Ray Collins

from Sacramento, California, USA

Artwork for The Best Years of Our LivesImage of Ray Collins

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Timeline

2014Aged 125

1980Aged 91

  • Poster for Viva la clase media

    (Unknown)

1960Aged 71

  • Poster for I'll Give My Life

    John Bradford

1958Aged 69

  • Poster for Touch of Evil

    District Attorney Adair

1957Aged 68

  • Poster for Invitation to a Gunfighter

    Harris Clayton

  • Poster for Spoilers of the Forest

    Eric Warren

1956Aged 67

  • Poster for The Go-Getter

    J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)

  • Poster for Never Say Goodbye

    Dr. Bailey

  • Poster for The Solid Gold Cadillac

    Alfred Metcalfe

1955Aged 66

  • Poster for The Desperate Hours

    Sheriff Masters

  • Poster for Texas Lady

    Mica Ralston (rancher)

  • Poster for The Miracle on 34th Street

    Judge Harper

1954Aged 65

  • Poster for Rose Marie

    Insp. Appleby

  • Poster for Athena

    Mr. Tremaine

1953Aged 64

  • Poster for Column South

    Storey

  • Poster for The Desert Song

    Gen. Birabeau

  • Poster for The Kid from Left Field

    Fred F. Whacker

  • Poster for Bad for Each Other

    Dan Reasonover

1952Aged 63

  • Poster for Invitation

    Warren Pritchard

  • Poster for Young Man with Ideas

    Edmund Jethrow

  • Poster for Dreamboat

    Timothy Stone

  • Poster for Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation

    Jonathan Parker

1951Aged 62

  • Poster for Vengeance Valley

    Arch Strobie

  • Poster for You're in the Navy Now

    Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant

  • Poster for Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm

    Jonathan Parker

  • Poster for Reunion in Reno

    Judge Thomas Kneeland

  • Poster for The Racket

    Mortimer Welsh

  • Poster for I Want You

    Judge Kenneth Turner

1950Aged 61

  • Poster for Francis

    Colonel Hooker

  • Poster for Paid in Full

    Dr. Fredericks

  • Poster for Kill the Umpire

    Jonah Evans

  • Poster for The Reformer and the Redhead

    Commodore Parker

  • Poster for Summer Stock

    Jasper G. Wingait

1949Aged 60

  • Poster for Hideout

    Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty

  • The Price of Freedom

    Thomas Vollmer

  • Poster for Red Stallion In The Rockies

    Matthew 'Matt' Simpson

  • Poster for It Happens Every Spring

    Alfred Greenleaf

  • Poster for The Fountainhead

    Roger Enright

  • Poster for The Heiress

    Jefferson Almond

  • Poster for Free For All

    A B Blair

1948Aged 59

  • Poster for The Swordsman

    MacCoppin

  • Poster for Homecoming

    Lt. Col. Avery Silver

  • Poster for The Man from Colorado

    Big Ed Carter

  • Poster for Good Sam

    Rev. Daniels

  • Poster for For the Love of Mary

    Harvey Elwood

  • Poster for Command Decision

    Maj. Desmond Lansing

1947Aged 58

  • Poster for Trail Street

    Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Red Stallion

    Perry Barton

  • Poster for The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

    Beemish

  • Poster for A Double Life

    Victor Donlan

  • Poster for The Senator Was Indiscreet

    Fred Houlihan

1946Aged 57

  • Poster for Up Goes Maisie

    Mr. Floyd Henderickson

  • Poster for Miss Susie Slagle's

    Dr. Elijah Howe

  • Poster for Night in Paradise

    Leonides

  • Poster for Badman's Territory

    Colonel Farewell / Narrator

  • Poster for Boys' Ranch

    Davis Banton

  • Poster for Crack-Up

    Dr. Lowell

  • Poster for Three Wise Fools

    Judge Watson

  • Poster for Two Years Before the Mast

    Gordon Stewart

  • Poster for The Return of Monte Cristo

    Emil Blanchard

  • Poster for The Best Years of Our Lives

    Mr. Milton

1945Aged 56

  • Poster for Roughly Speaking

    John Chase Randall

  • Poster for The Hidden Eye

    Phillip Treadway

  • Poster for Leave Her to Heaven

    Glen Robie

1944Aged 55

  • Poster for See Here, Private Hargrove

    Brodie S. Griffith

  • Poster for Main Street Today

    Otis Bird

  • Poster for The Hitler Gang

    Cardinal von Faulhaber

  • Poster for The Eve of St. Mark

    Deckman West

  • Poster for The Seventh Cross

    Wallau

  • Poster for Barbary Coast Gent

    Johnny Adair

  • Poster for Can't Help Singing

    Senator Frost

1943Aged 54

  • Poster for The Human Comedy

    Mr. Macauley

  • Poster for Slightly Dangerous

    Snodgrass

  • Poster for Crime Doctor

    Dr. John Carey

  • Poster for Salute to the Marines

    Col. John Mason

  • Poster for Whistling in Brooklyn

    Grover Kendall

  • Poster for Madame Curie

    Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)

1942Aged 53

  • Poster for The Magnificent Ambersons

    Jack Amberson

  • Poster for The Big Street

    Professor B

  • Poster for Highways by Night

    Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle

  • Poster for The Navy Comes Through

    Capt. McCall

  • Poster for Commandos Strike at Dawn

    Johan Bergesen

1941Aged 52

  • Poster for Citizen Kane

    Jim W. Gettys

1940Aged 51

  • Poster for Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men

    Mayor (voice)

1932Aged 43

  • Poster for The Trans-Atlantic Mystery

    Waite

1931Aged 42

  • One Way Out

    Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited)

  • Poster for Words & Music

    Mr. Lambert (uncredited)

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