Mala

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1906-12-27

Deathday 1952-09-23 (45 years old)

Place of Birth Alaska

Also Known As Ray Mala, Ray Agnaqsiaq Wise, Ray Wise, Chee-ak

Mala

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

Actor

1952
Red Snow

as Sgt. Koovuk

1942
1941
Honolulu Lu

as Native Cop

1941
Hold Back the Dawn

as Young Mexican Bridegroom (uncredited)

1940
1940
South of Pago Pago

as Native Diver

1940
Zanzibar

as Mala

1940
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

as Prince of the Rock People (uncredited)

1940
Green Hell

as Mala

1939
Coast Guard

as Eskimo Driver (uncredited)

1939
Mutiny on the Blackhawk

as Wani - Native Slave Leader

1939
Union Pacific

as Indian Finding Cigar Store Indian (uncredited)

1938
Call of The Yukon

as Olee John

1936
1936
1935
1933
Eskimo

as Mala, aka Kripik (uncredited)

1932
Igloo

as The Young Hunter

Camera

1932
Igloo

as Assistant Camera