Actor
Ray Collins
Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 politica ...

Known For
Acting
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1960 -- I'll Give My Life | John Bradford
1958 -- Touch of Evil | District Attorney Adair
1957 -- Spoilers of the Forest | Eric Warren
1956 -- The Solid Gold Cadillac | Alfred Metcalfe
1956 -- Never Say Goodbye | Dr. Bailey
1956 -- The Go-Getter | J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)
1955 -- The Miracle on 34th Street | Judge Harper
1955 -- Texas Lady | Mica Ralston (rancher)
1955 -- The Desperate Hours | Sheriff Masters
1954 -- Athena | Mr. Tremaine
1954 -- Rose Marie | Insp. Appleby
1953 -- Bad for Each Other | Dan Reasonover
1953 -- The Kid from Left Field | Fred F. Whacker
1953 -- The Desert Song | Gen. Birabeau
1953 -- Column South | Storey
1952 -- Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation | Jonathan Parker
1952 -- Dreamboat | Timothy Stone
1952 -- Young Man with Ideas | Edmund Jethrow
1952 -- Invitation | Warren Pritchard
1951 -- I Want You | Judge Kenneth Turner
1951 -- The Racket | 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
1951 -- Vengeance Valley | Arch Strobie
1950 -- Summer Stock | Jasper G. Wingait
1950 -- The Reformer and the Redhead | Commodore Parker
1950 -- Kill the Umpire | Jonah Evans
1950 -- Paid in Full | Dr. Fredericks
1950 -- Francis | Colonel Hooker
1949 -- Free For All | A B Blair
1949 -- The Heiress | Jefferson Almond
1949 -- The Fountainhead | Roger Enright
1949 -- It Happens Every Spring | Alfred Greenleaf
1949 -- Red Stallion In The Rockies | Matthew 'Matt' Simpson
1949 -- The Price of Freedom | Thomas Vollmer
1949 -- Hideout | Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty
1948 -- Command Decision | Maj. Desmond Lansing
1948 -- For the Love of Mary | Harvey Elwood
1948 -- Good Sam | Rev. Daniels
1948 -- The Man from Colorado | Big Ed Carter
1948 -- Homecoming | Lt. Col. Avery Silver
1948 -- The Swordsman | MacCoppin
1947 -- The Senator Was Indiscreet | Fred Houlihan
1947 -- A Double Life | Victor Donlan
1947 -- The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Dr. Matt Beemish
1947 -- The Red Stallion | Perry Barton
1946 -- The Best Years of Our Lives | Mr. Milton
1946 -- Two Years Before the Mast | Gordon Stewart
1946 -- Three Wise Fools | Judge Watson
1946 -- Crack-Up | Dr. Lowell
1946 -- Boys' Ranch | Davis Banton
1946 -- Badman's Territory | Colonel Farewell / Narrator
1946 -- Night in Paradise | Leonides
1946 -- Miss Susie Slagle's | Dr. Elijah Howe
1946 -- Up Goes Maisie | Mr. Floyd Henderickson
1945 -- Leave Her to Heaven | Glen Robie
1945 -- The Hidden Eye | Phillip Treadway
1945 -- Roughly Speaking | John Chase Randall
1944 -- Can't Help Singing | Senator Frost
1944 -- Barbary Coast Gent | Johnny Adair
1944 -- The Seventh Cross | Wallau
1944 -- The Eve of St. Mark | Deckman West
1944 -- Main Street Today | Otis Bird
1944 -- See Here, Private Hargrove | Brodie S. Griffith
1943 -- Madame Curie | Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
1943 -- Whistling in Brooklyn | Grover Kendall
1943 -- Salute to the Marines | Col. John Mason
1943 -- Crime Doctor | Dr. John Carey
1943 -- Slightly Dangerous | Snodgrass
1943 -- The Human Comedy | Mr. Macauley
1942 -- Commandos Strike at Dawn | Johan Bergesen
1942 -- The Navy Comes Through | Capt. McCall
1942 -- Highways by Night | Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle
1942 -- The Big Street | Professor B
1942 -- The Magnificent Ambersons | Jack Amberson
1941 -- Citizen Kane | Jim W. Gettys
1940 -- Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men | Mayor (voice)
1932 -- The Trans-Atlantic Mystery | Waite
1931 -- Words & Music | Mr. Lambert (uncredited)
1931 -- One Way Out | Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited)
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