Ray Collins

Ray Collins

Nascimento : 1889-12-10, Sacramento, California, USA

Morte : 1965-07-11

História

​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 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.

Perfil

Ray Collins
Ray Collins

Filmes

Viva la clase media
Drama based on the true life of a group of middle class and members of the Communist Party of Spain, who were involved in clandestine political activities during the sixties.
I'll Give My Life
John Bradford
This story opens with John Bradford throwing a graduation party for his son, Jim, who has just earned a degree in engineering. John has planned to make his son a partner in his engineering firm for many years. However, Jim has decided to enter the ministry.
A Marca da Maldade
District Attorney Adair
Quando um carro-bomba explode no lado norte-americano da fronteira entre os EUA e o México, Miguel Vargas, o agente antidrogas mexicano, inicia sua investigação, junto com o capitão da polícia americana Hank Quinlan. Quando Vargas começa a suspeitar que Quinlan e seu parceiro obscuro, Menzies, estão plantando provas para enquadrar um homem inocente, suas investigações sobre sua possível corrupção rapidamente colocaram em risco a si e sua nova esposa, Susie.
Spoilers of the Forest
Eric Warren
Vera Ralston plays Joan Milna, who shares several thousand acres of valuable Montana timberland with her stepfather (John Alderson). Coveting Joan's property, lumber baron Eric Warren (Ray Collins) sends out his foreman Boyd Caldwell (Rod Cameron) to persuade her to sell. Instead, Caldwell falls in love with the girl, vowing to protect her trees from the eco-unfriendly Warren. Republic's wide-screen Naturama process is shown to good advantage throughout Spoilers of the Forest.
O Cadillac de Ouro
Alfred Metcalfe
Laura Partridge is a very enthusiastic small stockholder of 10 shares in International Projects, a large corporation based in New York. She attends her first stockholder meeting ready to question the board of directors from their salaries to their operations.
Nunca Deixei de Te Amar
Dr. Bailey
Dr. Michael Parker, um cirurgião proeminente, inesperadamente se depara com sua esposa nascida na Alemanha, que ele pensava estar morta. Victor, um artista e agora namorado de sua "morta" esposa, repreende o Dr. Parker por "matá-la". A maior parte da história volta à Áustria durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, quando descobrimos como o Dr. Parker conheceu e se casou com sua esposa, e o único erro que pode ter custado sua família.
The Go-Getter
J.P. Miller (sometimes called J.B. Miller)
The Go-Getter (1956)
The Miracle on 34th Street
Judge Harper
One Kris Kringle, a department-store Santa Claus, causes quite a commotion by suggesting customers go to a rival store for their purchases. But this is nothing to the stir he causes by announcing that he is not merely a make-believe St. Nick, but the real thing.
O Drama de Uma Consciência
Mica Ralston (rancher)
Claudette Colbert plays Prudence Webb, who arrives in the wide-open town of Fort Ralston, Texas, to assume control of her late father's newspaper. Her first major print crusade is aimed at gambler Chris Mooney (Barry Sullivan), whom Prudence holds responsible for her dad's suicide. She then takes aim at a couple of crooked cattle barons (Ray Collins and Walter Sande), who'd like nothing better than to put Prudence out of the way for keeps.
Horas de Desespero
Sheriff Masters
Três condenados escapam e aterrorizam um lar do suburbio. Depois de escapar da prisão, Glenn Griffin, seu irmão Hal e um terceiro detento Sam Kobish escolhem aleatoriamente uma casa em um subúrbio de Indianápolis onde se esconder. A casa pertence à família Hilliard, Dan e Ellie que moram lá com sua filha de 19 anos Cindy e seu filho Ralph. Eles planejam ficar apenas até a meia-noite, enquanto Griffin está esperando por sua namorada, que vai encontrá-los com algum dinheiro que ele escondeu. Quando ela não chega, a estadia deles se estende por vários dias. Dan Hilliard joga seu jogo sabendo que se ele fizer qualquer tentativa de contatar a polícia, sua família pode ser pega no fogo cruzado.
Athena
Mr. Tremaine
A stuffy young lawyer's outlook on life drastically changes when he meets a perky health food enthusiast and her wacky family.
Rose Marie
Insp. Appleby
Rose Marie Lemaitre (Ann Blyth), an orphan living in the Canadian wilderness, falls in love with her guardian, Mike Malone (Howard Keel), an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The feeling is mutual. But, when she leaves to learn proper etiquette, Rose Marie meets a trapper named James Duval (Fernando Lamas), who also falls for her. Further complications arise when Native American Chief Black Eagle -- a rival of Duval's -- is murdered.
Ambição Que Mata
Dan Reasonover
A doctor returned from the Korean War must choose between joining a glamorous practice and helping the poor.
The Kid from Left Field
Fred F. Whacker
Coop's an ex-ballplayer is now a peanut vendor, who takes too much of an interest in the game. But he's passed on his craze for baseball to his son, Christie. When his dad gets fired, Chris makes friends with the former team owner's niece (and her boyfriend Pete), and not only gets his dad's job back, but a batboy position for himself. With his dad's help, Christie begins to make a few suggestions here and there. And as a publicity stunt, the team makes him their youngest manager on record. But when Chris gets sick, Coop has to come to the rescue.
Canção do Sheik
Gen. Birabeau
Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Apposing Yousseff are the Riffs, whose secret leader, The Red Shadow, is Paul Bonnard, a professor who is studying the desert, and whose attacks on the supply trains intended for Yousseff keep the Riff villages in food. Foreign Legion General Birabeau arrives to conduct an investigation, accompanied by his daughter, Margot. Birabeau hires Bonnard to tutor her, and she is attracted to a Legionaire captain, Claud Fontaine. While the general, Bonnard and Fontaine pay a visit to Yousseff, an American newspaper man, Benji Kidd, discovers a secret way in and out of Yousseff's palace, with the aid of Azuri, a dancing girl in love with Bonnard. The latter is forced to resume his role as the Riffs leader, and kidnap Margot until he can convince her of Yousseff's treachery. But Yousseff's men attack the Riff camp and take Margot prisoner.
Jornada Sangrenta
Brig. Gen. Storey
Estamos às vésperas da Guerra de Secessão, no Forte Union, território do Novo México. O tenente da União Jed Sayre, simpático à causa dos Navajos, luta para manter a paz entre brancos e índios. Mas o novo comandante, Capitão Lee Whitlock, pai da bela Marcy, acha que índio bom é índio morto. Escaramuças de ambos os lados sucedem-se num crescendo, com o renegado Menguito à frente dos nativos. As hostilidades são incentivadas pelo General Storey, cujo fim é fazer com que os soldados desertem em favor dos confederados.
Dois Caipiras em Paris
Jonathan Parker
The Kettles are in Paris along with their daughter-in-law's parents the Parkers. Pa tries to buy racy postcards. He also gets in big trouble when he is given a letter to deliver to Adolph Wade, a spy who gets killed by spies Inez and Cyrus Kraft.
Dreamboat
Timothy Stone
Thornton Sayre, a respected college professor - secretly formerly a silent films romantic action hero - is disturbed, feeling his privacy has been violated, and his professional credibility as a scholar jeopardized, when he learns his old movies have been resurrected and are being aired on TV. He sets out to demand this cease. However, his former co-star is the hostess of the TV show playing the films, and she has other plans.
Young Man with Ideas
Edmund Jethrow
A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.
Invitation
Warren Pritchard
A rich man buys a husband for his dying daughter and she finds out.
Não Quero Dizer-te Adeus
Judge Kenneth Turner
The scene is a small town in the Eastern United States, where the outbreak of hostilities in Korea has a profound effect on several people. WWII veteran Martin Greer wants to re-enlist, much to the dismay of his wife Nancy.
A Estrada dos Homens Sem Lei
D. A. Mortimer X. Welsh
Mobster Nick Scanlon has managed to buy several of the local government and law-enforcement officials. However, he can't seem to touch the incorruptible police captain Tom McQuigg, who refuses all attempts at bribery. Prosecuting attorney, Welch, and a police detective, Turck, are crooked and make McQuigg's job as an honest officer nearly impossible.
Reunion in Reno
Judge Thomas Kneeland
A little girl enlists the aid of an attorney to obtain a divorce from her parents. Breezy B comedy was loosely remade as Irreconcilable Differences.
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
Jonathan Parker
The Kettles leave their ultra-modern home and return to the country looking for uranium. Ma and Tom's mother-in-law, Mrs. Parker, fight over whether their grandchild will be raised "hygiencially."
Agora Estamos na Marinha
Rear Adm. L. C. Tennant
When Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an experimental steam engine, he hopes that the U.S.S. Teakettle's veterans will afford him enough help to accomplish the ship's goals. Unfortunately, he finds the crew and its officers share his novice status or only have experience in diesel engines.
O Vale da Vingança
Arch Strobie
Esta é a história de uma triste realidade entre Lee Strobie (Robert Walker), o filho mal caráter de um fazendeiro, e seu irmão adotivo, o honesto Owen Daybright (Burt Lancaster). Lee enganou sua fiel esposa Jen (Joanne Dru) com uma moça da cidade (Sally Forrest) e teve um filho ilegítimo como resultado. Owen por ajudar a amante do irmão, é perseguido por engano pela família da moça para vingar a honra.
Casa, Comida e Carinho
Jasper G. Wingait
Como favor a sua irmã Abigail, a fazendeira de Nova Inglaterra, Jane Falbury, permite que um grupo de atores use seu celeiro como teatro para sua peça. Em troca, o elenco e a equipe precisam ajudá-la nas tarefas da fazenda. Durante os ensaios, Jane se vê apaixonada pelo diretor do programa, Joe Ross, que também se envolve com a atriz principal da peça, Abigail.
The Reformer and the Redhead
Commodoro John Balwind Parker
A small-town politician falls for an idealistic zookeeper.
Kill the Umpire
Jonah Evans
Ex-baseball player Bill Johnson, failing at many jobs when his ball-playing days are over, reluctantly takes the advice of his father-in-law, Jonah Evans, a retired umpire, and enters an umpire-training school. Assigned to the Texas League, he does fine until the championship play-offs when a riot develops over one of his calls. The involved player is knocked unconscious in the proceedings and cannot verify that Bill made the correct call. Despite lynch mob plans to at least tar-and-feather him, Bill's family - his daughters Lucy (Gloria Henry and Susan and his wife Betty - help Bill reach the ballpark safely the next day through a series of hair-raising encounters.
Paid in Full
Dr. Fredericks
Two sisters fall in love with the same man. After the wedding, the new husband realizes he may have married the wrong sister.
E...O Mulo Falou
Colonel Hooker
The truthful soldier Stirling didn't know how to lie about his source of information, the talking army Mule, Francis, so he was treated as a lunatic and led to one after another hilarious situations, where the mule was the only one that appeared in his right mind. In the process of all this, the mule assisted in uncovering a spy, Mareen, who pretended to be lost among the jungles, but was actually...
Free For All
A B Blair
The discovery of a way of turning petrol into water makes a fortune and romance for the young inventor.
Tarde Demais
Jefferson Almond
Uma jovem ingênua se apaixona por um bonito jovem, mas seu pai emocionalmente abusivo suspeita que seja um caçador de fortunas. Em meados do século XIX, a rica família Sloper - o cirurgião viúvo Dr. Austin Sloper, sua filha adulta Catherine Sloper (única filha sobrevivente de Dr. Sloper) e Lavinia Penniman, recentemente viúva irmã de Dr. Sloper - moram em uma casa suntuosa em 16 Washington. Square, Nova York. Apesar de todas as lições que Dr. Sloper pagou para encentivar as graças sociais para ela, Catherine é uma mulher simples, desajeitada e extremamente tímida, que passa todo o seu tempo livre sozinha fazendo bordados quando não está idolatrando seu pai. A falta de charme e beleza social de Catherine é óbvia para o Dr. Sloper, que espera que sua irmã Lavinia atue como sua guardiã e ajude socialmente .O primeiro homem a mostrar interesse por Catherine é o belo Morris Townsend, que ela conheceu em uma festa de família.
Vontade Indômita
Roger Enright
Howard Roark é um jovem arquiteto idealista e individualista, que deseja realizar um trabalho inovador e sem interferências, mas encontra resistência por parte do articulista do jornal "The Banner" Elsworth Toohey, que prefere apoiar medíocres e manipuláveis como Peter Keating. Roark fica sem clientes e para não contrariar seus princípios, fecha seu escritório e vai trabalhar como operário em uma pedreira, onde conhece a rica Dominique. (Gerigato)
Todas as Primaveras
Alfred Greenleaf
A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.
Red Stallion In The Rockies
Matthew 'Matt' Simpson
Horse story with Dynamite, The Red Stallion...
Hideout
Arthur Burdett, alias Philip J. Fogarty
Philip Ford's crime thriller stars Lloyd Bridges as a city attorney who comes to the dawning realization that a jewelry heist may be behind the discovery of a dead body in the park -- and that the culprit may be one of the town's leading citizens (Ray Collins). Unfortunately, his investigation is hampered by his girlfriend and ex-secretary (Lorna Gray), who could very well be in cahoots with the bad guys.
For the Love of Mary
Harvey Elwood
Young girl gets a job at the White House as a switchboard operator and gets mixed up in politics.
A Felicidade Bateu à Porta
Rev. Daniels
Sam Clayton has a good heart and likes to help out people in need. In fact, he likes to help them out so much that he often finds himself broke and unable to help his own family buy the things they need--like a house.
The Man from Colorado
Big Ed Carter
Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of them has had deep-rooted psychological damage due to his experiences during the war, and as his behavior becomes more erratic--and violent--his friend desperately tries to find a way to help him.
O Amor Que Me Deste
Lt. Col. Avery Silver
Self-absorbed Dr. Lee Johnson enlists with the Army medical corps during World War II, more out of a feeling that it's "the thing to do" rather than deep-seated patriotism. On his first day, he's put into place by 'Snapshot', a sassy and attractive nurse. Their initial antagonism blossoms into romance. Lee then finds himself torn with guilt over being unfaithful to his wife, Penny, who's waiting for him back home.
The Swordsman
MacCoppin
Young lovers brings two fighting clans together.
The Senator Was Indiscreet
Fred Houlihan
A bumbling, long-winded and crooked Southern senator, considered by some as a dark horse for the Presidency, panics his party when his tell-all diary is stolen.
Fatalidade
Victor Donlan
A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.
Solteirão Cobiçado
Dr. Matt Beemish
A juíza Margaret Turner (Myrna Loy) descobre que sua irmã adolescente, Susan (Shirley Temple), se apaixonou por Richard Nugent (Cary Grant), um artista de meia-idade que já foi julgado por ela. Quando Susan é encontrada no apartamento dele, ele é “condenado” a sair com Susan até ela perder atração por ele.
The Red Stallion
Perry Barton
Family film about an elderly rancher, her young grandson, and the horse that the child raises from a colt.
Os Melhores Anos de Nossas Vidas
Mr. Milton
Após a Segunda Guerra, 3 militares retornam aos seus lares e tentam se readaptar à sociedade. O maior clássico de guerra dos anos 40, este comovente e ainda atualíssimo filme, com roteiro de Robert Sherwood e a direção de Willian Wyller foi grande sucesso de bilheteria sendo vencedor de 7 Oscars.
Two Years Before the Mast
Gordon Stewart
In 1834, Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd), the spoiled, dissolute son of a shipping magnate, is shanghaied aboard the Pilgrim, one of his father's own ships. He embarks upon a long, hellish sea voyage under the tyrannical rule of Captain Francis Thompson (Howard Da Silva), assisted by his first mate, Amazeen (William Bendix). One of his crewmates is Richard Henry Dana Jr. (Brian Donlevy).
Três Tolos Sabidos
Judge Watson
An orphan girl melts the hearts of three crusty old men.
Museu de Horrores
Dr. Lowell
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?
Boys' Ranch
Davis Banton
A juvenile delinquent is sent to a rehabilitation ranch, but he immediately proves to be a troublemaker.
Badman's Territory
Colonel Farewell / Narrator
After some gun play with a posse, the James Gang head for Quinto in a section of land which is not a part of America. Anyone there is beyond the law so the town is populated with outlaws. Next to arrive is Sheriff Rowley, following his brother whom the Gang have brought in injured. Rowley has no authority and gets on well enough with the James boys but is soon involved in other local goings-on, including a move to vote for annexation with Oklahoma which would allow the law well and truly in.
Night in Paradise
Leonides
Aesop of fable fame poses as an old man and woos away a princess who wants a king for his gold.
Miss Susie Slagle's
Dr. Elijah Howe
A student nurse falls in love with a young intern in 1910 Baltimore, but tragedy ensues when he contracts a fatal disease.
Up Goes Maisie
Mr. Floyd Henderickson
A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks, who want to steal his ideas.
Amar foi Minha Ruína
Glen Robie
A bela Ellen Harland (Gene Tierney) é noiva do influente político Russell Quinton (Vincent Price). Mesmo assim, sente-se atraída pelo jovem Richard (Cornel Wilde) no momento em que o conhece e o seduz, para poucos dias depois casar-se com ele. Não demora muito e Richard descobre, a partir de relatos da irmã (Jeanne Crain) e da mãe (Mary Philips), que o egoísmo e o amor possessivo de Ellen arruinou a vida de outras pessoas. Indicado para quatro Oscar, levou a estatueta de melhor fotografia.
The Hidden Eye
Phillip Treadway
A perfumed message provides the only clue for a blind detective bent on clearing a man accused of murder.
O Preço da Felicidade
John Chase Randall
In the 1920s, enterprising Louise Randall is determined to succeed in a man's world. Despite numerous setbacks, she always picks herself back up and moves forward again.
Can't Help Singing
Senator Frost
With the California Gold Rush beginning, Senator Frost's singing daughter Caroline loves a young army officer; the Senator can't stand him, and has him sent to California. Headstrong Caroline follows him by train, riverboat, and covered wagon, gaining companions en route: a vagrant Russian prince and gambler Johnny Lawlor, who just might take her mind off the army.
Barbary Coast Gent
Johnny Adair
