Movie Mania

movie night
Ray Collins

Ray Collins

Born on December 10th, 1889

Sacramento, California, USA

Died on July 11th, 1965

Biography

​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.

Filmography

Jamaica's Cool Runners: Pushcarts and the Art of Living

2014

Character TBA

Details

Viva la clase media

1980

Character TBA

Details

I'll Give My Life

1960

John Bradford

Details

Touch of Evil

1958

District Attorney Adair

Details

Spoilers of the Forest

1957

Eric Warren

Details

The Solid Gold Cadillac

1956

Alfred Metcalfe

Details

Never Say Goodbye

1956

Dr. Bailey

Details

The Go-Getter

1956

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

Details

The Miracle on 34th Street

1955

Judge Harper

Details

Texas Lady

1955

Mica Ralston (rancher)

Details

The Desperate Hours

1955

Sheriff Masters

Details

Athena

1954

Mr. Tremaine

Details

Rose Marie

1954

Insp. Appleby

Details

Bad for Each Other

1953

Dan Reasonover

Details

The Kid from Left Field

1953

Fred F. Whacker

Details

The Desert Song

1953

Gen. Birabeau

Details

Column South

1953

Storey

Details

Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation

1952

Jonathan Parker

Details

Dreamboat

1952

Timothy Stone

Details

Young Man with Ideas

1952

Edmund Jethrow

Details

Invitation

1952

Warren Pritchard

Details

I Want You

1951

Judge Kenneth Turner

Details

The Racket

1951

D. A. Mortimer X. Welsh

Details

Reunion in Reno

1951

Judge Thomas Kneeland

Details

Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm

1951

Jonathan Parker

Details

You're in the Navy Now

1951

Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant

Details

Vengeance Valley

1951

Arch Strobie

Details

Summer Stock

1950

Jasper G. Wingait

Details

The Reformer and the Redhead

1950

Commodore Parker

Details

Kill the Umpire

1950

Jonah Evans

Details

Paid in Full

1950

Dr. Fredericks

Details

Francis

1950

Colonel Hooker

Details

Free For All

1949

A B Blair

Details

The Heiress

1949

Jefferson Almond

Details

The Fountainhead

1949

Roger Enright

Details

It Happens Every Spring

1949

Alfred Greenleaf

Details

Red Stallion In The Rockies

1949

Matthew 'Matt' Simpson

Details

The Price of Freedom

1949

Thomas Vollmer

Details

Hideout

1949

Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty

Details

Command Decision

1948

Maj. Desmond Lansing

Details

Good Sam

1948

Rev. Daniels

Details

For the Love of Mary

1948

Harvey Elwood

Details

The Man from Colorado

1948

Big Ed Carter

Details

Homecoming

1948

Lt. Col. Avery Silver

Details

The Swordsman

1948

MacCoppin

Details

The Senator Was Indiscreet

1947

Fred Houlihan

Details

A Double Life

1947

Victor Donlan

Details

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

1947

Dr. Matt Beemish

Details

The Red Stallion

1947

Perry Barton

Details

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946

Mr. Milton

Details

Two Years Before the Mast

1946

Gordon Stewart

Details

Three Wise Fools

1946

Judge Watson

Details

Crack-Up

1946

Dr. Lowell

Details

Boys' Ranch

1946

Davis Banton

Details

Badman's Territory

1946

Colonel Farewell / Narrator

Details

Night in Paradise

1946

Leonides

Details

Miss Susie Slagle's

1946

Dr. Elijah Howe

Details

Up Goes Maisie

1946

Mr. Floyd Henderickson

Details

Leave Her to Heaven

1945

Glen Robie

Details

The Hidden Eye

1945

Phillip Treadway

Details

Roughly Speaking

1945

John Chase Randall

Details

Can't Help Singing

1944

Senator Frost

Details

Barbary Coast Gent

1944

Johnny Adair

Details

The Seventh Cross

1944

Wallau

Details

The Eve of St. Mark

1944

Deckman West

Details

Main Street Today

1944

Otis Bird

Details

See Here, Private Hargrove

1944

Brodie S. Griffith

Details

Madame Curie

1943

Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)

Details

Whistling in Brooklyn

1943

Grover Kendall

Details

Salute to the Marines

1943

Col. John Mason

Details

Crime Doctor

1943

Dr. John Carey

Details

Slightly Dangerous

1943

Snodgrass

Details

The Human Comedy

1943

Mr. Macauley

Details

Commandos Strike at Dawn

1942

Johan Bergesen

Details

The Navy Comes Through

1942

Capt. McCall

Details

Highways by Night

1942

Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle

Details

The Big Street

1942

Professor B

Details

The Magnificent Ambersons

1942

Jack Amberson

Details

Citizen Kane

1941

Jim W. Gettys

Details

Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men

1940

Mayor (voice)

Details

The Trans-Atlantic Mystery

1932

Waite

Details

Words & Music

1931

Mr. Lambert (uncredited)

Details

One Way Out

1931

Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited)

Details