Ray Collins
Born in Sacramento, California, USA — Dec 10 1889• Died Jul 11 1965
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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 televis…
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Perry Mason
Lieutenant Tragg
Climax!
Jerome Harris
Studio One
Gen. Sam Woolery
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Evan Gracie
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Herbert Brenner
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Callicott
Cavalcade of America
Daniel Webster
Lux Video Theatre
Barton Keyes
Citizen Kane
Jim W. Gettys
The Best Years of Our Lives
Mr. Milton
Touch of Evil
District Attorney Adair
The Heiress
Jefferson Almond
The Magnificent Ambersons
Jack Amberson
The Human Comedy
Mr. Macauley
The Halls of Ivy
Madame Curie
Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
Roger Enright
A Double Life
Victor Donlan
Trail Street
Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Command Decision
Maj. Desmond Lansing
Athena
Mr. Tremaine
Night in Paradise
Leonides
The Big Street
Professor B
The Man from Colorado
Big Ed Carter
Crack-Up
Dr. Lowell
Roughly Speaking
John Chase Randall
Slightly Dangerous
Snodgrass
Leave Her to Heaven
Glen Robie
Up Goes Maisie
Mr. Floyd Henderickson
Good Sam
Rev. Daniels
The Racket
Mortimer Welsh
Texas Lady
Mica Ralston (rancher)
The Navy Comes Through
Capt. McCall
Summer Stock
Jasper G. Wingait
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Dr. Matt Beemish
Badman's Territory
Colonel Farewell / Narrator
Rose Marie
Insp. Appleby
Young Man with Ideas
Edmund Jethrow
The Desperate Hours
Sheriff Masters
Vengeance Valley
Arch Strobie
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Alfred Metcalfe
Salute to the Marines
Col. John Mason
Column South
Storey
Crime Doctor
Dr. John Carey
The Go-Getter
J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)
Never Say Goodbye
Dr. Bailey
Invitation
Warren Pritchard
Francis
Colonel Hooker
The Hidden Eye
Phillip Treadway
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Johan Bergesen
Dreamboat
Timothy Stone
Three Wise Fools
Judge Watson
Spoilers of the Forest
Eric Warren
The Senator Was Indiscreet
Fred Houlihan
The Swordsman
MacCoppin
Kill the Umpire
Jonah Evans
The Reformer and the Redhead
Commodore Parker
I Want You
Judge Kenneth Turner
Bad for Each Other
Dan Reasonover
Reunion in Reno
Judge Thomas Kneeland
Homecoming
Lt. Col. Avery Silver
The Return of Monte Cristo
Emil Blanchard
The Eve of St. Mark
Deckman West
See Here, Private Hargrove
Brodie S. Griffith
You're in the Navy Now
Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant
The Desert Song
Gen. Birabeau
It Happens Every Spring
Alfred Greenleaf
Barbary Coast Gent
Johnny Adair
I'll Give My Life
John Bradford
The Seventh Cross
Wallau
Hideout
Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty
Red Stallion In The Rockies
Matthew 'Matt' Simpson
Paid in Full
Dr. Fredericks
Main Street Today
Otis Bird
Can't Help Singing
Senator Frost
Boys' Ranch
Davis Banton
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
Jonathan Parker
For the Love of Mary
Harvey Elwood
The Hitler Gang
Cardinal von Faulhaber
Citizen Kane Trailer
himself/Jim Gettys
The Miracle on 34th Street
Judge Harper
Two Years Before the Mast
Gordon Stewart
Whistling in Brooklyn
Grover Kendall
Highways by Night
Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle
One Way Out
Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
Jonathan Parker
The Price of Freedom
Thomas Vollmer
Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men
Mayor (voice)
Free For All
A B Blair
The Kid from Left Field
Fred F. Whacker
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
Waite
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Harris Clayton
The Red Stallion
Perry Barton
Miss Susie Slagle's
Dr. Elijah Howe
Viva la clase media
Words & Music
Mr. Lambert (uncredited)
Jamaica's Cool Runners: Pushcarts and the Art of Living