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
★8.0Citizen Kane
★7.7Touch of Evil
★7.7The Best Years of Our Lives
★7.3The Magnificent Ambersons
★7.4Leave Her to Heaven
★7.8The Heiress
★7.8Alfred Hitchcock Presents
★7.0The Desperate Hours
★6.8The Fountainhead
★6.9The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
★7.7Perry Mason
★6.3A Double Life
★5.4Vengeance Valley
★6.7Summer Stock
★7.2Madame Curie
★6.9The Man from Colorado