Mala

Personal Info

Birthday

December 27, 1906

Day of Death

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

Eskimo

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

Union Pacific

Hold Back the Dawn

North West Mounted Police

Coast Guard

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

Red Snow

Filmography

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