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

Union Pacific
1939
North West Mounted Police
1940
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
Green Hell
1940
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942
Call of The Yukon
1938
The Jungle Princess
1936
Red Snow
1952
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
Hawk of the Wilderness
1938
South of Pago Pago
1940

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
26
Camera
2
1952
Red Snow
as Sgt. Koovuk
1942
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
as Barab
1942
The Tuttles of Tahiti
as Nat
1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Marnoa
1942
The Girl from Alaska
as Charley
1941
Hold Back the Dawn
as Young Mexican Bridegroom (uncredited)
1941
Honolulu Lu
as Native Cop
1940
Girl from God's Country
as Joe
1940
South of Pago Pago
as Native Diver
1940
The Devil's Pipeline
as Talamu
1940
Green Hell
as Mala
1940
North West Mounted Police
as Indian
1940
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
as Prince of the Rock People (uncredited)
1940
Zanzibar
as Mala
1939
Union Pacific
as Indian Finding Cigar Store Indian (uncredited)
1939
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
as Wani - Native Slave Leader
1939
Coast Guard
as Eskimo Driver (uncredited)
1938
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Little Elk
1938
Hawk of the Wilderness
as Kias
1938
Call of The Yukon
as Olee John
1938
S.O.S. Clipper Island
1936
The Jungle Princess
as Melan
1936
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
as Agent Ray Mala
1935
Last of the Pagans
as Taro
1933
Eskimo
as Mala, aka Kripik (uncredited)
1932
Igloo
as The Young Hunter