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