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Mala

Acting Born Dec 27, 1906 Alaska 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

Red Snow

as Sgt. Koovuk

Full filmography

  • Green Hell (1940) as Mala
  • Union Pacific (1939) as Indian Finding Cigar Store Indian (uncredited)
  • North West Mounted Police (1940) as Indian
  • Red Snow (1952) as Sgt. Koovuk
  • Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940) as Prince of the Rock People (uncredited)
  • Hold Back the Dawn (1941) as Young Mexican Bridegroom (uncredited)
  • Coast Guard (1939) as Eskimo Driver (uncredited)
  • Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942) as Marnoa
  • The Jungle Princess (1936) as Melan
  • Eskimo (1933) as Mala, aka Kripik (uncredited)
  • Last of the Pagans (1935) as Taro
  • Mutiny on the Blackhawk (1939) as Wani - Native Slave Leader
  • Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1936) as Agent Ray Mala
  • Honolulu Lu (1941) as Native Cop
  • The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942) as Nat
  • Girl from God's Country (1940) as Joe
  • The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942) as Barab
  • Call of The Yukon (1938) as Olee John
  • South of Pago Pago (1940) as Native Diver
  • The Girl from Alaska (1942) as Charley
  • Hawk of the Wilderness (1938) as Kias
  • Zanzibar (1940) as Mala
  • The Devil's Pipeline (1940) as Talamu
  • The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938) as Little Elk