Ray Bidwell Collins (December 10, 1889 – July 11, 1965) was an American actor in film, stage, radio, and television, but may be best remembered as Lt. Arthur Tragg in the long-running series Perry Mason.

Collins was born in Sacramento, California to Lillie Bidwell and William C. Collins, a newspaper drama editor. He started acting on stage at the age of 14. In the mid-1930s, now an established stage and radio actor, Collins began working with Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre leading to some of his most memorable roles. Having already appeared on radio with Welles on The Shadow (a regular as Commissioner Weston) and in Welles' serial adaptation of Les Miserables from 1937, Collins became a regular on The Mercury Theatre on the Air; through the run of the series, he played many roles in literary adaptations, from Squire Livesey from Treasure Island and Dr. Watson to Mr. Pickwick in an adaptation of Pickwick Papers. Collins' best known (albeit uncredited) work on this series, however, was in the infamous The War of the Worlds broadcast, playing three roles, including Mr. Wilmuth (on whose farm the Martian craft lands) and the newscaster who describes the destruction of New York.

Along with other Mercury Theatre players, Collins made his first notable screen appearance in Citizen Kane, as ruthless Boss Jim Gettys. He would also play key roles in Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons and Touch of Evil. Collins appeared in over 90 films in all, including Leave Her to Heaven (1945), The Best Years of Our Lives and Crack-Up (1946) A Double Life (1947), two entries in the Ma and Pa Kettle series (as in-law Benjamin Parker), and the 1953 version of The Desert Song, in which he played the non-singing role of Kathryn Grayson's father. He displayed comic ability in The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), and The Man from Colorado (1948).

He may be best remembered for his work on television, playing Lieutenant Tragg on Perry Mason in the 1950s and 1960s. He was also a regular as John Merriweather on the television version of The Halls of Ivy starring Ronald Colman.

On July 11 1965, Collins died of emphysema at the age of 75.

Ray Collins was born on November 19 1936. He started his musical career singing falsetto backup vocals for various 'doo-wop' groups in the Los Angeles area, including Little Julian Herrera and the Tigers. In the early sixties, Collins, drummer Jimmy Carl Black and bassist Roy Estrada joined with Frank Zappa to form the Soul Giants, which, under Zappa's leadership, turned into the Mothers of Invention. Ray was the lead vocalist on the Mothers early albums, including Freak Out!, Absolutely Free and Cruising with Ruben & the Jets. He contributed to other Zappa projects through the mid-1970s.

Ray Williston Collins (February 11, 1887 - January 9, 1970) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Boston Red Sox. A native of Colchester, Vermont, Collins batted and threw left handed. He debuted on July 19, 1909, and played his final game on October 7, 1915.

In a seven-season career, Collins posted a 84-62 record with 511 strikeouts and a 2.51 ERA in 1336 innings, including 19 shutouts and 90 complete games. A graduate of the University of Vermont, Collins was a good-hitting pitcher and an outstanding fielder, but the key to his success was his remarkable control. He consistently ranked among the American League leaders in fewest walks allowed per nine innings, finishing third in the league in 1912 (1.90), second in 1913 (1.35) and fourth in 1914 (1.85). He also averaged 16 wins from 1910-14, including a combined 39 wins in 1913-14, and was a member of the 1912 Red Sox world champion team.

Collins became a regular in Boston rotation in 1910. In his first full season, he pitched a one-hitter against the Chicago White Sox and compiled a 13-11 record, making him the second-winningest pitcher on the Red Sox behind Eddie Cicotte (15-11). He was 3-6 at one point in 1911, but turned his season around, finishing at 11-12 with a 2.40 ERA.

Collins missed the first two months of the 1912 season with a knee injury, during which time the Red Sox christened their new stadium, Fenway Park. He did not start a game until early June, but won two games in three days over the Philadelphia Athletics at Shibe Park, 7–3 on July 3 and 5–3 on July 5. Collins finished fifth in the AL with four shutouts, by all of them came in the second half of the season. He compiled a 13-8 mark and his ERA stood at 2.53, fifth-best in the league. The only lefthander in Boston rotation, Collins was considered the second-best on the pitching staff behind Smokey Joe Wood (34-5) as the Red Sox clinched the American League pennant. Collins started Game Two of the World Series against Christy Mathewson and the New York Giants. He led 4–2 after seven innings and was pulled in the eight with only one out after the Giants rallied for three runs. The game was called on account of darkness after 11 innings with the score tied 6-6. Collins was supossed to start again in Game Six, but Red Sox manager Jake Stahl opted by Buck O'Brien, coming off a 20-13 season. The Giants shelled him for five runs in the first inning. Then, Collins relieved in the second and pitched shutout ball for seven innings in a 5–2 lost cause.

Collins enjoyed his best season yet in 1913, finishing at 19-8, as his .714 winning percentage was the second-highest in the league. In the midseason, he pitched a four-hit, 9–0 shutout and hit a home run St. Louis Browns on July 9. Later, on July 26, he pitched a five-hitter and hit a bases-loaded triple to give Boston a 4-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Collins also faced great Walter Johnson and the Washington Senators three times that season. Each game finished 1–0, with Collins winning two of them, including scoreless ball for 11 innings on August 29.

Collins became the ace of Boston pitching staff in 1914 with a 20-13 record and a 2.51 ERA. His six shutouts ranked him fourth in the American League that season, and he was one of only three pitchers in the league to reach the 20-win plateau, joining Walter Johnson (28) and Stan Coveleski (22). Collins picked up his 19th and 20th victories on September 22, by pitching complete games in both ends of a doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers at Navin Field, winning by scores of 5–3 in the opener and 5–0 in the nightcap.

In 1915, the Red Sox were in the enviable position of having too many good (and younger) pitchers: Rube Foster, Ernie Shore, Dutch Leonard, and Babe Ruth made up the best rotation in major league baseball. Then Collins was relegated to the bullpen. Starting only nine games, the fewest since his rookie year, Collins finished with a 4-7 record and a 4.30 ERA in 25 pitching appearances. He did not pitch a single inning in the 1915 World Series as Boston defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in five games. After the season the Red Sox expected him to take a cut on his salary, but Collins, at 29 age, announced his retirement from professional baseball stating simply that he was "discouraged by his failure to show old-time form."

Following his playing career, Collins returned to the University of Vermont where he served as baseball coach. During the 1950s, he served on UVM's board of trustees, presiding over the school's transition from private to public university.

Collins died in Burlington, Vermont, at age 82.

Alvin Raymond Collins (born August 4, 1927 in Tomball, Texas) is a former American football defensive tackle who played for the NFL's San Francisco 49ers and New York Giants, and for the American Football League's Dallas Texans.

Cartoonist Ray Collins joined the staff of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer as a staff artist in 1950. He was appointed art director of magazines in 1964 and political cartoonist in 1970. Collins drew a comic strip titled Cecil C. Addle that appeared on the Op-Ed page from 1975 to 1979.

Collins left the Seattle Post Intelligencer in 1979, with a distribution agreement with the Chicago Tribune/New York Baily News Syndicate. He lived in California, Louisiana, Ohio, Oregon and Mexico before moving to a town 25 miles southeast of Las Vegas in 1989, where he continued to draw his strip for a local weekly paper until 1996. C&D won four first place Nevada Press Awards for the Boulder City (Nevada) News.