Mala
Birthday
1906/12/27
Day of death
1952/09/23 (45 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Alaska
Also know as
Ray Mala, Ray Agnaqsiaq Wise, Ray Wise, Chee-ak
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.
Acting
(1942) The Mad Doctor of Market Street
as Barab
(1941) Hold Back the Dawn
as Young Mexican Bridegroom (uncredited)
(1933) Eskimo
as Mala, aka Kripik (uncredited)
(1942) The Tuttles of Tahiti
as Nat
(1936) The Jungle Princess
as Melan
(1936) Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
as Agent Ray Mala
(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
(1942) Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Marnoa
(1952) Red Snow
as Sgt. Koovuk
(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)
(1940) Girl from God's Country
as Joe
(1940) South of Pago Pago
as Native Diver
(1935) Last of the Pagans
as Taro
(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)
(1941) Honolulu Lu
as Native Cop
(1938) S.O.S. Clipper Island
as ---
(1942) The Girl from Alaska
as Charley
(1940) Zanzibar
as Mala
(1932) Igloo
as The Young Hunter