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Ray Collins

Acting Born Dec 10, 1889 Sacramento, California, USA 24 credits

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 television, as the irascible Lieutenant Arthur Tragg on the television series Perry Mason.

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Known for

Perry Mason

as Lieutenant Tragg

Father Knows Best

as Dean Wilson
Film

Citizen Kane

as Jim W. Gettys

Full filmography

  • Perry Mason (1957) as Lieutenant Tragg
  • Father Knows Best (1954) as Dean Wilson
  • Climax! (1954) as Jerome Harris
  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Evan Gracie
  • Studio One (1948) as Gen. Sam Woolery
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Herbert Brenner
  • The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955) as Callicott
  • The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955) as Judge Harper
  • Cavalcade of America (1952) as Daniel Webster
  • Citizen Kane (1941) as Jim W. Gettys
  • Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Barton Keyes
  • Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Max
  • Touch of Evil (1958) as District Attorney Adair
  • The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) as Mr. Milton
  • On Trial (1956) as Corbett
  • The Heiress (1949) as Jefferson Almond
  • Two Years Before the Mast (1946) as Gordon Stewart
  • The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) as Jack Amberson
  • Leave Her to Heaven (1945) as Glen Robie
  • The Fountainhead (1949) as Roger Enright
  • The Racket (1951) as Mortimer Welsh
  • Vengeance Valley (1951) as Arch Strobie
  • The Seventh Cross (1944) as Wallau
  • Never Say Goodbye (1956) as Dr. Bailey