Ray Collins
Actor
Born December 10, 1889 in Sacramento, California, USA
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.
Filmography
Viva la clase media
I'll Give My Life
John Bradford
Touch of Evil
District Attorney Adair
Perry Mason
Lieutenant Tragg
Spoilers of the Forest
Eric Warren
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Harris Clayton
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Evan Gracie
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Alfred Metcalfe
Never Say Goodbye
Dr. Bailey
The Go-Getter
J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)
The Miracle on 34th Street
Judge Harper
Texas Lady
Mica Ralston (rancher)
The Desperate Hours
Sheriff Masters
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Callicott
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Herbert Brenner
Athena
Mr. Tremaine
Climax!
Jerome Harris
Father Knows Best
Dean Wilson
Rose Marie
Insp. Appleby
Bad for Each Other
Dan Reasonover
The Kid from Left Field
Fred F. Whacker
The Desert Song
Gen. Birabeau
Column South
Storey
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
Jonathan Parker
Cavalcade of America
Daniel Webster
Dreamboat
Timothy Stone
Young Man with Ideas
Edmund Jethrow
Invitation
Warren Pritchard
I Want You
Judge Kenneth Turner
The Racket
Mortimer Welsh
Reunion in Reno
Judge Thomas Kneeland
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
Jonathan Parker
You're in the Navy Now
Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant
Vengeance Valley
Arch Strobie
Summer Stock
Jasper G. Wingait
The Reformer and the Redhead
Commodore Parker
Kill the Umpire
Jonah Evans
Paid in Full
Dr. Fredericks
Francis
Colonel Hooker
Free For All
A B Blair
The Heiress
Jefferson Almond
The Fountainhead
Roger Enright
It Happens Every Spring
Alfred Greenleaf
Red Stallion In The Rockies
Matthew 'Matt' Simpson
Hideout
Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty
Command Decision
Maj. Desmond Lansing
Studio One
Gen. Sam Woolery
Good Sam
Rev. Daniels
For the Love of Mary
Harvey Elwood
The Man from Colorado
Big Ed Carter
Homecoming
Lt. Col. Avery Silver
The Swordsman
MacCoppin
The Senator Was Indiscreet
Fred Houlihan
A Double Life
Victor Donlan
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Beemish
The Red Stallion
Perry Barton
Trail Street
Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
Mr. Milton
The Return of Monte Cristo
Emil Blanchard
Two Years Before the Mast
Gordon Stewart
Three Wise Fools
Judge Watson
Crack-Up
Dr. Lowell
Boys' Ranch
Davis Banton
Badman's Territory
Colonel Farewell / Narrator
Night in Paradise
Leonides
Miss Susie Slagle's
Dr. Elijah Howe
Up Goes Maisie
Mr. Floyd Henderickson
Leave Her to Heaven
Glen Robie
The Hidden Eye
Phillip Treadway
Roughly Speaking
John Chase Randall
Can't Help Singing
Senator Frost
Barbary Coast Gent
Johnny Adair
The Seventh Cross
Wallau
The Eve of St. Mark
Deckman West
The Hitler Gang
Cardinal von Faulhaber
Main Street Today
Otis Bird
See Here, Private Hargrove
Brodie S. Griffith
Madame Curie
Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
Whistling in Brooklyn
Grover Kendall
Salute to the Marines
Col. John Mason
Crime Doctor
Dr. John Carey
Slightly Dangerous
Snodgrass
The Human Comedy
Mr. Macauley
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Johan Bergesen
The Navy Comes Through
Capt. McCall
Highways by Night
Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle
The Big Street
Professor B
The Magnificent Ambersons
Jack Amberson
Citizen Kane
Jim W. Gettys
Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men
Mayor (voice)
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
Waite
Words & Music
Mr. Lambert (uncredited)