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Ray Collins
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 cr…
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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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1980
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Movie
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1960
I'll Give My Life
Movie John Bradford
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1958
Touch of Evil
Movie District Attorney Adair
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1957
Perry Mason
TV show Lieutenant Tragg
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1957
Spoilers of the Forest
Movie Eric Warren
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1957
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Movie Harris Clayton
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1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV show Evan Gracie
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1956
On Trial
TV show Corbett
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1956
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Movie Alfred Metcalfe
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1956
Never Say Goodbye
Movie Dr. Bailey
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1956
The Go-Getter
Movie J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)
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1955
The Miracle on 34th Street
Movie Judge Harper
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1955
Texas Lady
Movie Mica Ralston (rancher)
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1955
The Desperate Hours
Movie Sheriff Masters
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1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV show Callicott
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1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV show Herbert Brenner
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1954
Athena
Movie Mr. Tremaine
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1954
The Halls of Ivy
TV show
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1954
Climax!
TV show Jerome Harris
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1954
Father Knows Best
TV show Dean Wilson
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1954
Rose Marie
Movie Insp. Appleby
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1953
Bad for Each Other
Movie Dan Reasonover
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1953
The Kid from Left Field
Movie Fred F. Whacker
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1953
The Desert Song
Movie Gen. Birabeau
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1953
Column South
Movie Storey
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1952
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
Movie Jonathan Parker
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1952
Cavalcade of America
TV show Daniel Webster
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1952
Dreamboat
Movie Timothy Stone
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1952
Young Man with Ideas
Movie Edmund Jethrow
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1952
Invitation
Movie Warren Pritchard
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1951
I Want You
Movie Judge Kenneth Turner
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1951
The Racket
Movie Mortimer Welsh
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1951
Reunion in Reno
Movie Judge Thomas Kneeland
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1951
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
Movie Jonathan Parker
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1951
You're in the Navy Now
Movie Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant
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1951
Vengeance Valley
Movie Arch Strobie
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1950
Lux Video Theatre
TV show Barton Keyes
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1950
Summer Stock
Movie Jasper G. Wingait
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1950
The Reformer and the Redhead
Movie Commodore Parker
