Acting
Ray Collins
Also Known As: Raymond Bidwell Collins, Ray Bidwell Collins
Birth Date
December 10, 1889
Death Date
July 11, 1965
(passed away at 75)
Place of Birth
Sacramento, California, USA
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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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Perry Mason
Lieutenant Tragg
1957 • 271 episodes
Studio One
Gen. Sam Woolery
1948 • 1 episode
Climax!
Jerome Harris
1954 • 1 episode
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Herbert Brenner
1955 • 1 episode
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Evan Gracie
1956 • 1 episode
Father Knows Best
Dean Wilson
1954 • 1 episode
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Callicott
1955 • 1 episode
Cavalcade of America
Daniel Webster
1952 • 1 episode
Citizen Kane
Jim W. Gettys
1941
Lux Video Theatre
Barton Keyes
1950 • 1 episode
Touch of Evil
District Attorney Adair
1958
On Trial
Corbett
1956 • 1 episode
The Best Years of Our Lives
Mr. Milton
1946
The Halls of Ivy
1954 • 38 episodes
The Fountainhead
Roger Enright
1949
Leave Her to Heaven
Glen Robie
1945
The Desperate Hours
Sheriff Masters
1955
The Magnificent Ambersons
Jack Amberson
1942
The Heiress
Jefferson Almond
1949
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Beemish
1947