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
North West Mounted Police
(1940)
Indian
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
(1942)
Marnoa
Union Pacific
(1939)
Indian Finding Cigar Store Indian (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
Igloo
(1932)
The Young Hunter
Eskimo
(1933)
Mala, aka Kripik (uncredited)
Last of the Pagans
(1935)
Taro
The Jungle Princess
(1936)
Melan
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
(1936)
Agent Ray Mala
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
(1938)
Little Elk
Hawk of the Wilderness
(1938)
Kias
Call of The Yukon
(1938)
Olee John
S.O.S. Clipper Island
(1938)
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
(1939)
Wani - Native Slave Leader
Union Pacific
(1939)
Indian Finding Cigar Store Indian (uncredited)
Coast Guard
(1939)
Eskimo Driver (uncredited)
The Devil's Pipeline
(1940)
Talamu
South of Pago Pago
(1940)
Native Diver
Girl from God's Country
(1940)
Joe
Green Hell
(1940)
Mala
North West Mounted Police
(1940)
Indian
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
(1940)
Prince of the Rock People (uncredited)
Zanzibar
(1940)
Mala
Hold Back the Dawn
(1941)
Young Mexican Bridegroom (uncredited)
Honolulu Lu
(1941)
Native Cop
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
(1942)
Barab
The Tuttles of Tahiti
(1942)
Nat
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
(1942)
Marnoa
The Girl from Alaska
(1942)
Charley
Red Snow
(1952)
Sgt. Koovuk
Camera