Ray Collins

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.

Known For

Touch of Evil 1958 ★ 7.7
Perry Mason 1957 ★ 7.7
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 1956 ★ 6.2
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955 ★ 7.8
The 20th Century Fox Hour 1955 ★ 6.0
The Desperate Hours 1955 ★ 7.0
Father Knows Best 1954 ★ 6.7
Climax! 1954 ★ 3.8
Cavalcade of America 1952 ★ 4.6
Vengeance Valley 1951 ★ 5.4
The Racket 1951 ★ 6.3
Summer Stock 1950 ★ 6.7
The Heiress 1949 ★ 7.8
The Fountainhead 1949 ★ 6.8
Studio One 1948 ★ 5.4
The Man from Colorado 1948 ★ 6.9
A Double Life 1947 ★ 6.4
The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 ★ 7.7
Leave Her to Heaven 1945 ★ 7.4
The Seventh Cross 1944 ★ 6.8
See Here, Private Hargrove 1944 ★ 6.5
Madame Curie 1943 ★ 7.2
The Magnificent Ambersons 1942 ★ 7.3
Citizen Kane 1941 ★ 8.0