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.
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.
External links
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm0172615
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1550341
Facebook: No data
Instagram: No data
X: No data
Filmography (Movies)
Jamaica's Cool Runners: Pushcarts and the Art of Living
Character:
Release Date:17/02/2014
Viva la clase media
Character:
Release Date:04/01/1980
I'll Give My Life
Character:John Bradford
Release Date:03/02/1960
Touch of Evil
Character:District Attorney Adair
Release Date:30/03/1958
Spoilers of the Forest
Character:Eric Warren
Release Date:04/04/1957
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Character:Harris Clayton
Release Date:07/03/1957
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Character:Alfred Metcalfe
Release Date:22/08/1956
Never Say Goodbye
Character:Dr. Bailey
Release Date:10/03/1956
The Go-Getter
Character:J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)
Release Date:01/01/1956
The Miracle on 34th Street
Character:Judge Harper
Release Date:14/12/1955
Texas Lady
Character:Mica Ralston (rancher)
Release Date:23/11/1955
The Desperate Hours
Character:Sheriff Masters
Release Date:05/10/1955
Athena
Character:Mr. Tremaine
Release Date:04/11/1954
Rose Marie
Character:Insp. Appleby
Release Date:03/03/1954
Bad for Each Other
Character:Dan Reasonover
Release Date:24/12/1953
The Kid from Left Field
Character:Fred F. Whacker
Release Date:01/07/1953
The Desert Song
Character:Gen. Birabeau
Release Date:30/05/1953
Column South
Character:Storey
Release Date:20/05/1953
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
Character:Jonathan Parker
Release Date:27/10/1952
Dreamboat
Character:Timothy Stone
Release Date:26/07/1952
Young Man with Ideas
Character:Edmund Jethrow
Release Date:02/05/1952
Invitation
Character:Warren Pritchard
Release Date:29/01/1952
I Want You
Character:Judge Kenneth Turner
Release Date:22/12/1951
The Racket
Character:Mortimer Welsh
Release Date:25/10/1951
Reunion in Reno
Character:Judge Thomas Kneeland
Release Date:09/10/1951
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
Character:Jonathan Parker
Release Date:10/05/1951
You're in the Navy Now
Character:Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant
Release Date:23/02/1951
Vengeance Valley
Character:Arch Strobie
Release Date:14/02/1951
Summer Stock
Character:Jasper G. Wingait
Release Date:31/08/1950
The Reformer and the Redhead
Character:Commodore Parker
Release Date:05/05/1950
Kill the Umpire
Character:Jonah Evans
Release Date:27/04/1950
Paid in Full
Character:Dr. Fredericks
Release Date:15/02/1950
Francis
Character:Colonel Hooker
Release Date:08/02/1950
Free For All
Character:A B Blair
Release Date:01/11/1949
The Heiress
Character:Jefferson Almond
Release Date:06/10/1949
The Fountainhead
Character:Roger Enright
Release Date:25/06/1949
It Happens Every Spring
Character:Alfred Greenleaf
Release Date:10/06/1949
Red Stallion In The Rockies
Character:Matthew 'Matt' Simpson
Release Date:02/05/1949
The Price of Freedom
Character:Thomas Vollmer
Release Date:29/04/1949
Hideout
Character:Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty
Release Date:08/03/1949
Command Decision
Character:Maj. Desmond Lansing
Release Date:23/12/1948
Good Sam
Character:Rev. Daniels
Release Date:01/09/1948
For the Love of Mary
Character:Harvey Elwood
Release Date:01/09/1948
The Man from Colorado
Character:Big Ed Carter
Release Date:07/08/1948
Homecoming
Character:Lt. Col. Avery Silver
Release Date:29/04/1948
The Swordsman
Character:MacCoppin
Release Date:02/01/1948
The Senator Was Indiscreet
Character:Fred Houlihan
Release Date:31/12/1947
A Double Life
Character:Victor Donlan
Release Date:25/12/1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Character:Dr. Matt Beemish
Release Date:01/09/1947
The Red Stallion
Character:Perry Barton
Release Date:16/08/1947
Trail Street
Character:Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:19/02/1947
The Best Years of Our Lives
Character:Mr. Milton
Release Date:25/12/1946
The Return of Monte Cristo
Character:Emil Blanchard
Release Date:19/12/1946
Two Years Before the Mast
Character:Gordon Stewart
Release Date:22/11/1946
Three Wise Fools
Character:Judge Watson
Release Date:26/09/1946
Crack-Up
Character:Dr. Lowell
Release Date:06/09/1946
Boys' Ranch
Character:Davis Banton
Release Date:18/07/1946
Badman's Territory
Character:Colonel Farewell / Narrator
Release Date:04/05/1946
Night in Paradise
Character:Leonides
Release Date:03/05/1946
Miss Susie Slagle's
Character:Dr. Elijah Howe
Release Date:04/03/1946
Up Goes Maisie
Character:Mr. Floyd Henderickson
Release Date:01/02/1946
Leave Her to Heaven
Character:Glen Robie
Release Date:25/12/1945
The Hidden Eye
Character:Phillip Treadway
Release Date:31/08/1945
Roughly Speaking
Character:John Chase Randall
Release Date:31/01/1945
Can't Help Singing
Character:Senator Frost
Release Date:25/12/1944
Barbary Coast Gent
Character:Johnny Adair
Release Date:01/09/1944
The Seventh Cross
Character:Wallau
Release Date:24/07/1944
The Eve of St. Mark
Character:Deckman West
Release Date:22/05/1944
The Hitler Gang
Character:Cardinal von Faulhaber
Release Date:26/04/1944
Main Street Today
Character:Otis Bird
Release Date:25/03/1944
See Here, Private Hargrove
Character:Brodie S. Griffith
Release Date:18/03/1944
Madame Curie
Character:Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:16/12/1943
Whistling in Brooklyn
Character:Grover Kendall
Release Date:01/12/1943
Salute to the Marines
Character:Col. John Mason
Release Date:02/09/1943
Crime Doctor
Character:Dr. John Carey
Release Date:22/06/1943
Slightly Dangerous
Character:Snodgrass
Release Date:01/04/1943
The Human Comedy
Character:Mr. Macauley
Release Date:02/03/1943
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Character:Johan Bergesen
Release Date:30/12/1942
The Navy Comes Through
Character:Capt. McCall
Release Date:30/10/1942
Highways by Night
Character:Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle
Release Date:02/10/1942
The Big Street
Character:Professor B
Release Date:13/08/1942
The Magnificent Ambersons
Character:Jack Amberson
Release Date:10/07/1942
Citizen Kane
Character:Jim W. Gettys
Release Date:17/04/1941
Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men
Character:Mayor (voice)
Release Date:04/08/1940
Citizen Kane Trailer
Character:himself/Jim Gettys
Release Date:01/01/1940
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
Character:Waite
Release Date:31/08/1932
Words & Music
Character:Mr. Lambert (uncredited)
Release Date:01/11/1931
One Way Out
Character:Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited)
Release Date:05/01/1931
Television Appearances
Perry Mason
Character:Lieutenant Tragg
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Evan Gracie
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Character:Callicott
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Character:Judge Harper
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Herbert Brenner
The Halls of Ivy
Character:
Climax!
Character:Jerome Harris
Cavalcade of America
Character:Daniel Webster
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Barton Keyes
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Max
Studio One
Character:Gen. Sam Woolery
Images
