Ray Corrigan

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

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Tarzan the Ape Man

(1932) Ape (uncredited)

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Mutiny on the Bounty

(1935) Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

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It! The Terror from Beyond Space

(1958) It

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New Frontier

(1939) Tucson Smith

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Undersea Kingdom

(1936) Ray 'Crash' Corrigan

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5

Overland Stage Raiders

(1938) Tucson Smith

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Captive Wild Woman

(1943) Cheela the Gorilla (uncredited)

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5

The Lost Tribe

(1949) Simba the Gorilla (uncredited)

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1986	Crash Corrigan in 'Undersea Kingdom'	Horrible Horror 1986-01-01 Movie
1958	It	It! The Terror from Beyond Space 1958-07-31 Movie
1957	Sailor	Zombies of Mora Tau 1957-03-01 Movie
1955	Gorilla (archive footage) (uncredited)	Hook a Crook 1955-11-24 Movie
	Gorilla	Hot Ice 1955-10-06 Movie
	Hank Calvin	Apache Ambush 1955-08-24 Movie
1952	Gorilla	Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla 1952-09-04 Movie
1951	Gorilla (archive footage) (unconfirmed)	Fraidy Cat 1951-12-13 Movie
1950	Crash Corrigan	Trail of Robin Hood 1950-12-15 Movie
	Gege - the Gorilla (uncredited)	Forbidden Jungle 1950-03-02 Movie
1949	Zamba the Gorilla	Zamba 1949-09-01 Movie
	N/A	Microspook 1949-06-09 Movie
	Simba the Gorilla (uncredited)	The Lost Tribe 1949-04-19 Movie
1948	Monster (uncredited)	Unknown Island 1948-10-15 Movie
	Gorilla (uncredited)	Miraculous Journey 1948-09-17 Movie
	Gorilla (uncredited)	Tall, Dark and Gruesome 1948-04-15 Movie
1946	William Quantrill	Renegade Girl 1946-12-25 Movie
1945	White Pongo (uncredited)	White Pongo 1945-11-02 Movie
	Steve Collins / The White Gorilla	The White Gorilla 1945-07-12 Movie
	Thor	The Monster and the Ape 1945-04-20 Movie
1944	Cheela (archive footage / uncredited)	Jungle Woman 1944-06-01 Movie
	Nabonga der Gorilla	Nabonga 1944-01-25 Movie
1943	Crash Corrigan	Bullets and Saddles 1943-10-29 Movie
	'Crash' Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)	Black Market Rustlers 1943-08-27 Movie
	Cheela the Gorilla (uncredited)	Captive Wild Woman 1943-06-04 Movie
	Crash Corrigan	Cowboy Commandos 1943-06-04 Movie
	'Crash' Corrigan	Land of Hunted Men 1943-03-26 Movie
	Bonzo the Gorilla (uncredited)	Dizzy Detectives 1943-02-05 Movie
1942	Crash Corrigan	Arizona Stage Coach 1942-09-04 Movie
	'Crash' Corrigan	Texas Trouble Shooters 1942-06-12 Movie
	Marshal 'Crash' Corrigan	Boot Hill Bandits 1942-04-24 Movie
	Crash Corrigan	Rock River Renegades 1942-02-27 Movie
	Crash Corrigan	Thunder River Feud 1942-01-09 Movie
1941	Crash Corrigan	Underground Rustlers 1941-11-21 Movie
	Crash Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)	Tonto Basin Outlaws 1941-10-09 Movie
	Crash Corrigan	Saddle Mountain Roundup 1941-08-29 Movie
	Crash Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)	Fugitive Valley 1941-07-30 Movie
	Crash Corrigan	Wrangler's Roost 1941-06-04 Movie
	'Crash' Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)	Tumbledown Ranch In Arizona 1941-04-19 Movie
	Crash Corrigan	The Kid's Last Ride 1941-02-10 Movie
	Crash Corrigan	The Trail of the Silver Spurs 1941-01-04 Movie
1940	Crash Corrigan	West of Pinto Basin 1940-11-25 Movie
	Ray 'Crash' Corrigan	Trailing Double Trouble 1940-10-10 Movie
	Nabu	The Ape 1940-09-30 Movie
	'Crash' Corrigan	The Range Busters 1940-08-22 Movie
1939	Tucson Smith	New Frontier 1939-08-10 Movie
	Tucson Smith	Wyoming Outlaw 1939-06-27 Movie
	Tucson Smith / Willie the Gorilla	Three Texas Steers 1939-05-12 Movie
	Tucson Smith	The Night Riders 1939-04-12 Movie
1938	Tucson Smith	Red River Range 1938-12-22 Movie
	Tucson Smith	Santa Fe Stampede 1938-11-18 Movie
	Tucson Smith	Overland Stage Raiders 1938-09-20 Movie
	Tucson Smith	Pals of the Saddle 1938-08-28 Movie
	Tucson Smith	Heroes of the Hills 1938-08-01 Movie
	The Gorilla (Naba)	Three Missing Links 1938-07-29 Movie
	Tucson Smith	Riders of the Black Hills 1938-06-15 Movie
	Tucson Smith	Outlaws of Sonora 1938-04-14 Movie
	'Tucson' Smith	Call The Mesquiteers 1938-03-07 Movie
	Tucson Smith	The Purple Vigilantes 1938-01-24 Movie
1937	Tucson Smith	Wild Horse Rodeo 1937-12-06 Movie
	Tucson Smith	The Trigger Trio 1937-10-18 Movie
	Tucson Smith	Heart of the Rockies 1937-09-06 Movie
	Tucson Smith	Range Defenders 1937-06-29 Movie
	Clark Stuart	The Painted Stallion 1937-06-05 Movie
	Tucson Smith	Come on, Cowboys 1937-05-24 Movie
	Tucson Smith	Gunsmoke Ranch 1937-05-05 Movie
	Tucson Smith	Hit the Saddle 1937-03-03 Movie
	Lt. Hodge	Join the Marines 1937-01-25 Movie
	Tucson Smith	The Riders of the Whistling Skull 1937-01-04 Movie
1936	Tucson Smith	Roarin' Lead 1936-12-09 Movie
	Briggs	Country Gentlemen 1936-11-08 Movie
	Tucson Smith	Ghost-Town Gold 1936-10-26 Movie
	Tucson Smith	The Three Mesquiteers 1936-09-22 Movie
	Ray 'Crash' Corrigan	Undersea Kingdom 1936-05-30 Movie
	Officer of the Day (uncredited)	The Leathernecks Have Landed 1936-02-17 Movie
	Bonga / Samabi	Darkest Africa 1936-02-15 Movie
1935	Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)	Mutiny on the Bounty 1935-11-22 Movie
1934	Interne (uncredited)	Tomorrow's Children 1934-07-02 Movie
	Naba the Gorilla (uncredited)	Murder in the Private Car 1934-06-29 Movie
1932	Ape (uncredited)	Tarzan the Ape Man 1932-04-02 Movie
	Self	Corriganville Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv