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Ray Collins (actor)

{{Short description|American actor (1889–1965)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Ray Collins

| image = Ray-Collins.jpg

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| caption = Collins in 1940

| birth_name = Ray Bidwell Collins

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1889|12|10|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Sacramento, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1965|7|11|1889|12|10|mf=y}}

| death_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S.

| resting_place = Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1902–1964

| spouse = {{plainlist|

  • {{marriage|Margaret Marriott|1909|1924|reason=div}}
  • {{marriage|Joan Uron
    |1926}}

}}

| children = 1

}}

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 (1941), as Kane's political rival. Collins appeared in more than 75 films and had one of his best-remembered roles on television, as Los Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Arthur Tragg in the CBS-TV series Perry Mason.

Life and career

[[File:Margaret Marriott and Ray Collins, a vaudeville team (SAYRE 13369).jpg|thumb|left|Collins and wife Margaret Marriott,

a vaudeville team, in 1912]]

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| caption1 = Collins (front row right) at work on CBS Radio's The March of Time

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| caption2 = Presenting The March of Time (Collins standing at right)

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| caption3 =Collins on the set of Citizen Kane (1941)

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| caption4 =Collins, Dorothy Comingore, Orson Welles, and Ruth Warrick in Citizen Kane

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| caption5 =The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Richard Bennett, Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Don Dillaway, Agnes Moorehead, and Collins

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| caption6 =Collins as Lt. Tragg in Perry Mason (1957)

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Ray Bidwell Collins was born December 10, 1889, in Sacramento, California, to Lillie Bidwell and William Calderwood Collins.Ancestry.com, California, Select Births and Christenings, 1812–1988 [database online]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2014. Retrieved 2015-04-04. His father was a newspaper reporter and dramatic editor on The Sacramento Bee.{{cite news |last=United Press International |date=July 12, 1965 |title=Ray Collins, Star on 'Perry Mason' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1965/07/12/archives/rayoolls-st-on-perry-wlason-tvs-lieut-tragg-diesat-75-also-on-stage.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2015-05-14 }} His mother was the niece of John Bidwell, pioneer, statesman, and founder of society in the Sacramento Valley area of California in the 19th century.{{cite book |last=McDonald |first=Lois Halliday |date=2004 |title=Annie Kennedy Bidwell: An Intimate History |url=http://www.heidelberggraphics.com/Stansbury%20Publishing/annie%20bidwell%20oth.htm |publisher=Stansbury Publishing |page=259 |isbn=0-9708922-7-6 |access-date=2015-07-20 }} Collins was inspired as a young boy to become an actor after seeing a stage performance by his uncle, Ulric Collins, who had performed the role of Dave Bartlett in the Broadway production of Way Down East. He began putting on plays with neighborhood children in Sacramento.{{cite news |last=Olson |first=Joyce |date=March 11, 1945 |title=Meet the Stars |newspaper=Bonham Daily Favorite |location=Bonham, Texas}}{{cite web |url=http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=35928 |title=Ulric Collins |publisher=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=2015-07-20 }}

Collins made his professional stage debut at age 13, at the Liberty Playhouse in Oakland.{{cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/production/native-son-st-james-theatre-vault-0000004235 |title=Native Son |publisher=Playbill, April 13, 1941 |access-date=2014-09-19}}

In December 1912, Collins and his first wife, Margaret Marriott, were a vaudeville team, who performed at the Alhambra Theatre in Seattle.{{cite web |url=https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/sayre/id/13369 |title=Margaret Marriott and Ray Collins, a vaudeville team|website=J. Willis Sayre Photograph Collection |publisher=University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections |access-date=November 28, 2019}} In July 1914, the couple and their young son, Junius, moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, where Collins worked as an actor.Ancestry.com, U.S., Consular Registration Certificates, 1907–1918 [database online]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2013. Retrieved 2015-04-04. In 1922, he was part of a stock company, Vancouver's Popular Players, which enacted plays at the original Orpheum Theatre.Vancouver Sun April 16, 1922, p. 25. He operated his own stock company for five years at his own theatre, the Empress Theatre, in Vancouver. Collins toured in vaudeville and made his way to New York.{{cite news |last=Robinson |first=Red |date=June 25, 2007 |title=B.C. Entertainment Hall of Fame |newspaper=Vancouver Sun }}

Collins worked prodigiously in his youth. Between the ages of 17 and 30, he was, it is said, out of work as an actor for a total of five weeks. In 1924, he and Marriott were divorced. That same year, he opened in Conscience, and after that, he was almost continually featured in Broadway plays and other theatrical productions until the Great Depression began. In 1926, he married Joan Uron. At the start of the Great Depression, Collins turned his attention to radio, where he was involved in 18 broadcasts a week, sometimes working as many as 16 hours a day.{{cite news |author= |title=Actor Ray Collins Was Always Busy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/52886359/ |newspaper=Brooklyn Eagle |date=January 13, 1946 |access-date=2015-04-04 }} He also played parts in short films, starting in 1930, including the Vitaphone Varieties series based on Booth Tarkington's Penrod stories.{{Rp|404}}

In 1934, Collins began a long association with Orson Welles, which led to some of his most memorable roles. They met when Welles joined the repertory cast of The American School of the Air, his first job in radio.{{Rp|331}} In 1935, Welles won a place in the prestigious company that presented the news dramatization series The March of Time—an elite corps of actors, including Collins, Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloane, and Paul Stewart, who would soon form the core of Welles's Mercury Theatre.{{Rp|332–333}}

On radio, Collins was in the distinguished repertory cast of the weekly historical drama Cavalcade of America for six years.{{cite news |last=Scheuer |first=Steven H. |author-link=Steven H. Scheuer |date=September 30, 1957 |title=Perry Mason Has 'Chance' |newspaper=The Hammond Times}} Collins and Welles worked together on that series{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EwtRbXNca0oC&dq=%22The+Cavalcade+of+America+historical%22&pg=PA141 |last=Dunning |first=John |authorlink=John Dunning (detective fiction author) |title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio |section=The Cavalcade of America |date=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-0-19-507678-3 |pages=141-142 |edition=Revised |access-date=2025-02-09}} and others, including Welles's serial adaptation of Les Misérables (1937) and The Shadow (1937–1938).

Collins became a member of the repertory company of Welles's CBS Radio series The Mercury Theatre on the Air (1938) and its sponsored continuation, The Campbell Playhouse (1938–1940). Through the run of the series, Collins played many roles in literary adaptations, including Squire Livesey in "Treasure Island", Dr. Watson in "Sherlock Holmes", and Mr. Pickwick in "The Pickwick Papers". Collins's best-known (albeit uncredited) work on this series, however, was in "The War of the Worlds", the celebrated broadcast in which he played three roles, most notably the rooftop newscaster who describes the destruction of New York.

Along with other Mercury Theatre players, Collins made his feature-film debut in Citizen Kane (1941), in which he portrayed ruthless political boss Jim W. Gettys.{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=27624 |title=Citizen Kane |publisher=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |access-date=2015-04-04}} He appeared in Welles's original Broadway production of Native Son (1941) and played a principal role in Welles's second film, The Magnificent Ambersons (1942).{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=27328 |title=The Magnificent Ambersons |publisher=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |access-date=2015-04-04}} His ongoing radio work included Welles's wartime series, Ceiling Unlimited and Hello Americans (1942), and the variety show The Orson Welles Almanac (1944).

Having returned to his native California, Collins appeared in more than 75 major motion pictures,{{cite news|title=Veteran Actor Ray Collins Dies After Long Career|author=|date=July 12, 1965|newspaper=Corpus Christi Times (Associated Press)}} including Leave Her to Heaven (1945); The Best Years of Our Lives (1946); Crack-Up (1946); A Double Life (1947); two entries in the Ma and Pa Kettle series; and the 1953 version of The Desert Song, in which he played the nonsinging role of Kathryn Grayson's father. He displayed comic ability in The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) and The Man from Colorado (1948), and played a supporting role in Welles's Touch of Evil (1958).

On television, Collins was a regular in The Halls of Ivy (1954–1955), starring Ronald Colman. He appeared as Judge Harper in a 1955 TV adaptation of the holiday classic Miracle on 34th Street, starring Thomas Mitchell, Teresa Wright, and MacDonald Carey.{{cite web |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/473116/miracle-on-34th-street |title=Miracle on 34th Street (1955) |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=2015-04-04}} In 1957, Collins joined the cast of the CBS-TV series Perry Mason and gained fame as Los Angeles police homicide detective Lieutenant Arthur Tragg.

By 1960, Collins found his physical health declining and his memory waning, problems that in the next few years brought an end to his career. About the difficulty in remembering his lines, he said: "Years ago, when I was on the Broadway stage, I could memorize 80 pages in eight hours. I had a photographic memory. When I got out on the stage, I could actually — in my mind — see the lines written on top of the page, the middle, or the bottom. But then radio came along, and we read most of our lines, and I got out of the habit of memorizing. I lost my natural gift. Today it's hard for me. My wife works as hard as I do, cueing me at home."{{cite news |last=Du Brow |first=Rick |date=July 14, 1960 |title=Mason Has Big Family In Format |newspaper=The Brownsville Herald (United Press International) }}

In October 1963, Collins filmed his last Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Capering Camera", broadcast January 16, 1964. Although clearly Collins would not return to work on the series, his name appeared in the opening title sequence through the eighth season, which ended in May 1965. Executive producer Gail Patrick Jackson was aware that Collins watched the show every week and wished not to discourage him.{{cite news |last=Lowry |first=Cynthia |date=July 26, 1965 |title=N. Y. Thoroughly Edged Out by Hollywood as TV Capital; Perry's New Adversary |url=http://newspapers.com/article/the-journal-times/129737304/|newspaper=Racine Journal-Times |agency=Associated Press|via = Newspapers.com ) }}

On July 11, 1965, Collins died of emphysema at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California, at age 75. Masonic funeral services were held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills.{{cite news |author= |title=Rites Slated for Character Actor |newspaper=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (United Press International) |date=July 13, 1965 }}

Private life

Collins supported Thomas Dewey in the 1944 United States presidential election.{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QfHXAAAAQBAJ&q=ray%20collins | title=When Hollywood Was Right: How Movie Stars, Studio Moguls, and Big Business Remade American Politics| isbn=9781107650282| last1=Critchlow| first1=Donald T.| date=2013-10-21| publisher=Cambridge University Press}}

Theatre credits

Ray Collins played 900 roles on the legitimate stage.{{cite news|title=TV's Most Bungling Police Officer to Quit Force Soon|last=Scott|first=Vernon|date=January 30, 1962|newspaper=San Mateo Times (United Press International)}}

class="wikitable"
Date

! Title

! Role

! Notes

June 23 – July 5, 1924

| The Blue Bandanna

| Gentleman Jim Delano

| Vanderbilt Theatre, New York{{cite web|url=http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=9538 |title=The Blue Bandanna |publisher=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=2015-03-30}}{{cite news |author= |title=The Blue Bandanna |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1924/06/24/archives/the-blue-bandanna-sidney-blackmer-plays-two-roles-in-new-melodrama.html |work=The New York Times |date=June 24, 1924 }}{{cite news |author= |title=Theatrical Notes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1924/07/05/archives/yiddish-players-in-vienna.html |work=The New York Times |date=July 5, 1924 }}

September 11, 1924 – January 1925

| Conscience

| Jeff Stewart

| Belmont Theatre, New York{{cite web|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=9573 |title=Conscience |publisher=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=2015-03-30}}{{cite news |last=Young |first=Stark |author-link=Stark Young |date=September 12, 1924 |title=The Play: Lillian Foster in 'Conscience' |newspaper=The New York Times }}

March 26, 1925 –

| Eve's Leaves

| Theodore Corbin

| Wallack's Theatre, New York{{cite web|url=http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=431867 |title=Eve's Leaves |publisher=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=2015-03-30}}{{cite news |author= |title='Eve's Leaves' Acted |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 27, 1925 }}

September 28 – October 1925

| The Bridge of Distances

| Captain Aylmer Herryot

| Morosco Theatre, New York{{cite web|url=http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=9914 |title=Bridge of Distances |publisher=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=2015-03-30}}{{cite news |author= |title=The Play: The Bridge of Distances |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 29, 1925 }}

August 30 – December 1926

| The Donovan Affair

| Nelson

| Fulton Theatre, New York{{cite web|url=http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=10104 |title=The Donovan Affair |publisher=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=2015-03-30}}{{cite news |author= |title='The Donovan Affair' Thrills in Mystery |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 31, 1926 }}

September 18 – October 1928

| The Big Fight

|

| Majestic Theatre, New York{{cite web|url=http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=10718 |title=The Big Fight |publisher=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=2015-07-20}}

November 9, 1928 – January 1929

| On Call

| John Q. Smith

| Waldorf Theatre, New York{{cite web|url=http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=10772 |title=On Call |publisher=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=2015-03-30}}{{cite news |author= |title='On Call' Has Little of Novelty or Charm |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 10, 1928 }}

September 16 – October 1929

| A Strong Man's House

| Allen

| Ambassador Theatre, New York{{cite web|url=http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=9427 |title=A Strong Man's House |publisher=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=2015-03-30}}{{cite news |author= |title=Mary Nash in Role of an Adventuress |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 17, 1929 }}

February 26–28, 1931

| Paging Danger

| Kenneth Holden

| Booth Theatre, New York{{cite web|url=http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=11329 |title=Paging Danger |publisher=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=2015-03-30}}{{cite news |author= |title=The Play: No Sale |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 27, 1931 }}{{cite news |author= |title='Paging Danger' to Close |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 28, 1931 }}

March 24 – June 28, 1941

| Native Son

| Paul Max

| St. James Theatre, New York{{cite web|url=http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=1089 |title=Native Son |publisher=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=2015-03-30}}

Radio credits

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Date

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1930 –

| The American School of the Air

| Repertory cast

| Dunning, op. cit., [https://books.google.com/books?id=EwtRbXNca0oC&dq=%22The+American+School+of+the+Air+perhaps%22&pg=PA28 "The American School of the Air" pp. 28-29]

February 9, 1931 –

| The Eno Crime Club

|

| Mystery drama seriesDunning, op. cit., [https://books.google.com/books?id=EwtRbXNca0oC&dq=%22The+Eno+Crime+Club+mystery%22&pg=PA232 "The Eno Crime Club" p. 232]

March 6, 1931 –

| The March of Time

| Repertory cast

| {{cite book |last=Fielding |first=Raymond |date=1978 |title=The March of Time, 1935–1951 |location=New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=13 |isbn=0-19-502212-2 }}

January 16, 1933 –

| Just Plain Bill

|

| Serial dramaDunning, op. cit., [https://books.google.com/books?id=EwtRbXNca0oC&dq=%22Just+Plain+Bill+soap%22&pg=PA378 "Just Plain Bill" pp. 378-379]

July 25, 1936

| Five Star Theatre

|

| "Behind That Curtain", conclusion of a Charlie Chan mystery{{cite web|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=%22Ray+Collins%22&f=all&c=all&advanced=1&p=1&item=R79:0041 |title=Five Star Theatre, 'Behind That Curtain' |publisher=Paley Center for Media |access-date=2015-04-06}}

July 14 – September 22, 1935

| America's Hour

| Repertory cast

| Patriotic documentary dramaDunning, op. cit., [https://books.google.com/books?id=EwtRbXNca0oC&dq=%22America's+Hour+documentary%22&pg=PA30 "America's Hour" p. 30]

1935–41

| Cavalcade of America

| Repertory cast

| Weekly anthology drama series

"Scheuer" />Dunning, op. cit., [https://books.google.com/books?id=EwtRbXNca0oC&dq=%22The+Cavalcade+of+America+perhaps%22&pg=PA141 "The Cavalcade of America" pp. 141-142]{{cite web |url=http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=The%20Cavalcade%20of%20America |title=The Cavalcade of America |publisher=RadioGOLDINdex |access-date=2015-03-31 |archive-date=December 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224214438/http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=The%20Cavalcade%20of%20America |url-status=dead }}

March 22, 1936

| Terror by Night

|

| "The Bells"Dunning, op. cit., [https://books.google.com/books?id=EwtRbXNca0oC&dq=%22Terror+by+Night+ghost%22&pg=PA656 "Terror by Night" p. 656]

February 23 –
September 16, 1936

| Peter Absolute

| Augustus Crabtree

| Weekly dramatic serial
Collins plays a strolling tragedian in this story of a boy's adventures during the early days of the Erie Canal{{cite book |last=Anderson |first=Arthur |author-link=Arthur Anderson (voice actor) |date=2010 |title=An Actor's Odyssey: From Orson Welles to Lucky the Leprechaun |url=https://archive.org/details/actorsodysseyfro00ande |location=Albany, Georgia |publisher=BearManor Media |isbn=978-1-59393-522-1 }}{{Rp|26}}The Racine Journal-Times Sunday Bulletin, February 23, 1936, page 4.

June 1, 1936 –

| Wilderness Road

| Daniel Boone

| Frontier serial dramaDunning, op. cit., [https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi5wPDBiGfMC&dq=%22Wilderness+Road+frontier%22&pg=PA722 "Wilderness Road" p. 722]

July 25, 1936

| Columbia Workshop

| Repertory cast

| "Broadway Evening"{{cite web|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=%22Ray+Collins%22&f=all&c=all&advanced=1&p=1&item=R76:0205 |title=The Columbia Workshop, 'Broadway Evening' |publisher=Paley Center for Media |access-date=2015-04-06}}

August 1, 1936

| Columbia Workshop

| Repertory cast

| "Cartwheel"{{cite web |url=http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=The+Columbia+Workshop |title=The Columbia Workshop |publisher=RadioGOLDINdex |access-date=2015-03-31 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114751/http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=The+Columbia+Workshop |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=%22Ray+Collins%22&f=all&c=radio&advanced=1&p=1&item=R76:0005 |title=The Columbia Workshop, 'Cartwheel' |publisher=Paley Center for Media |access-date=2015-04-06}}

September 2, 1936 – August 1937

| The Heinz Magazine of the Air

| John

| Serial drama segment, "Trouble House"Dunning, op. cit., [https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi5wPDBiGfMC&dq=%22The+Heinz+Magazine+of+the+Air+mu%22&pg=PA314 "The Heinz Magazine of the Air" pp. 314-315]

September 12, 1936

| Columbia Workshop

| Repertory cast

| "A Voyage To Brobdingnag"

July 23 – September 3, 1937

| Les Misérables

|

| Seven-episode weekly series
First drama by Orson Welles's nascent Mercury Theatre radio company{{cite book |last1=Welles |first1=Orson |author-link1=Orson Welles |last2=Bogdanovich |first2=Peter |author-link2=Peter Bogdanovich |last3=Rosenbaum |first3=Jonathan |author-link3=Jonathan Rosenbaum |title=This is Orson Welles |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers |location=New York |date=1992 |isbn=0-06-016616-9}}{{Rp|338}}Dunning, op. cit., [https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi5wPDBiGfMC&dq=%22Les+Miserables+the+first+dramatic%22&pg=PA391 "Les Misérables" p. 391]{{cite web |url=http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=Les%20Miserables |title=Les Misérables |publisher=RadioGOLDINdex |access-date=2015-03-31 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114315/http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=Les%20Miserables |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/OrsonWelles-LesMiserables1937 |title=Orson Welles – Les Misérables |publisher=Internet Archive |access-date=2015-03-31}}

August 30, 1937

| Shakespearean Cycle

|

| "Twelfth Night"{{cite web |url=http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=1937+Shakespeare+Festival |title=1937 Shakespeare Festival |publisher=RadioGOLDINdex |access-date=2015-03-31 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402141008/http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=1937+Shakespeare+Festival |url-status=dead }}

September 26, 1937 –
September 11, 1938

| The Shadow

| Commissioner Weston
Repertory cast

| {{cite web |url=http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=The+Shadow |title=The Shadow |publisher=RadioGOLDINdex |access-date=2015-03-31 |archive-date=January 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113001643/http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=The+Shadow |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/RkoOrsonWelles-TheShadow-RadioRecodings |title=Orson Welles – The Shadow |publisher=Internet Archive |access-date=2015-03-31}}

December 3, 1937

| Grand Central Station

|

| Starring Martin Gabel{{cite journal |date=November 30, 1937 |title=Coast to Coast |url=https://archive.org/stream/radiodailyoctdec02unse#page/n339/mode/1up |journal=Radio Daily |page=8 |access-date=2015-11-22}}

December 23, 1937

| The Kate Smith Hour

|

| "Blessed Are They"{{cite journal |date=December 23, 1937 |title=Christmas on the Networks |url=https://archive.org/stream/radiodailyoctdec02unse#page/n477/mode/1up |journal=Radio Daily |page=10 |access-date=2015-11-22}}{{cite journal |date=December 27, 1937 |title=Program Reviews |url=https://archive.org/stream/radiodailyoctdec02unse#page/n496/mode/1up |journal=Radio Daily |page=5 |access-date=2015-11-22}}

July 11, 1938

| The Mercury Theatre on the Air

| Russian Captain

| "Dracula"{{Rp|343}}{{cite book |author= |date=1988 |title=Orson Welles on the Air: The Radio Years. Catalogue for exhibition October 28–December 3, 1988 |location=New York |publisher=The Museum of Broadcasting}}{{Rp|50}}

July 18, 1938

| The Mercury Theatre on the Air

| Ben Gunn

| "Treasure Island"{{Rp|344}}{{Rp|50}}

July 25, 1938

| The Mercury Theatre on the Air

| Prosecutor

| "A Tale of Two Cities"{{Rp|344}}{{Rp|51}}

August 1, 1938

| The Mercury Theatre on the Air

|

| "The Thirty-Nine Steps"{{Rp|344}}

August 8, 1938

| The Mercury Theatre on the Air

|

| "My Little Boy", "The Open Window", "I'm a Fool"{{Rp|345}}

August 15, 1938

| The Mercury Theatre on the Air

|

| "Abraham Lincoln"{{Rp|345}}

August 22, 1938

| The Mercury Theatre on the Air

|

| "The Affairs of Anatol"{{Rp|345}}

August 29, 1938

| The Mercury Theatre on the Air

| Abbé Faria

| "The Count of Monte Cristo"{{Rp|345}}{{Rp|51}}

September 5, 1938

| The Mercury Theatre on the Air

| The Professor

| "The Man Who Was Thursday"{{Rp|345}}{{Rp|51}}

September 25, 1938

| The Mercury Theatre on the Air

| Dr. Watson

| "Sherlock Holmes"{{Rp|346}}{{Rp|51}}

September 29, 1938

| Columbia Workshop

|

| "The Lighthouse Keeper"

October 9, 1938

| The Mercury Theatre on the Air

|

| "Hell on Ice"{{Rp|346}}

October 16, 1938

| The Mercury Theatre on the Air

| Mr. Parcher

| "Seventeen"{{Rp|346}}{{Rp|52}}

October 23, 1938

| The Mercury Theatre on the Air

| Detective Fix

| "Around the World in Eighty Days"{{Rp|346}}{{Rp|52}}

October 27, 1938

| Columbia Workshop

|

| "Air Raid"{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/OrsonWellesOnTheColumbiaWorkshop |title=Orson Welles and Ray Collins on The Columbia Workshop |publisher=Internet Archive |access-date=2015-03-31}}{{cite book |last=Brady |first=Frank |author-link=Frank Brady (writer) |title=Citizen Welles: A Biography of Orson Welles |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |location=New York |date=1989 |isbn=0-385-26759-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/citizenwellesbio00brad }}{{Rp|165–166}}

October 27, 1938 –
August 26, 1939

| County Seat

| Doc Will Hackett

| Serial dramaDunning, op. cit., [https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi5wPDBiGfMC&dq=%22County+Seat+serial%22&pg=PA182 "County Seat" p. 182]{{cite web |url=http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=County%20Seat |title=County Seat |publisher=RadioGOLDINdex |access-date=2015-03-31 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402152503/http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=County%20Seat |url-status=dead }}

October 30, 1938

| The Mercury Theatre on the Air

| Mr. Wilmuth
Mr. Harry McDonald
Announcer from Broadcasting Building roof

| "The War of the Worlds"{{Rp|346}}{{cite web |url=http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=The+Mercury+Theatre |title=The Mercury Theatre |publisher=RadioGOLDINdex |access-date=2015-03-31 |archive-date=January 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127090041/http://www.radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=The%20Mercury%20Theatre |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.wellesnet.com/?p=292 |title=Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of Orson Welles's panic radio broadcast The War of the Worlds |date=October 27, 2008 |publisher=Wellesnet, October 26, 2008 |access-date=2015-03-31}}

November 6, 1938

| The Mercury Theatre on the Air

| Marlow

| "Heart of Darkness", "Life with Father"{{Rp|347}}{{Rp|52}}

November 13, 1938

| The Mercury Theatre on the Air

|

| "A Passenger to Bali"{{Rp|347}}

November 20, 1938

| The Mercury Theatre on the Air

| Samuel Pickwick

| "The Pickwick Papers"{{Rp|347}}

December 9, 1938

| The Campbell Playhouse

| Frank Crawley

| "Rebecca"{{Rp|348}}{{Rp|32}}{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/otr_campbellplayhouse |title=The Campbell Playhouse |publisher=Internet Archive |access-date=2015-03-31}}

December 15, 1938

| Columbia Workshop

|

| "A Trip to Czardis"

December 16, 1938

| The Campbell Playhouse

|

| "Call It a Day"{{Rp|348}}

December 23, 1938

| The Campbell Playhouse

|

| "A Christmas Carol"{{Rp|348}}{{Rp|52}}

December 30, 1938

| The Campbell Playhouse

|

| "A Farewell to Arms"{{Rp|348}}

1938

| No Help Wanted

|

| The story of the WPA, produced for BBC broadcast by the radio division of the Federal Theatre Project{{cite book |last=Flanagan |first=Hallie |author-link=Hallie Flanagan |date=1965 |title=Arena: The History of the Federal Theatre |location=New York |publisher=Benjamin Blom, reprint edition [1940] |oclc=855945294}}{{Rp|268–269}}{{cite web |url=http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=No%20Help%20Wanted |title=No Help Wanted |publisher=RadioGOLDINdex |access-date=2015-03-31 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402124602/http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=No%20Help%20Wanted |url-status=dead }}

January 6, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

|

| "Counsellor-at-Law"{{Rp|349}}

January 13, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

| Thomas Birkitt

| "Mutiny on the Bounty"{{Rp|349}}

January 20, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

| Hibbard

| "The Chicken Wagon Family"{{Rp|349}}

January 27, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

| Faye

| "I Lost My Girlish Laughter"{{Rp|350}}{{Rp|53}}

February 3, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

| Professor Gottlieb

| "Arrowsmith"{{Rp|350}}{{Rp|52}}

February 10, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

| Dr. Traherne

| "The Green Goddess"{{Rp|350}}{{Rp|54}}

February 17, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

|

| "Burlesque"{{Rp|350}}

February 24, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

|

| "State Fair"{{Rp|350}}

March 10, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

|

| "Royal Regiment"{{Rp|351}}

March 10, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

| Shad O'Rory

| "The Glass Key"{{Rp|351}}

March 17, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

|

| "Beau Geste"{{Rp|351}}

March 24, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

| Oliver Webb

| "Twentieth Century"{{Rp|351}}{{Rp|54}}

March 31, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

| Windy

| "Show Boat"{{Rp|351–352}}{{Rp|54}}

April 2, 1939

| Americans All, Immigrants All

|

| 26-episode CBS cultural documentary drama series produced by the U.S. Department of the Interior and the WPADunning, op. cit., [https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi5wPDBiGfMC&dq=%22Americans+All,+Immigrants+All+cultural%22&pg=PA29 "Americans All, Immigrants All" pp. 29-30]
"Contributions in Science"{{cite web |url=http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=Americans%20All-Immigrants%20All |title=Americans All, Immigrants All |publisher=RadioGOLDINdex |access-date=2015-04-01 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402155226/http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=Americans%20All-Immigrants%20All |url-status=dead }}

April 7, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

|

| "Les Misérables"{{Rp|351–352}}

April 9, 1939

| Americans All, Immigrants All

|

| "Contributions in Arts and Crafts"

April 14, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

|

| "The Patriot"{{Rp|352}}

April 15, 1939

| Arch Oboler's Plays

|

| "Three Plays of the Ways of Men"{{cite web |url=http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=Arch%20Oboler%27s%20Plays |title=Arch Oboler's Plays |publisher=RadioGOLDINdex |access-date=2015-04-01 |archive-date=November 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105032722/http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=Arch%20Oboler%27s%20Plays |url-status=dead }}

April 16, 1939

| Americans All, Immigrants All

|

| "Contributions in Social Progress"

April 23, 1939

| Americans All, Immigrants All

|

| "A New England Town"

April 28, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

|

| "Black Daniel"{{Rp|352}}

April 30, 1939

| Americans All, Immigrants All

|

| "An Industrial City"

May 5, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

|

| "Wickford Point"{{Rp|352}}

May 7, 1939

| Americans All, Immigrants All

|

| "Grand Finale"

May 12, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

|

| "Our Town"{{Rp|352}}{{Rp|55}}

May 19, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

| Uncle Phipps

| "The Bad Man"{{Rp|352}}{{Rp|55}}

May 26, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

| Repertory cast

| "American Cavalcade: The Things We Have"{{Rp|352–353}}{{Rp|56}}

May 12, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

|

| "Victoria Regina"{{Rp|353}}{{Rp|56}}

July 20, 1939

| Columbia Workshop

|

| "John Brown's Body"

September 10, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

| Governor

| "Peter Ibbetson"{{Rp|353}}{{Rp|56}}

September 17, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

| Nat Miller

| "Ah, Wilderness!"{{Rp|354}}{{Rp|56}}

September 24, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

| Willy Cameron

| "What Every Woman Knows"{{Rp|354}}{{Rp|56}}

October 1, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

| Caderousse

| "The Count of Monte Cristo"{{Rp|354}}

October 8, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

| Slimane{{Rp|222}}

| "Algiers"{{Rp|354}}

October 15, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

| Murdered Cop
Forgiving Judge
Unforgiving Farmer

| "Escape"{{Rp|354}}{{Rp|57}}

October 29, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

| Fred Amberson

| "The Magnificent Ambersons"{{Rp|354}}{{Rp|58}}

November 5, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

| Father Paul

| "The Hurricane"{{Rp|355}}{{Rp|58}}

November 12, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

| Mr. Raymond

| "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd"{{Rp|355}}{{Rp|59}}

November 19, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

| Lt. de Trevignac

| "The Garden of Allah"{{Rp|355}}{{Rp|59}}

November 26, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

| Tubby

| "Dodsworth"{{Rp|355}}{{Rp|59}}

December 3, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

|

| "Lost Horizon"{{Rp|356}}

December 17, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

| Nicky Shayne

| "There's Always a Woman"{{Rp|356}}

December 24, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

|

| "A Christmas Carol"{{Rp|356}}{{Rp|60}}

December 31, 1939

| The Campbell Playhouse

|

| "Come and Get It"{{Rp|356}}

January 14, 1940

| The Campbell Playhouse

| Jed Waterbury

| "Theodora Goes Wild"{{Rp|358}}{{Rp|60}}

January 21, 1940

| The Campbell Playhouse

| The Rector

| "The Citadel"{{Rp|358}}{{Rp|60}}

January 22, 1940 –

| Life Begins

| Alvin Craig

| Serial dramaDunning, op. cit., [https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi5wPDBiGfMC&dq=%22Life+Begins+soap%22&pg=PA394 "Life Begins" p. 394]

January 28, 1940

| The Campbell Playhouse

|

| "It Happened One Night"{{Rp|358}}{{cite web |url=http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=The%20Campbell%20Playhouse |title=The Campbell Playhouse |publisher=RadioGOLDINdex |access-date=2015-04-01 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402141330/http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=The%20Campbell%20Playhouse |url-status=dead }}

April 18, 1940

| Columbia Workshop

|

| "Three Strikes and You're Out"

May 29, 1940

| Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons

|

| "The Case of the Woman Who Wasn't Needed"{{cite web |url=http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=Mr.%20Keen,%20Tracer%20Of%20Lost%20Persons |title=Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons |publisher=RadioGOLDINdex |access-date=2015-04-01 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402141005/http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=Mr.%20Keen,%20Tracer%20Of%20Lost%20Persons |url-status=dead }}

June 5, 1940

| Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons

|

| "The Case of the Woman Who Wasn't Needed" (conclusion)

August 4, 1940 –

| Crime Doctor

| Dr. Benjamin Ordway

| Weekly crime dramaDunning, op. cit., [https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi5wPDBiGfMC&dq=%22Crime+Doctor+crime+drama%22&pg=PA185 "Crime Doctor" pp. 185-186]

December 22, 1940

| Columbia Workshop

|

| "The Plot to Overthrow Christmas"

April 6, 1941

| The Free Company

| Bill Knaggs

| "His Honor, the Mayor"{{Rp|362–363}}{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/otr_freecompany |title=His Honor, the Mayor |date=April 6, 1941 |publisher=Internet Archive |access-date=2016-02-21}}

May 9, 1941

| Great Moments from Great Plays

|

| "Ceiling Zero"{{Rp|201}}

June 9, 1941

| Salute to Canada Lee

|

| Nationwide Mutual Network program that concludes with Canada Lee and Collins performing the last scene from Native Son
Cast: Paul Robeson (emcee), Eddie Anderson, Ray Collins, Duke Ellington, Canada Lee, Hattie McDaniel, Bill Robinson, Richard Wright{{cite news |author= |title=Amusements |newspaper=The Evening Sun |location=Hanover, Pennsylvania |date=June 7, 1941 }}

July 2, 1941

| The Pursuit of Happiness

|

| Episode dramatizing John Peter Zenger's fight for freedom of the press"{{cite web |url=http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=The%20Pursuit%20Of%20Happiness |title=The Pursuit of Happiness |publisher=RadioGOLDINdex |access-date=2015-04-01 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023605/http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=The%20Pursuit%20Of%20Happiness |url-status=dead }}

July 6, 1941

| Columbia Workshop

|

| "Between Americans"

July 25, 1936

| Columbia Workshop

|

| "Ann Was an Ordinary Girl"{{cite web|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=%22Ray+Collins%22&f=all&c=all&advanced=1&p=1&item=R77:0022 |title=The Columbia Workshop, 'Ann Was an Ordinary Girl' |publisher=Paley Center for Media |access-date=2015-04-06}}

August 24, 1941

| Columbia Workshop

|

| "Job"

September 22, 1941

| The Orson Welles Show

| The Devil

| Segment titled "The Right Side"{{Rp|366}}

September 29, 1941

| The Orson Welles Show

|

| Segment titled "The Interlopers"{{Rp|367}}

October 6, 1941

| The Orson Welles Show

|

| {{Rp|367}}

October 20, 1941

| The Orson Welles Show

|

| With cast members from The Magnificent Ambersons, which begins shooting the following week{{Rp|367}}

November 3, 1941

| The Orson Welles Show

|

| {{Rp|367}}

November 10, 1941

| The Orson Welles Show

|

| {{Rp|367}}

November 16, 1941

| Red Cross Roll Call

|

| Hour-long program on all major radio networks to benefit the American Red Cross
Cast: Judith Anderson, Lionel Barrymore, Roy Collins, Raymond Massey, Paul Muni ("Narrative in Red and White"){{cite news |author= |title=Amusements |newspaper=The Evening Sun |location=Hanover, Pennsylvania |date=November 15, 1941 }}

December 1, 1941

| The Orson Welles Show

|

| {{Rp|368}}

December 15, 1941

| Cavalcade of America

|

| "The Great Man Votes", broadcast from Hollywood{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/OrsonWellesOnCavalcadeOfAmerica |title=Orson Welles on Cavalcade of America |publisher=Internet Archive |access-date=2015-03-31}}

December 22, 1941

| The Orson Welles Show

|

| {{Rp|368}}

January 12, 1942

| The Orson Welles Show

| Phil

| "The Apple Tree"{{Rp|369}}

January 19, 1942

| The Orson Welles Show

|

| "My Little Boy"{{Rp|369}}

April 20, 1942

| Cavalcade of America

|

| "In This Crisis"

May 25, 1942

| Cavalcade of America

|

| "Young Tom Jefferson"

June 14, 1942

| Towards the Century of the Common Man

|

| UN Flag Day program{{cite web |url=http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=Towards%20The%20Century%20Of%20The%20Common%20Man |title=Towards the Century of the Common Man |publisher=RadioGOLDINdex |access-date=2015-04-01 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402155003/http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=Towards%20The%20Century%20Of%20The%20Common%20Man |url-status=dead }}

November 9, 1942

| Ceiling Unlimited

|

| "The Flying Fortress"{{Rp|374}}

November 22, 1942

| Hello Americans

|

| "The Andes"{{Rp|374}}{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/otr_helloamericanswithorsonwelles |title=Hello Americans |publisher=Internet Archive |access-date=2015-04-01}}

November 23, 1942

| Ceiling Unlimited

|

| "The Navigator"{{Rp|374}}

November 29, 1942

| Hello Americans

|

| "The Islands"{{Rp|375}}

January 31, 1943

| Hello Americans

|

| "Bolivar's Idea"{{Rp|376}}

April 27, 1943

| Suspense

|

| "The Diary of Saphronia Winters"{{cite web|url=http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=Suspense |title=Suspense |publisher=RadioGOLDINdex |access-date=2015-04-02}}

September 9, 1943

| Suspense

|

| "Marry for Murder"

January 26, 1944

| The Orson Welles Almanac

|

| {{Rp|381}}{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/1944OrsonWellesRadioAlmanacpart1 |title=Orson Welles Almanac—Part 1 |publisher=Internet Archive |access-date=2015-04-01}}

August 17, 1944

| Suspense

|

| "The Diary of Saphronia Winters"

November 27, 1944

| Cavalcade of America

|

| "Witness for the People"

December 19, 1944

| This Is My Best

| Santa Claus

| "The Plot to Overthrow Christmas"{{Rp|387}}{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/ThisIsMyBest |title=This Is My Best |publisher=Internet Archive |access-date=2015-04-01}}

April 10, 1945

| This Is My Best

|

| "The Master of Ballantrae"{{Rp|390}}

November 13, 1945

| This Is My Best

|

| "Colonel Paxton and the Haunted Horse"{{cite web |url=http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=This%20Is%20My%20Best |title=This Is My Best |publisher=RadioGOLDINdex |access-date=2015-04-02 |archive-date=April 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403213725/http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=This%20Is%20My%20Best |url-status=dead }}

May 14, 1946

| This Is My Best

|

| "Tugboat Annie Sails Again"{{cite book |last=Grams |first=Martin |author-link=Martin Grams, Jr. |date=2000 |title=Radio drama: A Comprehensive Chronicle of American Network Programs, 1932-–1962|location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc. |isbn=978-0-7864-0051-5 }}{{Rp|501}}

Film and television credits

File:Citizen-Kane-Welles-Collins.jpg (1941)]]

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1930

| Scotch Love

|

| Short{{cite book |last=Liebman |first=Roy |date=2003 |title=Vitaphone Films: A Catalogue of the Features and Shorts |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc. |isbn=978-0-7864-4697-1 }}{{Rp|54}}{{cite journal |author= |title=Internationalizing |url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdailyvolume55152newy#page/1265/mode/1up |journal=Film Daily |publisher=Internet Archive |date=May 23, 1930 |page=1 |access-date=2015-04-03 }}

1930

| {{sortname|The|Substitute|nolink=1}}

|

| Short{{Rp|55}}{{cite journal |last=Blair |first=Harry N. |date=June 5, 1930 |title=Short Shots from New York Studios |url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdailyvolume55354newy#page/48/mode/1up |journal=Film Daily |publisher=Internet Archive |page=10 |access-date=2015-04-03 }}

1930

| {{sortname|The|Pest of Honor|nolink=1}}

|

| Short{{Rp|60}}{{cite journal |author= |title=Many Broadway Stars in 4 New Vitaphones |url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdailyvolume55354newy#page/895/mode/1up |journal=Film Daily |publisher=Internet Archive |date=September 28, 1930 |page=5 |access-date=2015-04-03 }}

1930

| Masquerade

|

| Short{{Rp|64}}{{cite journal |last=Blair |first=Harry N. |date=November 23, 1930 |title=Short Shots from New York Studios; Robinson Directing |url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdailyvolume55354newy#page/1309/mode/1up |journal=Film Daily |publisher=Internet Archive |page=5 |access-date=2015-04-03 }}

1931

| Snakes Alive

| Mr. Schofield{{cite journal |author= |title=Eastern Studio Activities |url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdailyvolume55657newy#page/217/mode/1up |journal=Film Daily |publisher=Internet Archive |date=July 26, 1931 |page=5 |access-date=2015-04-03 }}

| Penrod short{{Rp|74}}

1931

| {{sortname|The|Season's Greetings|nolink=1}}

| Mr. Schofield

| Short{{cite journal |author= |title=Two Specials Are Added to Vitaphone Schedule |url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdailyvolume55657newy#page/1136/mode/1up |journal=Film Daily |publisher=Internet Archive |date=November 29, 1931 |page=16 |access-date=2015-04-03 }}{{cite web |url=http://benny-drinnon.blogspot.com/2014/12/seasons-greetings.html |title=Season's Greetings |last=Drinnon |first=Benny |date=December 22, 2014 |website=A Blog for Thelma Todd |access-date=2015-04-03 }}

1932

| His Honor, Penrod

| Mr. Schofield

| Penrod short{{Rp|78}}{{cite journal |author= |title=Coming & Going |url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdailyvolume55657newy#page/1274/mode/1up |journal=Film Daily |publisher=Internet Archive |date=December 16, 1931 |page=4 |access-date=2015-04-03 }}

1932

| Hot Dog

| Mr. Schofield

| Penrod short{{Rp|79}}

1932

| {{sortname|The|Side Show Mystery|nolink=1}}

|

| Short{{Rp|81}}{{cite journal |author= |title=Short Shots from Eastern Studios |url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdailyvolume55859newy#page/657/mode/1up |journal=Film Daily |publisher=Internet Archive |date=March 20, 1932 |page=5 |access-date=2015-04-03 }}

1932

| Murder in the Pullman

|

| Short{{Rp|81}}

1932

| {{sortname|The|Transatlantic Mystery|nolink=1}}

|

| Short{{Rp|84}}

1932

| Lonesome Manor

|

| Short{{cite journal |author= |title=Short Shots from Eastern Studios |url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdailyvolume55859newy#page/863/mode/1up |journal=Film Daily |publisher=Internet Archive |date=April 10, 1932 |page=5 |access-date=2015-04-03 }}

1932

| If I'm Elected

|

| Short{{Rp|82}}{{cite journal |author= |title=Short Shots from Eastern Studios |url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdailyvolume55859newy#page/911/mode/1up |journal=Film Daily |publisher=Internet Archive |date=April 17, 1932 |page=5 |access-date=2015-04-03 }}

1932

| You're Killing Me

|

| Short{{Rp|82}}{{cite journal |author= |title=Short Subjects |url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdailyvolume660newy#page/323/mode/1up |journal=Film Daily |publisher=Internet Archive |date=August 26, 1932 |page=7 |access-date=2015-04-03 }}

1940

| Citizen Kane trailer

| Himself, Jim W. Gettys

| Short{{Rp|360}}

1941

| Citizen Kane

| Jim W. Gettys

| Feature film debut{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Person/127685-Ray-Collins |title=Ray Collins |publisher=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |access-date=2015-03-30}}

1942

| {{sortname|The|Magnificent Ambersons|The Magnificent Ambersons (film)}}

| Jack Amberson

|

1942

| {{sortname|The|Big Street}}

| Professor B

|

1942

| Highways by Night

| Uncle Ben

|

1942

| {{sortname|The|Navy Comes Through}}

| Captain McCall

|

1943

| Commandos Strike at Dawn

| Bergesen

|

1943

| {{sortname|The|Human Comedy|The Human Comedy (film)}}

| Mr. Matthew Macauley

|

1943

| Slightly Dangerous

| Snodgrass

|

1943

| Crime Doctor

| Dr. John Carey

|

1943

| Salute to the Marines

| Colonel Mason

|

1943

| Whistling in Brooklyn

| Grover Kendall

|

1944

| Madame Curie

| Lecturer's voice

|

1944

| See Here, Private Hargrove

| Brodie S. Griffith

|

1944

| {{sortname|The|Hitler Gang}}

| Cardinal Faulhaber

|

1944

| {{sortname|The|Eve of St. Mark}}

| Deckman West

|

1944

| {{sortname|The|Seventh Cross|The Seventh Cross (1944 film)}}

| Ernst Wallau

|

1944

| Barbary Coast Gent

| Johnny Adair

|

1944

| Can't Help Singing

| Senator Martin Frost

|

1945

| Roughly Speaking

| Mr. Randall

|

1945

| The Unseen

| off-screen Narrator

| uncredited

1945

| {{sortname|The|Hidden Eye}}

| Phillip Treadway

|

1945

| Leave Her to Heaven

| Glen Robie

|

1946

| Up Goes Maisie

| Mr. Floyd Hendrickson

|

1946

| Miss Susie Slagle's

| Dr. Elijah Howe

|

1946

| Badman's Territory

| Colonel Farewell

|

1946

| Night in Paradise

| Leonides

|

1946

| Boys' Ranch

| David Banton

|

1946

| Three Wise Fools

| Judge Watson

|

1946

| Crack-Up

| Dr. Lowell

|

1946

| {{sortname|The|Best Years of Our Lives}}

| Mr. Milton

|

1946

| Two Years Before the Mast

| Mr. Gordon Stewart

|

1946

| {{sortname|The|Return of Monte Cristo|The Return of Monte Cristo (1946 film)}}

| Emil Blanchard

|

1947

| {{sortname|The|Red Stallion}}

| Barton

|

1947

| {{sortname|The|Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer}}

| Dr. Matt Beemish

|

1947

| {{sortname|The|Senator Was Indiscreet}}

| Fred Houlihan

|

1948

| {{sortname|The|Swordsman|The Swordsman (1948 film)}}

| Mac-Ian MacArden

|

1948

| Homecoming

| Lieutenant Colonel Avery Silver

|

1948

| Good Sam

| Reverend Daniels

|

1948

| For the Love of Mary

| Harvey Elwood

|

1948

| Command Decision

| Major Desmond Lansing

|

1948

| The Man from Colorado

| Big Ed Carter

|

1949

| Hideout

| Arthur Burdette

|

1949

| Red Stallion in the Rockies

| Matthew Simpson

|

1949

| It Happens Every Spring

| Professor Greenleaf

|

1949

| {{sortname|The|Fountainhead|The Fountainhead (film)}}

| Enright

|

1949

| Free for All

| Mr. A. B. Blair

|

1949

| {{sortname|The|Heiress}}

| Jefferson Almond

|

1950

| Francis

| Colonel Hooker

|

1950

| Paid in Full

| Dr. Fredericks

|

1950

| {{sortname|The|Reformer and the Redhead}}

| Commodore John Balwind Parker

|

1950

| Summer Stock

| Jasper G. Wingait

|

1950

| Kill the Umpire

| Jonah Evans

|

1951

| Vengeance Valley

| Arch Strobie

|

1951

| You're in the Navy Now

| Rear Admiral L.E. Tennant

|

1951

| Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm

| Jonathan Parker

|

1951

| Reunion in Reno

| Judge Thomas Kneeland

|

1951

| {{sortname|The|Racket|The Racket (1951 film)}}

| Mortimer X. Welsh

|

1951

| I Want You

| Judge Turner

|

1952

| Invitation

| Dr. Warren Pritchard

|

1952

| Young Man with Ideas

| Edmund Jethrow

|

1952

| Dreamboat

| Timothy Stone

|

1953

| Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation

| Jonathan Parker

|

1953

| {{sortname|The|Desert Song|The Desert Song (1953 film)}}

| General Birabeau

|

1953

| Column South

| Brigadier General Storey

|

1953

| {{sortname|The|Kid from Left Field|The Kid from Left Field (1953 film)}}

| Fred F. Whacker

|

1953

| Bad for Each Other

| Dan Reasonover

|

1953

| Cavalcade of America

| Daniel Webster

| TV episode "The Last Will of Daniel Webster"

1954

| Rose Marie

| Inspector Appleby

|

1954

| Athena

| Mr. Tremaine

|

1954

| Lux Video Theatre

| Barton Keyes

| TV episode "Double Indemnity"

1954–1955

| {{sortname|The|Halls of Ivy}}

| Merriweather

| TV series{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Tim |author-link1=Tim Brooks (television historian) |last2=Marsh |first2=Earle |date=1988 |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present |edition=4th |location=New York |publisher=Ballantine Books |isbn=0-345-35610-1}}{{Rp|308}}

1955

| {{sortname|The|Desperate Hours|The Desperate Hours (1955 film)}}

| Sheriff Masters

|

1955

| Texas Lady

| Micah Ralston

|

1955

| Climax!

| Jerome Harris

| TV episode "The Champion"

1955

| You Are There

| P. T. Barnum

| TV episode "P. T. Barnum Presents Jenny Lind"

1955

| Science Fiction Theatre

| Milton Otis

| TV episode "The Frozen Sound"

1955

| Science Fiction Theatre

| Hugh Fredericks

| TV episode "Target Hurricane"

1955

| {{sortname|The|20th Century Fox Hour}}

| Judge Harper

| TV episode "The Miracle on 34th Street"

1956

| Ford Star Jubilee

| Oliver Webb

| TV episode "Twentieth Century"{{Rp|420}}

1956

| Front Row Center

| Crocker

| TV episode "The Challenge"

1956

| Never Say Goodbye

| Dr. Bailey

|

1956

| {{sortname|The|Solid Gold Cadillac}}

| Alfred Metcalfe

|

1956

| Science Fiction Theatre

| Dr. Paul Sinclair

| TV episode "Sound That Kills"

1956

| Sneak Preview

|

| TV episode "Real George"

1956

| Studio One

|Gen. Sam Woolery

| TV episode "The Star-Spangled Soldier"

1956

| Studio One

|

| TV episode "A Special Announcement"

1956

| Father Knows Best

|Dean Walton

| TV episode "Betty Goes to College"

1956

| Zane Grey Theatre

| Evan Gracie

| TV episode "The Long Road Home"

1956

| Alfred Hitchcock Presents

| Herbert Brenner

| TV episode "Conversation Over a Corpse"

1956

| The Joseph Cotten Show

| Corbett

| TV episode "The Trial of Mary Surratt"

1957

| Spoilers of the Forest

| Eric Warren

|

1957

| Playhouse 90

| Harris Clayton

| TV episode "Invitation to a Gunfighter"

1957–1964

| Perry Mason

| Lieutenant Arthur Tragg

| TV series{{Rp|590}}{{cite web |url=http://www.classicimages.com/films_of_the_golden_ages/article_39f84018-cfc0-11e3-b0b4-001a4bcf887a.html |title=Dream Factory Time: Gail Patrick |last=Bawden |first=James |date=April 29, 2014 |website=Classic Images |access-date=2015-04-21 |archive-date=July 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726153835/http://www.classicimages.com/films_of_the_golden_ages/article_39f84018-cfc0-11e3-b0b4-001a4bcf887a.html |url-status=dead }}

1958

| Touch of Evil

| Adair

|

1960

| I'll Give My Life

| John Bradford

|

References

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