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BornDecember 27, 1906
DiedSeptember 23, 1952 (age 45)
Place of birthAlaska
Film credits26
Mala
DeceasedKnown for Acting
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.
Filmography
Red Snow
1952
as Sgt. Koovuk
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942
as Nat
The Girl from Alaska
1942
as Charley
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
as Marnoa
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
1942
as Barab
Honolulu Lu
1941
as Native Cop
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
as Young Mexican Bridegroom (uncredited)
The Devil's Pipeline
1940
as Talamu
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Indian
Girl from God's Country
1940
as Joe
South of Pago Pago
1940
as Native Diver
Zanzibar
1940
as Mala
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940
as Prince of the Rock People (uncredited)
Green Hell
1940
as Mala
Coast Guard
1939
as Eskimo Driver (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
1939
as Wani - Native Slave Leader
Union Pacific
1939
as Indian Finding Cigar Store Indian (uncredited)
Hawk of the Wilderness
1938
as Kias
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S.O.S. Clipper Island
1938
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938
as Little Elk
Call of The Yukon
1938
as Olee John
The Jungle Princess
1936
as Melan
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
1936
as Agent Ray Mala
Last of the Pagans
1935
as Taro