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Ray Collins

Dec 10, 1889 - Jul 11, 1965 (75 years old) 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.

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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Perry Mason
Lieutenant Tragg
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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Evan Gracie
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Climax!
Jerome Harris
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Studio One
Gen. Sam Woolery
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The Heiress
Jefferson Almond
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The Fountainhead
Roger Enright
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The Racket
Mortimer Welsh
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You're in the Navy Now
Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Herbert Brenner
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Madame Curie
Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)

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