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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 27, 1906
Died
September 23, 1952
Place of Birth
Alaska
Also Known As
- Ray Mala
- Ray Agnaqsiaq Wise
- Ray Wise
- Chee-ak
Mala
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Biography
Ray Mala (born Ray Agnaqsiaq Wise) was an American actor. Born to a Native Alaskan Inupiaq mother and Russian Jewish immigrant father, he was one of Hollywood's foremost Native actors from the early 1920s until his death in 1952.
Known For
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Sgt. Koovuk
Red Snow
1952
5.5
Nat
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942
6.0
Charley
The Girl from Alaska
1942
5.2
Barab
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
1942
7.2
Marnoa
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
4.2
Native Cop
Honolulu Lu
1941
6.7
Young Mexican Bridegroom (uncredited)
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
6.0
Talamu
The Devil's Pipeline
1940
6.3
Indian
North West Mounted Police
1940
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Joe
Girl from God's Country
1940
Credits
Red Snow
as Sgt. Koovuk
1952
3.0
The Tuttles of Tahiti
as Nat
1942
5.5
The Girl from Alaska
as Charley
1942
6.0
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
as Barab
1942
5.2
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Marnoa
1942
7.2
Honolulu Lu
as Native Cop
1941
4.2
Hold Back the Dawn
as Young Mexican Bridegroom (uncredited)
1941
6.7
The Devil's Pipeline
as Talamu
1940
6.0
North West Mounted Police
as Indian
1940
6.3
Girl from God's Country
as Joe
1940
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South of Pago Pago
as Native Diver
1940
4.8
Zanzibar
as Mala
1940
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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
as Prince of the Rock People (uncredited)
1940
5.6
Green Hell
as Mala
1940
4.0
Coast Guard
as Eskimo Driver (uncredited)
1939
5.0
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
as Wani - Native Slave Leader
1939
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Union Pacific
as Indian Finding Cigar Store Indian (uncredited)
1939
6.5
Hawk of the Wilderness
as Kias
1938
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S.O.S. Clipper Island
1938
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The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Little Elk
1938
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Call of The Yukon
as Olee John
1938
4.7
The Jungle Princess
as Melan
1936
6.1
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
as Agent Ray Mala
1936
7.4
Last of the Pagans
as Taro
1935
6.0
Eskimo
as Mala, aka Kripik (uncredited)
1933
6.5
Igloo
as The Young Hunter
1932
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