Mala
Acting • Born 1906-12-27 – Died 1952-09-23
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
26 credits
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
Movie • 1942
Barab
Hold Back the Dawn
Movie • 1941
Young Mexican Bridegroom (uncredited)
Eskimo
Movie • 1933
Mala, aka Kripik (uncredited)
The Tuttles of Tahiti
Movie • 1942
Nat
The Jungle Princess
Movie • 1936
Melan
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
Movie • 1936
Agent Ray Mala
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Movie • 1938
Little Elk
Hawk of the Wilderness
Movie • 1938
Kias
Call of The Yukon
Movie • 1938
Olee John
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Movie • 1942
Marnoa
Red Snow
Movie • 1952
Sgt. Koovuk
Union Pacific
Movie • 1939
Indian Finding Cigar Store Indian (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
Movie • 1939
Wani - Native Slave Leader
Coast Guard
Movie • 1939
Eskimo Driver (uncredited)
Girl from God's Country
Movie • 1940
Joe
South of Pago Pago
Movie • 1940
Native Diver
Last of the Pagans
Movie • 1935
Taro
The Devil's Pipeline
Movie • 1940
Talamu
Green Hell
Movie • 1940
Mala
North West Mounted Police
Movie • 1940
Indian
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Movie • 1940
Prince of the Rock People (uncredited)
Honolulu Lu
Movie • 1941
Native Cop
S.O.S. Clipper Island
Movie • 1938
The Girl from Alaska
Movie • 1942
Charley
Zanzibar
Movie • 1940
Mala
Igloo
Movie • 1932
The Young Hunter