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MERCURY THEATER "Mr Henry / Wilbur Brown Habitat Brooklyn"

 


RAY COLLINS

First story "Mr. Henry" stars Janet Gaynor and Joseph Cotton. Second story stars Ray Bidwell Collins as "Mr. Brown". Ray 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 ruthless 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. Ray Collins, Glenn Anders and Orson Welles perform a short story written by Arthur Stander and presented on The Orson Welles Mercury Theater Show on CBS Radio December 1st, 1941.