Ray Collins
Acting
🎂 1889-12-10
Ray Bidwell Collins 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.
Cast credits(95)
Lieutenant Tragg
1957
Jerome Harris
1954
Gen. Sam Woolery
1948
Evan Gracie
1956
Callicott
1955
Judge Harper
1955
Herbert Brenner
1955
Barton Keyes
1950
Max
1950
Daniel Webster
1952
Jim W. Gettys
1941
District Attorney Adair
1958
Mr. Milton
1946
Roger Enright
1949
Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Sheriff Masters
1955
Jack Amberson
1942
Timothy Stone
1952
D. A. Mortimer X. Welsh
1951
Glen Robie
1945
Arch Strobie
1951
Fred Houlihan
1947
Jefferson Almond
1949
Dr. Matt Beemish
1947
Senator Frost
1944
A B Blair
1949
Storey
1953
Fred F. Whacker
1953
Big Ed Carter
1948
Gordon Stewart
1946
Dr. Lowell
1946
Deckman West
1944
Mr. Macauley
1943
Jonah Evans
1950
Mr. Tremaine
1954
Rev. Daniels
1948
Capt. McCall
1942
Cardinal von Faulhaber
1944
MacCoppin
1948
Alfred Metcalfe
1956
Johan Bergesen
1942
Colonel Hooker
1950
Wallau
1944
Eric Warren
1957
Snodgrass
1943
Maj. Desmond Lansing
1948
Gen. Birabeau
1953
1980
Dr. Fredericks
1950
Lt. Col. Avery Silver
1948
Jasper G. Wingait
1950
Victor Donlan
1947
Col. John Mason
1943
Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle
1942
Dan Reasonover
1953
Dr. Bailey
1956
Judge Harper
1955
Judge Kenneth Turner
1951
Professor B
1942
Mica Ralston (rancher)
1955
Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant
1951
Alfred Greenleaf
1949
John Bradford
1960
Harvey Elwood
1948
Johnny Adair
1944
Dr. John Carey
1943
Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty
1949
Dr. Elijah Howe
1946
Leonides
1946
Phillip Treadway
1945
Judge Thomas Kneeland
1951
Mr. Floyd Henderickson
1946
Insp. Appleby
1954
Otis Bird
1944
Edmund Jethrow
1952
Mayor (voice)
1940
Commodore Parker
1950
Thomas Vollmer
1949
Judge Watson
1946
Brodie S. Griffith
1944
Colonel Farewell / Narrator
1946
Warren Pritchard
1952
Perry Barton
1947
1954
Davis Banton
1946
John Chase Randall
1945
Grover Kendall
1943
Jonathan Parker
1952
Mr. Lambert (uncredited)
1931
J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)
1956
Waite
1932
Jonathan Parker
1951
Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited)
1931
Matthew 'Matt' Simpson
1949
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