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Ray Collins
Known for: ActingRay 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.
Filmography 50
Perry Mason
as Lieutenant Tragg 
Citizen Kane
+6
as Jim W. Gettys 
Leave Her to Heaven
as Glen Robie 
The Racket
as Mortimer Welsh 
Touch of Evil
+4
as District Attorney Adair 
The Best Years of Our Lives
+1
as Mr. Milton 
Command Decision
as Maj. Desmond Lansing 
The Magnificent Ambersons
+4
as Jack Amberson 
The Solid Gold Cadillac
+1
as Alfred Metcalfe 
The Heiress
as Jefferson Almond 
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
+1
as Beemish 
The Fountainhead
as Roger Enright 
The Desperate Hours
+1
as Sheriff Masters 
Two Years Before the Mast
as Gordon Stewart 
The Man from Colorado
+1
as Big Ed Carter 
Summer Stock
+1
as Jasper G. Wingait 
The Seventh Cross
as Wallau 
A Double Life
as Victor Donlan 
Vengeance Valley
+5
as Arch Strobie 
Madame Curie
as Lecturer (voice) (uncredited) 
Crack-Up
as Dr. Lowell 
Never Say Goodbye
as Dr. Bailey 
The Big Street
+1
as Professor B 
The Human Comedy
as Mr. Macauley 
Commandos Strike at Dawn
+2
as Johan Bergesen 
Badman's Territory
as Colonel Farewell / Narrator 
Good Sam
as Rev. Daniels 
Athena
as Mr. Tremaine 
Three Wise Fools
as Judge Watson 
Column South
as Storey 
Can't Help Singing
as Senator Frost 
The Return of Monte Cristo
as Emil Blanchard 
Francis
as Colonel Hooker 
The Kid from Left Field
as Fred F. Whacker 
Whistling in Brooklyn
as Grover Kendall 
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
as Jonathan Parker 
It Happens Every Spring
as Alfred Greenleaf 
The Miracle on 34th Street
as Judge Harper 
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
as Jonathan Parker 
Salute to the Marines
as Col. John Mason 
Roughly Speaking
as John Chase Randall 
Rose Marie
as Insp. Appleby 
For the Love of Mary
as Harvey Elwood 
Homecoming
as Lt. Col. Avery Silver 
Dreamboat
as Timothy Stone 
Up Goes Maisie
as Mr. Floyd Henderickson 
The Hidden Eye
as Phillip Treadway 
Kill the Umpire
as Jonah Evans 
I Want You
as Judge Kenneth Turner 
Crime Doctor
as Dr. John Carey