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Ray Corrigan

Acting Born Feb 14, 1902 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 24 credits

Biography

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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.

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Known for

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The Glamour Girls

as Ape (uncredited)
Film

Mutiny on the Bounty

as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Film

It! The Terror from Beyond Space

as It

Full filmography

  • Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) as Ape (uncredited)
  • Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
  • Flash Gordon (1936) as Orangopoid
  • Roarin' Lead (1936) as Tucson Smith
  • Jungle Woman (1944) as Cheela (archive footage / uncredited)
  • It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) as It
  • Sharad of Atlantis (1936) as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan
  • The Ape (1940) as Nabu
  • Dizzy Detectives (1943) as Bonzo the Gorilla (uncredited)
  • Hot Ice (1955) as Gorilla
  • Apache Ambush (1955) as Hank Calvin
  • Unknown Island (1948) as Monster (uncredited)
  • Captive Wild Woman (1943) as Cheela the Gorilla (uncredited)
  • Murder in the Private Car (1934) as Naba the Gorilla (uncredited)
  • The Night Riders (1939) as Tucson Smith
  • Hollywood Party (1934) as Gorilla (uncredited)
  • The Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949) as One-Eye (uncredited)
  • Renegade Girl (1946) as William Quantrill
  • Microspook (1949)
  • New Frontier (1939) as Tucson Smith
  • The Three Mesquiteers (1936) as Tucson Smith
  • Forbidden Jungle (1950) as Gege - the Gorilla (uncredited)
  • The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936) as Officer of the Day (uncredited)
  • Zombies of Mora Tau (1957) as Sailor