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.

Filmography

Jim W. Gettys
District Attorney Adair
Thomas Vollmer
Roger Enright
D. A. Mortimer X. Welsh
Dr. Lowell
Jefferson Almond
Victor Donlan
Arch Strobie
Jasper G. Wingait
Dr. Fredericks
Colonel Farewell / Narrator
Mr. Macauley
Sheriff Masters
Senator Frost
Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant
Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty
Dan Reasonover
Grover Kendall
Dr. John Carey
Phillip Treadway
Col. John Mason
Brodie S. Griffith
Lt. Col. Avery Silver
Professor B
Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle
Rev. Daniels
Mr. Lambert (uncredited)
Warren Pritchard
Edmund Jethrow
John Chase Randall
Mica Ralston (rancher)
Insp. Appleby
Mr. Floyd Henderickson
Davis Banton
Gen. Birabeau
Judge Kenneth Turner
Judge Watson
Perry Barton
Dr. Elijah Howe
Johnny Adair
Alfred Greenleaf
Timothy Stone
Maj. Desmond Lansing
Matthew 'Matt' Simpson
MacCoppin
Colonel Hooker
Jonah Evans
A B Blair
Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited)
J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)
Judge Thomas Kneeland
Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
Mr. Tremaine
John Bradford
Cardinal von Faulhaber