Mala
Actor · Assistant Camera
Born Dec 27, 1906 · Alaska
Active 1932–1952
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.
Filmography
Union Pacific (1939) — Indian Finding Cigar Store Indian (uncredited)Hold Back the Dawn (1941) — Young Mexican Bridegroom (uncredited)North West Mounted Police (1940) — IndianSon of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942) — MarnoaIgloo (1932) — The Young Hunter · Assistant CameraThe Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938) — Little ElkGirl from God's Country (1940) — JoeZanzibar (1940) — MalaEskimo (1933) — Mala, aka Kripik (uncredited)Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940) — Prince of the Rock People (uncredited)The Fan (1949) — Assistant CameraThe Girl from Alaska (1942) — CharleyRobinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1936) — Agent Ray MalaMutiny on the Blackhawk (1939) — Wani - Native Slave LeaderThe Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942) — BarabThe Jungle Princess (1936) — MelanHawk of the Wilderness (1938) — KiasThe Devil's Pipeline (1940) — TalamuLast of the Pagans (1935) — TaroThe Tuttles of Tahiti (1942) — NatCall of The Yukon (1938) — Olee JohnCoast Guard (1939) — Eskimo Driver (uncredited)Honolulu Lu (1941) — Native CopRed Snow (1952) — Sgt. Koovuk