Ray Collins
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.
Acting
Movie
Citizen Kane
as Jim W. Gettys
1941
Movie
Touch of Evil
as District Attorney Adair
1958
Movie
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Mr. Milton
1946
Movie
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Jack Amberson
1942
Movie
Leave Her to Heaven
as Glen Robie
1945
Movie
The Heiress
as Jefferson Almond
1949
TV
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Herbert Brenner
1955
Movie
The Desperate Hours
as Sheriff Masters
1955
Movie
The Fountainhead
as Roger Enright
1949
Movie
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Beemish
1947
TV
Perry Mason
as Lieutenant Tragg
1957
Movie
A Double Life
as Victor Donlan
1947
Movie
Summer Stock
as Jasper G. Wingait
1950
Movie
Vengeance Valley
as Arch Strobie
1951
Movie
Madame Curie
as Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Movie
The Man from Colorado
as Big Ed Carter
1948
Movie
The Seventh Cross
as Wallau
1944
Movie
The Racket
as Mortimer Welsh
1951
Movie
The Solid Gold Cadillac
as Alfred Metcalfe
1956
Movie
The Human Comedy
as Mr. Macauley
1943
Movie
Crack-Up
as Dr. Lowell
1946
Movie
Francis
as Colonel Hooker
1950
TV
Father Knows Best
as Dean Wilson
1954
Movie
Commandos Strike at Dawn
as Johan Bergesen
1942