Ray Corrigan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ray "Crash" Corrigan (February 14, 1902 – August 10, 1976), born Raymond Benard, was an American actor most famous for appearing in B-Western movies. He also performed stunts and frequently appeared in a gorilla costume at both the beginning and end of his film career; Corrigan owned his own ape costume. In 1937, Corrigan purchased land in the Santa Susana Mountains foothills in Simi Valley and developed it into a movie ranch called "Corriganville." The movie ranch was used for location filming in film serials, feature films and television shows, as well as for the performance of live western shows for tourists. Bob Hope bought the ranch in 1966 and renamed it 'Hopetown,' it is now a Regional Park and nature preserve. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ray "Crash" Corrigan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Feb 14, 1902 In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 77
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Tarzan the Ape Man 1932-04-02
- Latest Project:
- Movie Horrible Horror 1986-01-01
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Horrible Horror | Crash Corrigan in 'Undersea Kingdom' | 1986-01-01 |
| Movie | It! The Terror from Beyond Space | It | 1958-07-31 |
| Movie | Zombies of Mora Tau | Sailor | 1957-03-01 |
| Movie | Domino Kid | 1957-10-01 | |
| Movie | Apache Ambush | Hank Calvin | 1955-08-24 |
| Movie | Hook a Crook | Gorilla (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1955-11-24 |
| Movie | Hot Ice | Gorilla | 1955-10-06 |
| Movie | Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla | Gorilla | 1952-09-04 |
| Movie | Fraidy Cat | Gorilla (archive footage) (unconfirmed) | 1951-12-13 |
| Movie | Forbidden Jungle | Gege - the Gorilla (uncredited) | 1950-03-02 |
| Movie | Trail of Robin Hood | Crash Corrigan | 1950-12-15 |
| Movie | Zamba | Zamba the Gorilla | 1949-09-01 |
| Movie | The Lost Tribe | Simba the Gorilla (uncredited) | 1949-04-19 |
| Movie | Miraculous Journey | Gorilla (uncredited) | 1948-09-17 |
| Movie | Unknown Island | Monster (uncredited) | 1948-10-15 |
| Movie | Renegade Girl | William Quantrill | 1946-12-25 |
| Movie | The Monster and the Ape | Thor | 1945-04-20 |
| Movie | The White Gorilla | Steve Collins / The White Gorilla | 1945-07-12 |
| Movie | White Pongo | White Pongo (uncredited) | 1945-11-02 |
| Movie | Nabonga | Nabonga der Gorilla | 1944-01-25 |
| Movie | Jungle Woman | Cheela (archive footage / uncredited) | 1944-06-01 |
| Movie | Bullets and Saddles | Crash Corrigan | 1943-10-29 |
| Movie | Dizzy Detectives | Bonzo the Gorilla (uncredited) | 1943-02-05 |
| Movie | Cowboy Commandos | Crash Corrigan | 1943-06-04 |
| Movie | Black Market Rustlers | 'Crash' Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan) | 1943-08-27 |
| Movie | Captive Wild Woman | Cheela the Gorilla (uncredited) | 1943-06-04 |
| Movie | Rock River Renegades | Crash Corrigan | 1942-02-27 |
| Movie | Boot Hill Bandits | Marshal 'Crash' Corrigan | 1942-04-24 |
| Movie | Thunder River Feud | Crash Corrigan | 1942-01-09 |
| Movie | Texas Trouble Shooters | 'Crash' Corrigan | 1942-06-12 |
| Movie | Arizona Stage Coach | Crash Corrigan | 1942-09-04 |
| Movie | Tumbledown Ranch In Arizona | 'Crash' Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan) | 1941-04-19 |
| Movie | The Trail of the Silver Spurs | Crash Corrigan | 1941-01-04 |
| Movie | The Kid's Last Ride | Crash Corrigan | 1941-02-10 |
| Movie | Wrangler's Roost | Crash Corrigan | 1941-06-04 |
| Movie | Fugitive Valley | Crash Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan) | 1941-07-30 |
| Movie | Underground Rustlers | Crash Corrigan | 1941-11-21 |
| Movie | Tonto Basin Outlaws | Crash Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan) | 1941-10-09 |
| Movie | The Range Busters | 'Crash' Corrigan | 1940-08-22 |
| Movie | The Ape | Nabu | 1940-09-30 |
| Movie | West of Pinto Basin | Crash Corrigan | 1940-11-25 |
| Movie | Trailing Double Trouble | Ray 'Crash' Corrigan | 1940-10-10 |
| Movie | Three Texas Steers | Tucson Smith / Willie the Gorilla | 1939-05-12 |
| Movie | The Night Riders | Tucson Smith | 1939-04-12 |
| Movie | Wyoming Outlaw | Tucson Smith | 1939-06-27 |
| Movie | New Frontier | Tucson Smith | 1939-08-10 |
| Movie | Riders of the Black Hills | Tucson Smith | 1938-06-15 |
| Movie | Outlaws of Sonora | Tucson Smith | 1938-04-14 |
| Movie | The Purple Vigilantes | Tucson Smith | 1938-01-24 |
| Movie | Three Missing Links | The Gorilla (Naba) | 1938-07-29 |
| Movie | Call The Mesquiteers | 'Tucson' Smith | 1938-03-07 |
| Movie | Heroes of the Hills | Tucson Smith | 1938-08-01 |
| Movie | Santa Fe Stampede | Tucson Smith | 1938-11-18 |
| Movie | Red River Range | Tucson Smith | 1938-12-22 |
| Movie | Overland Stage Raiders | Tucson Smith | 1938-09-20 |
| Movie | Pals of the Saddle | Tucson Smith | 1938-08-28 |
| Movie | Hit the Saddle | Tucson Smith | 1937-03-03 |
| Movie | Gunsmoke Ranch | Tucson Smith | 1937-05-05 |
| Movie | The Riders of the Whistling Skull | Tucson Smith | 1937-01-04 |
| Movie | Come on, Cowboys | Tucson Smith | 1937-05-24 |
| Movie | Join the Marines | Lt. Hodge | 1937-01-25 |
| Movie | Heart of the Rockies | Tucson Smith | 1937-09-06 |
| Movie | The Painted Stallion | Clark Stuart | 1937-06-05 |
| Movie | The Trigger Trio | Tucson Smith | 1937-10-18 |
| Movie | Wild Horse Rodeo | Tucson Smith | 1937-12-06 |
| Movie | Range Defenders | Tucson Smith | 1937-06-29 |
| Movie | Sharad of Atlantis | Ray 'Crash' Corrigan | 1936-05-30 |
| Movie | Darkest Africa | Bonga / Samabi | 1936-02-15 |
| Movie | The Leathernecks Have Landed | Officer of the Day (uncredited) | 1936-02-17 |
| Movie | The Three Mesquiteers | Tucson Smith | 1936-09-22 |
| Movie | Roarin' Lead | Tucson Smith | 1936-12-09 |
| Movie | Country Gentlemen | Briggs | 1936-11-08 |
| Movie | Ghost-Town Gold | Tucson Smith | 1936-10-26 |
| Movie | Mutiny on the Bounty | Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited) | 1935-11-22 |
| Movie | Tomorrow's Children | Interne (uncredited) | 1934-07-02 |
| Movie | Murder in the Private Car | Naba the Gorilla (uncredited) | 1934-06-29 |
| Movie | Tarzan the Ape Man | Ape (uncredited) | 1932-04-02 |