Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Ray 'Crash' Corrigan , Raymond Benitz
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 72
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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
Tarzan the Ape Man
(1932) Ape (uncredited)Mutiny on the Bounty
(1935) Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)It! The Terror from Beyond Space
(1958) ItNew Frontier
(1939) Tucson SmithUndersea Kingdom
(1936) Ray 'Crash' CorriganOverland Stage Raiders
(1938) Tucson SmithCaptive Wild Woman
(1943) Cheela the Gorilla (uncredited)The Lost Tribe
(1949) Simba the Gorilla (uncredited)Acting
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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1986 | Crash Corrigan in 'Undersea Kingdom' | |
1958 | It | |
1957 | Sailor | |
1955 | Gorilla (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Gorilla | ||
Hank Calvin | ||
1952 | Gorilla | |
1951 | Gorilla (archive footage) (unconfirmed) | |
1950 | Crash Corrigan | |
Gege - the Gorilla (uncredited) | ||
1949 | Zamba the Gorilla | |
N/A | ||
Simba the Gorilla (uncredited) | ||
1948 | Monster (uncredited) | |
Gorilla (uncredited) | ||
Gorilla (uncredited) | ||
1946 | William Quantrill | |
1945 | White Pongo (uncredited) | |
Steve Collins / The White Gorilla | ||
Thor | ||
1944 | Cheela (archive footage / uncredited) | |
Nabonga der Gorilla | ||
1943 | Crash Corrigan | |
'Crash' Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan) | ||
Crash Corrigan | ||
Cheela the Gorilla (uncredited) | ||
'Crash' Corrigan | ||
Bonzo the Gorilla (uncredited) | ||
1942 | Crash Corrigan | |
'Crash' Corrigan | ||
Marshal 'Crash' Corrigan | ||
Crash Corrigan | ||
Crash Corrigan | ||
1941 | Crash Corrigan | |
Crash Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan) | ||
Crash Corrigan | ||
Crash Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan) | ||
Crash Corrigan | ||
'Crash' Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan) | ||
Crash Corrigan | ||
Crash Corrigan | ||
1940 | Crash Corrigan | |
Ray 'Crash' Corrigan | ||
Nabu | ||
'Crash' Corrigan | ||
1939 | Tucson Smith | |
Tucson Smith | ||
Tucson Smith / Willie the Gorilla | ||
Tucson Smith | ||
1938 | Tucson Smith | |
Tucson Smith | ||
Tucson Smith | ||
Tucson Smith | ||
Tucson Smith | ||
The Gorilla (Naba) | ||
Tucson Smith | ||
Tucson Smith | ||
'Tucson' Smith | ||
Tucson Smith | ||
1937 | Tucson Smith | |
Tucson Smith | ||
Tucson Smith | ||
Tucson Smith | ||
Clark Stuart | ||
Tucson Smith | ||
Tucson Smith | ||
Tucson Smith | ||
Lt. Hodge | ||
Tucson Smith | ||
1936 | Tucson Smith | |
Briggs | ||
Tucson Smith | ||
Tucson Smith | ||
Ray 'Crash' Corrigan | ||
Officer of the Day (uncredited) | ||
Bonga / Samabi | ||
1935 | Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited) | |
1934 | Interne (uncredited) | |
Naba the Gorilla (uncredited) | ||
1932 | Ape (uncredited) | |
Self | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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1970 | Associate Producer | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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1942 | Stunts | |
1932 | Stunts | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |