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Ray Collins

1889 - 1965

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ray Collins has received more than 19,178 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ray Collins is the 6,888th most popular actor (up from 6,909th in 2019), the 10,160th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,259th in 2019) and the 3,178th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 19k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ray Collins ranks 6,888 out of 13,578. Before him are Chantal Andere, Scott Baio, Annabeth Gish, Ailee, Burcu Özberk, and Seo Ji-hye. After him are Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Noble Johnson, Chris Ellis, Ben Daniels, Jeremy Jordan, and Chyler Leigh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Ray Collins ranks 284. Before him are Frederico Paredes, Johan Sigfrid Sirén, James Chapin, Eugene Pallette, Artur Adson, and Jamnalal Bajaj. After him are Edward Sedgwick, G. D. H. Cole, Roberto Ferrari, Virgilio Mantegazza, William Keighley, and Vilhelm Wolfhagen. Among people deceased in 1965, Ray Collins ranks 218. Before him are Gheorghe Ciolac, Robert Sjursen, Herbert Morrison, Halvdan Koht, David Smith, and John Miller. After him are Mary Boland, William Hogenson, Alfred Lane, Miller Anderson, Luigi Maiocco, and Geeta Bali.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ray Collins ranks 10,160 out of 20,380. Before him are Ailee (1989), Elizabeth Dole (1936), John Miller (1903), June Anderson (1952), Leroy Burrell (1967), and Ruth Barcan Marcus (1921). After him are Dan Osman (1963), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (1975), Noble Johnson (1881), Chris Ellis (1956), Elaine de Kooning (1918), and Jeremy Jordan (1984).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ray Collins ranks 3,178. Before him are Dorothy Comingore (1913), Shirley Mason (1901), Marceline Day (1908), Scott Baio (1960), Annabeth Gish (1971), and Ailee (1989). After him are Jesse Tyler Ferguson (1975), Noble Johnson (1881), Chris Ellis (1956), Jeremy Jordan (1984), Chyler Leigh (1982), and William Christopher (1932).

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Television and Movie Roles

Citizen Kane
Jim W. Gettys
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Apr 17o 19418.003 / 10
Touch of Evil
District Attorney Adair
When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.
Mar 30o 19587.8 / 10
The Magnificent Ambersons
Jack Amberson
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
Jul 10o 19427.3 / 10