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Ray Collins

Ray Collins is known for acting, with popular credits including Citizen Kane, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Magnificent Ambersons, Touch of Evil.

Born 10 Dec 1889 Sacramento, California, USA

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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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2014 Jamaica's Cool Runners: Pushcarts and the Art of Living movie 1980 Viva la clase media movie 1960 I'll Give My Life as John Bradford movie 1958 Touch of Evil as District Attorney Adair movie 1957 Perry Mason as Lieutenant Tragg tv 1957 Spoilers of the Forest as Eric Warren movie 1957 Invitation to a Gunfighter as Harris Clayton movie 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Evan Gracie tv 1956 On Trial as Corbett tv 1956 The Solid Gold Cadillac as Alfred Metcalfe movie 1956 Never Say Goodbye as Dr. Bailey movie 1956 The Go-Getter as J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller) movie 1955 The Miracle on 34th Street as Judge Harper movie 1955 Texas Lady as Mica Ralston (rancher) movie 1955 The Desperate Hours as Sheriff Masters movie 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour as Callicott tv 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour as Judge Harper tv 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Herbert Brenner tv 1954 Athena as Mr. Tremaine movie 1954 The Halls of Ivy tv 1954 Climax! as Jerome Harris tv 1954 Father Knows Best as Dean Wilson tv 1954 Rose Marie as Insp. Appleby movie 1953 Bad for Each Other as Dan Reasonover movie 1953 The Kid from Left Field as Fred F. Whacker movie 1953 The Desert Song as Gen. Birabeau movie 1953 Column South as Storey movie 1952 Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation as Jonathan Parker movie 1952 Cavalcade of America as Daniel Webster tv 1952 Dreamboat as Timothy Stone movie 1952 Young Man with Ideas as Edmund Jethrow movie 1952 Invitation as Warren Pritchard movie 1951 I Want You as Judge Kenneth Turner movie 1951 The Racket as Mortimer Welsh movie 1951 Reunion in Reno as Judge Thomas Kneeland movie 1951 Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm as Jonathan Parker movie 1951 You're in the Navy Now as Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant movie 1951 Vengeance Valley as Arch Strobie movie 1950 Lux Video Theatre as Barton Keyes tv 1950 Lux Video Theatre as Max tv 1950 Summer Stock as Jasper G. Wingait movie 1950 The Reformer and the Redhead as Commodore Parker movie 1950 Kill the Umpire as Jonah Evans movie 1950 Paid in Full as Dr. Fredericks movie 1950 Francis as Colonel Hooker movie 1949 Free For All as A B Blair movie 1949 The Heiress as Jefferson Almond movie 1949 The Fountainhead as Roger Enright movie 1949 It Happens Every Spring as Alfred Greenleaf movie 1949 Red Stallion In The Rockies as Matthew 'Matt' Simpson movie 1949 The Price of Freedom as Thomas Vollmer movie 1949 Hideout as Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty movie 1948 Command Decision as Maj. Desmond Lansing movie 1948 Studio One as Gen. Sam Woolery tv 1948 Good Sam as Rev. Daniels movie 1948 For the Love of Mary as Harvey Elwood movie 1948 The Man from Colorado as Big Ed Carter movie 1948 Homecoming as Lt. Col. Avery Silver movie 1948 The Swordsman as MacCoppin movie 1947 The Senator Was Indiscreet as Fred Houlihan movie 1947 A Double Life as Victor Donlan movie 1947 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer as Beemish movie 1947 The Red Stallion as Perry Barton movie 1947 Trail Street as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited) movie 1946 The Best Years of Our Lives as Mr. Milton movie 1946 The Return of Monte Cristo as Emil Blanchard movie 1946 Two Years Before the Mast as Gordon Stewart movie 1946 Three Wise Fools as Judge Watson movie 1946 Crack-Up as Dr. Lowell movie 1946 Boys' Ranch as Davis Banton movie 1946 Badman's Territory as Colonel Farewell / Narrator movie 1946 Night in Paradise as Leonides movie 1946 Miss Susie Slagle's as Dr. Elijah Howe movie 1946 Up Goes Maisie as Mr. Floyd Henderickson movie 1945 Leave Her to Heaven as Glen Robie movie 1945 The Hidden Eye as Phillip Treadway movie 1945 Roughly Speaking as John Chase Randall movie 1944 Can't Help Singing as Senator Frost movie 1944 Barbary Coast Gent as Johnny Adair movie 1944 The Seventh Cross as Wallau movie

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Ray Collins is known for acting, with popular credits including Citizen Kane, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Magnificent Ambersons, Touch of Evil.

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Ray Collins is 136 years old, based on the birthday listed by TMDB.

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Ray Collins is known for credits including Citizen Kane, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Magnificent Ambersons, Touch of Evil, The Price of Freedom.

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