Ray Collins
ActingAlso Known As
Raymond Bidwell Collins, Ray Bidwell Collins
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.
Movies
(88 total)
Citizen Kane
as Jim W. Gettys
Touch of Evil
as District Attorney Adair
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Mr. Milton
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Jack Amberson
Leave Her to Heaven
as Glen Robie
The Heiress
as Jefferson Almond
The Desperate Hours
as Sheriff Masters
The Fountainhead
as Roger Enright
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Dr. Matt Beemish
A Double Life
as Victor Donlan
Summer Stock
as Jasper G. Wingait
Vengeance Valley
as Arch Strobie
Madame Curie
as Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
The Man from Colorado
as Big Ed Carter
The Seventh Cross
as Wallau
The Racket
as Mortimer Welsh
The Solid Gold Cadillac
as Alfred Metcalfe
The Human Comedy
as Mr. Macauley
Crack-Up
as Dr. Lowell
Francis
as Colonel Hooker
TV Shows
(11 total)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Herbert Brenner
Perry Mason
as Lieutenant Tragg
Studio One
as Gen. Sam Woolery
Climax!
as Jerome Harris
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Evan Gracie
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Callicott
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Judge Harper
Cavalcade of America
as Daniel Webster