Honest Plush Brannon is a con-man thrown out of the Barbary Coast in San Francisco in the 1880s and headed for the gold rush region of Nevada. He discovers a real mine which lead to several complications.
A Sétima Cruz
Wallau
In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven crosses and, as the Gestapo returns each escapee he is put to death on a cross. The seventh cross is still empty as George Heisler seeks freedom in Holland.
A Véspera de São Marcos
Deckman West
Quizz West is conscripted into the United States Army in late 1940. Prior to being shipped out first to San Francisco, then the Philippines, Quizz and his hometown girlfriend Janet discuss their future plans.
Main Street Today
Otis Bird
This patriotic short film promotes America's war effort at home. The story looks at a fictional small town's main street, seeing where additional workforce, for increased production of materials needed by the military, might come from.
See Here, Private Hargrove
Brodie S. Griffith
Journalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about his training experiences. He muddles through basic training at Fort Bragg with the self-serving help of a couple of buddies intent on cutting themselves in on that extra income.
Madame Curie
Lecturer (voice) (uncredited)
Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually offered a research placement in Pierre Curie's lab. The scientists soon fall in love and embark on a shared quest to extract, from a particular type of rock, a new chemical element they have named radium. However, their research puts them on the brink of professional failure.
Whistling in Brooklyn
Grover Kendall
Radio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect himself.
Salute to the Marines
Col. John Mason
It is a comic book propaganda film which has Beery as a retired USMC NCO who, when the Japanese invade the Philippines, leads a heroic defense, first by strangling a Nazi agent, and then dying in his dress blues uniform while blowing up a bridge.
Crime Doctor
Dr. John Carey
Robert is found beside the highway with a head injury and amnesia. His amnesia motivates him to become a Physician and the country's leading criminal psychologist.
Senhorita Ventania
Snodgrass
Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a new identity.
A Comédia Humana
Mr. Macauley
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in small-town Ithaca to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Johan Bergesen
A gentle widower, enraged at Nazi atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village, escapes to Britain and returns leading a commando force against the oppressors.
Emboscada em Alto Mar
Capt. McCall
A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis.
Highways by Night
Ben Van Steel, Tommy's Uncle
A young millionaire (Richard Carlson) joins the real world and meets a maid (Jane Randolph) and mobsters.
Rua das Ilusões
Professor B
Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish showgirl who despises and uses him.
Soberba
Jack Amberson
Rica família de uma cidadezinha do sul dos Estados Unidos vê sua supremacia social pouco a pouco comprometida pela industrialização. Seu jovem e mimado herdeiro se coloca entre a mãe viúva e o homem que ela sempre amou.
Cidadão Kane
Jim W. Gettys
Charles Foster Kane foi um menino pobre que acaba se tornando um dos homens mais ricos do mundo. O filme inicia com a sua morte, momentos antes da qual pronuncia a palavra "Rosebud". Após dias de sensacionalismo em cima da notícia de sua morte, o jornalista Jerry Thompson é enviado por seu chefe para investigar a vida de Kane, a fim de descobrir o sentido de sua última palavra, a qual ninguém sabia. Entrevistando pessoas do passado de Kane, o jornalista mergulha na vida de um homem solitário, que desde a infância é obrigado a seguir a vontade alheia. Ninguém a seu redor importa-se com Kane, que busca por meio da aquisição de bens a adoração das pessoas. Ao final, Thompson, após a exaustiva investigação da vida de Kane através de entrevistas, se vê incapaz de descobrir o significado da palavra, concluindo que "Charles Foster Kane foi um homem que possuiu tudo o que quis e depois perdeu tudo. Talvez Rosebud seja algo que ele nunca tenha possuído ou algo que tenha perdido".
Valley Town
Mayor (voice)
A documentary examining the effects of industrial automation on a small American town.
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
Waite
A couple of murderous crooks try to smuggle the famous Stanhope diamonds into New York but they're double-crossed and killed before reaching New York.
One Way Out
Police Sergeant on Bicycle (uncredited)
A man in the mythical Elyria tries to kill himself but a cop stops him from doing so. In Elyria, one needs a permit to commit suicide, so off the man goes to the Department of Suicides for a suicide permit, which he is granted.