Ray Collins
December 10, 1889 (135 years old) in Sacramento, California, USA
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.
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- 2014 · Jamaica's Cool Runners: Pushcarts and the Art of Living as
- 1980 · Viva la clase media as
- 1960 · I'll Give My Life as John Bradford
- 1958 · Touch of Evil as District Attorney Adair
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Lieutenant Tragg
- 1957 · Spoilers of the Forest as Eric Warren
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Evan Gracie
- 1956 · The Solid Gold Cadillac as Alfred Metcalfe
- 1956 · Never Say Goodbye as Dr. Bailey
- 1956 · The Go-Getter as J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)
- 1955 · The Miracle on 34th Street as Judge Harper
- 1955 · Texas Lady as Mica Ralston (rancher)
- 1955 · The 20th Century Fox Hour as Callicott
- 1955 · The 20th Century Fox Hour as Judge Harper
- 1955 · The Desperate Hours as Sheriff Masters
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Herbert Brenner
- 1954 · Athena as Mr. Tremaine
- 1954 · The Halls of Ivy as
- 1954 · Climax! as Jerome Harris
- 1954 · Rose Marie as Insp. Appleby
- 1953 · Bad for Each Other as Dan Reasonover
- 1953 · The Kid from Left Field as Fred F. Whacker
- 1953 · The Desert Song as Gen. Birabeau
- 1953 · Column South as Storey
- 1952 · Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation as Jonathan Parker
- 1952 · Cavalcade of America as Daniel Webster
- 1952 · Dreamboat as Timothy Stone
- 1952 · Young Man with Ideas as Edmund Jethrow
- 1952 · Invitation as Warren Pritchard
- 1951 · I Want You as Judge Kenneth Turner
- 1951 · The Racket as D. A. Mortimer X. Welsh
- 1951 · Reunion in Reno as Judge Thomas Kneeland
- 1951 · Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm as Jonathan Parker
- 1951 · You're in the Navy Now as Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant
- 1951 · Vengeance Valley as Arch Strobie
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Barton Keyes
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Max
- 1950 · Summer Stock as Jasper G. Wingait
- 1950 · The Reformer and the Redhead as Commodore Parker
- 1950 · Kill the Umpire as Jonah Evans
- 1950 · Paid in Full as Dr. Fredericks
- 1950 · Francis as Colonel Hooker
- 1949 · Free For All as A B Blair
- 1949 · The Heiress as Jefferson Almond
- 1949 · The Fountainhead as Roger Enright
- 1949 · It Happens Every Spring as Alfred Greenleaf
- 1949 · Red Stallion In The Rockies as Matthew 'Matt' Simpson
- 1949 · The Price of Freedom as Thomas Vollmer
- 1949 · Hideout as Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty
- 1948 · Command Decision as Maj. Desmond Lansing
- 1948 · Studio One as Gen. Sam Woolery
- 1948 · Good Sam as Rev. Daniels
- 1948 · For the Love of Mary as Harvey Elwood
- 1948 · The Man from Colorado as Big Ed Carter
- 1948 · Homecoming as Lt. Col. Avery Silver
- 1948 · The Swordsman as MacCoppin
- 1947 · The Senator Was Indiscreet as Fred Houlihan
- 1947 · A Double Life as Victor Donlan
- 1947 · The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer as Dr. Matt Beemish
- 1947 · The Red Stallion as Perry Barton
- 1946 · The Best Years of Our Lives as Mr. Milton
- 1946 · Two Years Before the Mast as Gordon Stewart
- 1946 · Three Wise Fools as Judge Watson
- 1946 · Crack-Up as Dr. Lowell
- 1946 · Boys' Ranch as Davis Banton
- 1946 · Badman's Territory as Colonel Farewell / Narrator
- 1946 · Night in Paradise as Leonides
- 1946 · Miss Susie Slagle's as Dr. Elijah Howe
- 1946 · Up Goes Maisie as Mr. Floyd Henderickson
- 1945 · Leave Her to Heaven as Glen Robie
- 1945 · The Hidden Eye as Phillip Treadway
- 1945 · Roughly Speaking as John Chase Randall
- 1944 · Can't Help Singing as Senator Frost
- 1944 · Barbary Coast Gent as Johnny Adair
- 1944 · The Seventh Cross as Wallau
- 1944 · The Eve of St. Mark as Deckman West
- 1944 · Main Street Today as Otis Bird
- 1944 · See Here, Private Hargrove as Brodie S. Griffith
- 1943 · Madame Curie as Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
- 1943 · Whistling in Brooklyn as Grover Kendall
- 1943 · Salute to the Marines as Col. John Mason
- 1943 · Crime Doctor as Dr. John Carey
- 1943 · Slightly Dangerous as Snodgrass
- 1943 · The Human Comedy as Mr. Macauley
- 1942 · Commandos Strike at Dawn as Johan Bergesen
- 1942 · The Navy Comes Through as Capt. McCall
- 1942 · Highways by Night as Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle
- 1942 · The Big Street as Professor B
- 1942 · The Magnificent Ambersons as Jack Amberson
- 1941 · Citizen Kane as Jim W. Gettys
- 1940 · Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men as Mayor (voice)
- 1932 · The Trans-Atlantic Mystery as Waite
- 1931 · Words & Music as Mr. Lambert (uncredited)
- 1931 · One Way Out as Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited)