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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 14, 1902
Place of Birth:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Ray Corrigan
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Bat Men of Africa | Bonga |
| 1958 | It! The Terror from Beyond Space | It |
| 1957 | Zombies of Mora Tau | Sailor |
| 1957 | Domino Kid | |
| 1955 | Hot Ice | Gorilla |
| 1955 | Apache Ambush | Hank Calvin |
| 1955 | Hook a Crook | Gorilla (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla | Gorilla |
| 1951 | Fraidy Cat | Gorilla (archive footage) (unconfirmed) |
| 1950 | Trail of Robin Hood | Crash Corrigan |
| 1950 | Forbidden Jungle | Gege - the Gorilla (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Lost Tribe | Simba the Gorilla (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Zamba | Zamba the Gorilla |
| 1949 | Microspook | |
| 1948 | Miraculous Journey | Gorilla (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Tall, Dark and Gruesome | Gorilla (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Unknown Island | Monster (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Renegade Girl | William Quantrill |
| 1945 | The White Gorilla | Steve Collins / The White Gorilla |
| 1945 | The Monster and the Ape | Thor |
| 1945 | White Pongo | White Pongo (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Nabonga | Nabonga der Gorilla |
| 1944 | Jungle Woman | Cheela (archive footage / uncredited) |
| 1943 | Bullets and Saddles | Crash Corrigan |
| 1943 | Cowboy Commandos | Crash Corrigan |
| 1943 | Land of Hunted Men | 'Crash' Corrigan |
| 1943 | Black Market Rustlers | 'Crash' Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan) |
| 1943 | Dizzy Detectives | Bonzo the Gorilla (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Captive Wild Woman | Cheela the Gorilla (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Arizona Stage Coach | Crash Corrigan |
| 1942 | Thunder River Feud | Crash Corrigan |
| 1942 | Rock River Renegades | Crash Corrigan |
| 1942 | Texas Trouble Shooters | 'Crash' Corrigan |
| 1942 | Boot Hill Bandits | Marshal 'Crash' Corrigan |
| 1941 | Saddle Mountain Roundup | Crash Corrigan |
| 1941 | The Kid's Last Ride | Crash Corrigan |
| 1941 | Wrangler's Roost | Crash Corrigan |
| 1941 | Underground Rustlers | Crash Corrigan |
| 1941 | Tonto Basin Outlaws | Crash Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan) |
| 1941 | The Trail of the Silver Spurs | Crash Corrigan |
| 1941 | Tumbledown Ranch In Arizona | 'Crash' Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan) |
| 1941 | Fugitive Valley | Crash Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan) |
| 1940 | The Range Busters | 'Crash' Corrigan |
| 1940 | Trailing Double Trouble | Ray 'Crash' Corrigan |
| 1940 | West of Pinto Basin | Crash Corrigan |
| 1940 | The Ape | Nabu |
| 1939 | New Frontier | Tucson Smith |
| 1939 | Three Texas Steers | Tucson Smith / Willie the Gorilla |
| 1939 | Wyoming Outlaw | Tucson Smith |
| 1939 | The Night Riders | Tucson Smith |
| 1938 | Santa Fe Stampede | Tucson Smith |
| 1938 | Call The Mesquiteers | 'Tucson' Smith |
| 1938 | Three Missing Links | The Gorilla (Naba) |
| 1938 | Overland Stage Raiders | Tucson Smith |
| 1938 | Red River Range | Tucson Smith |
| 1938 | Pals of the Saddle | Tucson Smith |
| 1938 | Outlaws of Sonora | Tucson Smith |
| 1938 | The Purple Vigilantes | Tucson Smith |
| 1938 | Riders of the Black Hills | Tucson Smith |
| 1938 | Heroes of the Hills | Tucson Smith |
| 1937 | The Riders of the Whistling Skull | Tucson Smith |
| 1937 | Gunsmoke Ranch | Tucson Smith |
| 1937 | The Painted Stallion | Clark Stuart |
| 1937 | Hit the Saddle | Tucson Smith |
| 1937 | Heart of the Rockies | Tucson Smith |
| 1937 | The Trigger Trio | Tucson Smith |
| 1937 | Come on, Cowboys | Tucson Smith |
| 1937 | Wild Horse Rodeo | Tucson Smith |
| 1937 | Range Defenders | Tucson Smith |
| 1937 | Join the Marines | Lt. Hodge |
| 1936 | Sharad of Atlantis | Ray 'Crash' Corrigan |
| 1936 | The Leathernecks Have Landed | Officer of the Day (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Ghost-Town Gold | Tucson Smith |
| 1936 | Roarin' Lead | Tucson Smith |
| 1936 | Country Gentlemen | Briggs |
| 1936 | Darkest Africa | Bonga / Samabi |
| 1936 | The Three Mesquiteers | Tucson Smith |
| 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty | Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Tomorrow's Children | Interne (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Murder in the Private Car | Naba the Gorilla (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Tarzan the Ape Man | Ape (uncredited) |
| Corriganville | Self |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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