	Perry Mason	Lieutenant Tragg	77