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Ray Bidwell Collins 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 (1941), 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 disarming but determined police Lieutenant Arthur Tragg on the television series Perry Mason.
Born
Tuesday, 10 December 1889
Died
Sunday, 11 July 1965
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Jack Amberson (clip from The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)) | 2014 |
Northern Exposure | Jack Amberson | 1990 |
I'll Give My Life | John Bradford | 1960 |
Touch of Evil | District Attorney Adair | 1958 |
Perry Mason | Police Lt. Arthur Tragg / Lieutenant Tragg / Lt. Tragg | 1957 |
Spoilers of the Forest | Eric Warren | 1957 |
Zane Grey Theatre | Evan Gracie | 1956 |
Playhouse 90 | Harris Clayton | 1956 |
The Solid Gold Cadillac | Alfred Metcalfe | 1956 |
Never Say Goodbye | Dr. Bailey | 1956 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Jack Amberson (clip from The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)) | 2014 |
Northern Exposure | Jack Amberson | 1990 |
I'll Give My Life | John Bradford | 1960 |
Touch of Evil | District Attorney Adair | 1958 |
Perry Mason | Police Lt. Arthur Tragg / Lieutenant Tragg / Lt. Tragg | 1957 |
Spoilers of the Forest | Eric Warren | 1957 |
Zane Grey Theatre | Evan Gracie | 1956 |
Playhouse 90 | Harris Clayton | 1956 |
The Solid Gold Cadillac | Alfred Metcalfe | 1956 |
Never Say Goodbye | Dr. Bailey | 1956 |
Texas Lady | Mica Ralston (rancher) / Mica Ralston | 1955 |
The Desperate Hours | Sheriff Masters | 1955 |
The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Judge Harper / Callicott | 1955 |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Herbert Brenner | 1955 |
Ford Star Jubilee | Oliver Webb | 1955 |
The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial | Corbett | 1955 |
Science Fiction Theatre | Prof. Hugh Fredericks / Dr. Paul Sinclair / Dr. Milton Otis | 1955 |
Athena | Mr. Tremaine | 1954 |
The Halls of Ivy | Professor Merriwether / Prof. Merriwether / Professsor Merriwether / Professro Merriwether / Profesor Merriwether | 1954 |
Climax! | Jerome Harris | 1954 |
Father Knows Best | Dean Walton | 1954 |
Rose Marie | Inspector Appleby / Insp. Appleby | 1954 |
Bad for Each Other | Dan Reasonover | 1953 |
The Kid from Left Field | Fred F. Whacker | 1953 |
The Desert Song | Gen. Birabeau | 1953 |
Column South | Brig. Gen. Storey / Storey | 1953 |
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation | Jonathan Parker | 1953 |
You Are There | P.T. Barnum | 1953 |
Cavalcade of America | Daniel Webster | 1952 |
Dreamboat | Timothy Stone | 1952 |
Young Man with Ideas | Edmund Jethrow | 1952 |
Invitation | Dr. Warren Pritchard / Warren Pritchard | 1952 |
I Want You | Judge Turner / Judge Kenneth Turner | 1951 |
The Racket | D.A. Mortimer X. Welsh / D. A. Mortimer X. Welsh | 1951 |
Reunion in Reno | Judge Thomas Kneeland | 1951 |
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm | Jonathan Parker | 1951 |
You're in the Navy Now | Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant / Rear Admiral L.C. Tennant | 1951 |
Vengeance Valley | Arch Strobie | 1951 |
Lux Video Theatre | Max / Barton Keyes | 1950 |
Summer Stock | Jasper G. Wingait | 1950 |
The Reformer and the Redhead | Commodore John Baldwin Parker / Commodore Parker | 1950 |
Kill the Umpire | Jonah Evans | 1950 |
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town | Jonathan Parker | 1950 |
Francis | Colonel Hooker | 1950 |
Paid in Full | Dr. Fredericks | 1950 |
The Heiress | Jefferson Almond | 1949 |
Free for All | A.B. Blair / A B Blair | 1949 |
The Fountainhead | Roger Enright | 1949 |
It Happens Every Spring | Prof. Alfred Greenleaf / Alfred Greenleaf | 1949 |
Red Stallion in the Rockies | Matthew 'Matt' Simpson | 1949 |
Hideout | Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty | 1949 |
The Man from Colorado | Big Ed Carter | 1949 |
Command Decision | Maj. Desmond Lansing | 1948 |
Studio One | Gen. Sam Woolery | 1948 |
Good Sam | Reverend Daniels / Rev. Daniels | 1948 |
For the Love of Mary | Harvey Elwood | 1948 |
Homecoming | Lt. Col. Avery Silver | 1948 |
The Swordsman | MacCoppin - A MacArden / MacCoppin | 1948 |
The Senator Was Indiscreet | Houlihan / Fred Houlihan | 1947 |
A Double Life | Victor Donlan | 1947 |
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Dr. Matthew Beemish / Dr. Matt Beemish | 1947 |
The Red Stallion | Perry Barton | 1947 |
Trail Street | Opening Off-Screen Narrator | 1947 |
The Return of Monte Cristo | Emil Blanchard | 1946 |
The Best Years of Our Lives | Mr. Milton | 1946 |
Three Wise Fools | Judge Watson | 1946 |
Crack-Up | Dr. Lowell | 1946 |
Boys' Ranch | Davis Banton / David Banton | 1946 |
Badman's Territory | Col. Farewell / Colonel Farewell / Narrator | 1946 |
Night in Paradise | Leonides | 1946 |
Miss Susie Slagle's | Dr. Elijah Howe | 1946 |
Two Years Before the Mast | Gordon Stewart | 1946 |
Up Goes Maisie | Floyd Hendrickson / Mr. Floyd Henderickson | 1946 |
Leave Her to Heaven | Glen Robie | 1945 |
The Hidden Eye | Phillip Treadway | 1945 |
The Unseen | Off-screen narrator / Narrator (Voice) | 1945 |
Front Row Center | Crocker | 1945 |
Roughly Speaking | Mr. John Chase Randall / John Chase Randall | 1945 |
Can't Help Singing | Sen. Martin Frost / Senator Frost | 1944 |
Barbary Coast Gent | Johnny Adair | 1944 |
The Seventh Cross | Wallau | 1944 |
The Eve of St. Mark | Deckman West | 1944 |
The Hitler Gang | Cardinal von Faulhaber | 1944 |
Main Street Today | Otis Bird | 1944 |
See Here, Private Hargrove | Brody S. Griffith / Brodie S. Griffith | 1944 |
The Human Comedy | Mr. Macauley | 1944 |
Madame Curie | Lecturer | 1943 |
Whistling in Brooklyn | Grover Kendall | 1943 |
Salute to the Marines | Col. John Mason / Colonel Mason | 1943 |
Crime Doctor | Dr. John Carey | 1943 |
Slightly Dangerous | Snodgrass | 1943 |
Commandos Strike at Dawn | Johan Bergesen | 1942 |
The Navy Comes Through | Capt. McCall | 1942 |
Highways by Night | Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle / Ben Van Steel - Tommy's Uncle | 1942 |
The Big Street | Professor B | 1942 |
The Magnificent Ambersons | Jack Amberson | 1942 |
Citizen Kane | James W. Gettys / Jim W. Gettys | 1941 |
Valley Town | Mayor (voice) / Mayor | 1940 |
The Season's Greetings | Penrod's Father | 1931 |