Acting credits
25
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Mala
Acting
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Movies: 25Series: 0Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 117033
IMDb ID: nm0154868
Known for: Acting
Born: December 27, 1906
Died: September 23, 1952
Age: 45
Place of birth: Alaska
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1932 - 1952
Years active: 21
Average TMDB rating: 6.15
Wikidata: Q3420538
Also known as
Ray Mala • Ray Agnaqsiaq Wise • Ray Wise • Chee-ak
Other jobs
Assistant Camera (1)
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.
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Movie credits linked with Mala.
4.5
Red Snow
as Sgt. Koovuk
1952 Movie
5.5
The Tuttles of Tahiti
as Nat
1942 Movie
6.0
The Girl from Alaska
as Charley
1942 Movie
7.3
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Marnoa
1942 Movie
5.3
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
as Barab
1942 Movie
4.2
Honolulu Lu
as Native Cop
1941 Movie
6.7
Hold Back the Dawn
as Young Mexican Bridegroom (uncredited)
1941 Movie
6.0
The Devil's Pipeline
as Talamu
1940 Movie
6.4
North West Mounted Police
as Indian
1940 Movie
Girl from God's Country
as Joe
1940 Movie
4.8
South of Pago Pago
as Native Diver
1940 Movie
Zanzibar
as Mala
1940 Movie
5.8
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
as Prince of the Rock People (uncredited)
1940 Movie
4.0
Green Hell
as Mala
1940 Movie
5.0
Coast Guard
as Eskimo Driver (uncredited)
1939 Movie
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
as Wani - Native Slave Leader
1939 Movie
6.6
Union Pacific
as Indian Finding Cigar Store Indian (uncredited)
1939 Movie
7.0
Hawk of the Wilderness
as Kias
1938 Movie
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Little Elk
1938 Movie
4.7
Call of The Yukon
as Olee John
1938 Movie
6.1
The Jungle Princess
as Melan
1936 Movie
7.4
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
as Agent Ray Mala
1936 Movie
6.0
Last of the Pagans
as Taro
1935 Movie
6.5
Eskimo
as Mala, aka Kripik (uncredited)
1933 Movie