Ray Collins
Known for Acting
Biography
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
Citizen Kane
1941
as Jim W. Gettys
Touch of Evil
1958
as District Attorney Adair
The Racket
1951
as Mortimer Welsh
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
as Mr. Milton
Leave Her to Heaven
1945
as Glen Robie
The Fountainhead
1949
as Roger Enright
The Desperate Hours
1955
as Sheriff Masters
The Human Comedy
1943
as Mr. Macauley
Three Wise Fools
1946
as Judge Watson
The Heiress
1949
as Jefferson Almond
Athena
1954
as Mr. Tremaine
Francis
1950
as Colonel Hooker
Summer Stock
1950
as Jasper G. Wingait
Texas Lady
1955
as Mica Ralston (rancher)
Good Sam
1948
as Rev. Daniels
See Here, Private Hargrove
1944
as Brodie S. Griffith
Vengeance Valley
1951
as Arch Strobie
Badman's Territory
1946
as Colonel Farewell / Narrator
I Want You
1951
as Judge Kenneth Turner
Young Man with Ideas
1952
as Edmund Jethrow