Ray Collins
Actor
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.
Filmography
Touch of Evil
as District Attorney Adair 1958
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Mr. Milton 1946
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Jack Amberson 1942
Leave Her to Heaven
as Glen Robie 1945
The Heiress
as Jefferson Almond 1949
The Desperate Hours
as Sheriff Masters 1955
The Fountainhead
as Roger Enright 1949
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Dr. Matt Beemish 1947
A Double Life
as Victor Donlan 1947
Summer Stock
as Jasper G. Wingait 1950
Vengeance Valley
as Arch Strobie 1951
Madame Curie
as Lecturer (voice) (uncredited) 1943
The Man from Colorado
as Big Ed Carter 1948
The Seventh Cross
as Wallau 1944
The Racket
as Mortimer Welsh 1951
The Solid Gold Cadillac
as Alfred Metcalfe 1956