Acting · Sacramento, California, USA · Born December 10, 1889
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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MovieViva la clase media
1980
MovieI'll Give My Life
1960
as John Bradford
MovieTouch of Evil
1958
as District Attorney Adair
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Lieutenant Tragg
MovieSpoilers of the Forest
1957
as Eric Warren
MovieInvitation to a Gunfighter
1957
as Harris Clayton
TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Evan Gracie
On Trial
1956
as Corbett
MovieThe Solid Gold Cadillac
1956
as Alfred Metcalfe
MovieNever Say Goodbye
1956
as Dr. Bailey
MovieThe Go-Getter
1956
as J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)
MovieThe Miracle on 34th Street
1955
as Judge Harper
MovieTexas Lady
1955
as Mica Ralston (rancher)
MovieThe Desperate Hours
1955
as Sheriff Masters
TVThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Callicott
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Herbert Brenner
MovieAthena
1954
as Mr. Tremaine
The Halls of Ivy
1954
TVClimax!
1954
as Jerome Harris
TVFather Knows Best
1954
as Dean Wilson
MovieRose Marie
1954
as Insp. Appleby
MovieBad for Each Other
1953
as Dan Reasonover
MovieThe Kid from Left Field
1953
as Fred F. Whacker
MovieThe Desert Song
1953
as Gen. Birabeau
MovieColumn South
1953
as Storey
MovieMa and Pa Kettle on Vacation
1952
as Jonathan Parker
TVCavalcade of America
1952
as Daniel Webster
MovieDreamboat
1952
as Timothy Stone
MovieYoung Man with Ideas
1952
as Edmund Jethrow
MovieInvitation
1952
as Warren Pritchard
MovieI Want You
1951
as Judge Kenneth Turner
MovieThe Racket
1951
as Mortimer Welsh
MovieReunion in Reno
1951
as Judge Thomas Kneeland
MovieMa and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
1951
as Jonathan Parker
MovieYou're in the Navy Now
1951
as Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant
MovieVengeance Valley
1951
as Arch Strobie
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Barton Keyes
MovieSummer Stock
1950
as Jasper G. Wingait
MovieThe Reformer and the Redhead
1950
as Commodore Parker
MovieKill the Umpire
1950
as Jonah Evans
MoviePaid in Full
1950
as Dr. Fredericks
MovieFrancis
1950
as Colonel Hooker
MovieFree For All
1949
as A B Blair
MovieThe Heiress
1949
as Jefferson Almond
MovieThe Fountainhead
1949
as Roger Enright
MovieIt Happens Every Spring
1949
as Alfred Greenleaf
MovieRed Stallion In The Rockies
1949
as Matthew 'Matt' Simpson
The Price of Freedom
1949
as Thomas Vollmer
MovieHideout
1949
as Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty
MovieCommand Decision
1948
as Maj. Desmond Lansing
TVStudio One
1948
as Gen. Sam Woolery
MovieGood Sam
1948
as Rev. Daniels
MovieFor the Love of Mary
1948
as Harvey Elwood
MovieThe Man from Colorado
1948
as Big Ed Carter
MovieHomecoming
1948
as Lt. Col. Avery Silver
MovieThe Swordsman
1948
as MacCoppin
MovieThe Senator Was Indiscreet
1947
as Fred Houlihan
MovieA Double Life
1947
as Victor Donlan
MovieThe Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
as Beemish
MovieThe Red Stallion
1947
as Perry Barton
MovieTrail Street
1947
as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
MovieThe Best Years of Our Lives
1946
as Mr. Milton
MovieThe Return of Monte Cristo
1946
as Emil Blanchard
MovieTwo Years Before the Mast
1946
as Gordon Stewart
MovieThree Wise Fools
1946
as Judge Watson
MovieCrack-Up
1946
as Dr. Lowell
MovieBoys' Ranch
1946
as Davis Banton
MovieBadman's Territory
1946
as Colonel Farewell / Narrator
MovieNight in Paradise
1946
as Leonides
MovieMiss Susie Slagle's
1946
as Dr. Elijah Howe
MovieUp Goes Maisie
1946
as Mr. Floyd Henderickson
MovieLeave Her to Heaven
1945
as Glen Robie
MovieThe Hidden Eye
1945
as Phillip Treadway
MovieRoughly Speaking
1945
as John Chase Randall
MovieCan't Help Singing
1944
as Senator Frost
MovieBarbary Coast Gent
1944
as Johnny Adair
MovieThe Seventh Cross
1944
as Wallau
MovieThe Eve of St. Mark
1944
as Deckman West
MovieThe Hitler Gang
1944
as Cardinal von Faulhaber
MovieMain Street Today
1944
as Otis Bird
MovieSee Here, Private Hargrove
1944
as Brodie S. Griffith
MovieMadame Curie
1943
as Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
MovieWhistling in Brooklyn
1943
as Grover Kendall
MovieSalute to the Marines
1943
as Col. John Mason
MovieCrime Doctor
1943
as Dr. John Carey
MovieSlightly Dangerous
1943
as Snodgrass
MovieThe Human Comedy
1943
as Mr. Macauley
MovieCommandos Strike at Dawn
1942
as Johan Bergesen
MovieThe Navy Comes Through
1942
as Capt. McCall
MovieHighways by Night
1942
as Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle
MovieThe Big Street
1942
as Professor B
MovieThe Magnificent Ambersons
1942
as Jack Amberson
MovieCitizen Kane
1941
as Jim W. Gettys
MovieValley Town: A Study of Machines and Men
1940
as Mayor (voice)
MovieThe Trans-Atlantic Mystery
1932
as Waite
MovieWords & Music
1931
as Mr. Lambert (uncredited)
One Way Out
1931
as Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited)
