Mala

from Alaska

Artwork for ZanzibarImage of Mala

Biography

Ray Mala (born Ray Agnaqsiaq Wise) was an American actor. Born to a Native Alaskan Inupiaq mother and Russian Jewish immigrant father, he was one of Hollywood's foremost Native actors from the early 1920s until his death in 1952.

Timeline

1952Aged 46

  • Poster for Red Snow

    Sgt. Koovuk

1949Aged 43

  • Poster for The Fan

    Assistant Camera

1942Aged 36

  • Poster for The Mad Doctor of Market Street

    Barab

  • Poster for Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

    Marnoa

  • Poster for The Girl from Alaska

    Charley

  • Poster for The Tuttles of Tahiti

    Nat

1941Aged 35

  • Poster for Hold Back the Dawn

    Young Mexican Bridegroom (uncredited)

  • Poster for Honolulu Lu

    Native Cop

1940Aged 34

  • Poster for Green Hell

    Mala

  • Poster for Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

    Prince of the Rock People (uncredited)

  • Poster for Zanzibar

    Mala

  • Poster for South of Pago Pago

    Native Diver

  • Poster for Girl from God's Country

    Joe

  • Poster for North West Mounted Police

    Indian

  • Poster for The Devil's Pipeline

    Talamu

1939Aged 33

  • Poster for Union Pacific

    Indian Finding Cigar Store Indian (uncredited)

  • Poster for Mutiny on the Blackhawk

    Wani - Native Slave Leader

  • Poster for Coast Guard

    Eskimo Driver (uncredited)

1938Aged 32

1936Aged 30

  • Poster for Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island

    Agent Ray Mala

  • Poster for The Jungle Princess

    Melan

1935Aged 29

  • Poster for Last of the Pagans

    Taro

1933Aged 27

  • Poster for Eskimo

    Mala, aka Kripik (uncredited)

1932Aged 26

  • Poster for Igloo

    The Young Hunter

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