Ray Corrigan
Acting • Born 1902-02-14 – Died 1976-08-10
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.
Filmography
85 credits
The Lost Tribe
Movie • 1949
Simba the Gorilla (uncredited)
The Riders of the Whistling Skull
Movie • 1937
Tucson Smith
Miraculous Journey
Movie • 1948
Gorilla (uncredited)
Saddle Mountain Roundup
Movie • 1941
Crash Corrigan
Nabonga
Movie • 1944
Nabonga der Gorilla
Tall, Dark and Gruesome
Movie • 1948
Gorilla (uncredited)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
Movie • 1958
It
Arizona Stage Coach
Movie • 1942
Crash Corrigan
Zombies of Mora Tau
Movie • 1957
Sailor
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
Movie • 1952
Gorilla
Gunsmoke Ranch
Movie • 1937
Tucson Smith
New Frontier
Movie • 1939
Tucson Smith
Sharad of Atlantis
Movie • 1936
Ray 'Crash' Corrigan
Santa Fe Stampede
Movie • 1938
Tucson Smith
The White Gorilla
Movie • 1945
Steve Collins / The White Gorilla
Zamba
Movie • 1949
Zamba the Gorilla
Call The Mesquiteers
Movie • 1938
'Tucson' Smith
The Leathernecks Have Landed
Movie • 1936
Officer of the Day (uncredited)
Renegade Girl
Movie • 1946
William Quantrill
Three Texas Steers
Movie • 1939
Tucson Smith / Willie the Gorilla
The Painted Stallion
Movie • 1937
Clark Stuart
Three Missing Links
Movie • 1938
The Gorilla (Naba)
The Kid's Last Ride
Movie • 1941
Crash Corrigan
The Range Busters
Movie • 1940
'Crash' Corrigan
Thunder River Feud
Movie • 1942
Crash Corrigan
Trailing Double Trouble
Movie • 1940
Ray 'Crash' Corrigan
Hit the Saddle
Movie • 1937
Tucson Smith
Rock River Renegades
Movie • 1942
Crash Corrigan
Overland Stage Raiders
Movie • 1938
Tucson Smith
Red River Range
Movie • 1938
Tucson Smith
Wyoming Outlaw
Movie • 1939
Tucson Smith
Pals of the Saddle
Movie • 1938
Tucson Smith
The Night Riders
Movie • 1939
Tucson Smith
Ghost Town Gold
Movie • 1936
Tucson Smith
Heart of the Rockies
Movie • 1937
Tucson Smith
Outlaws of Sonora
Movie • 1938
Tucson Smith
The Trigger Trio
Movie • 1937
Tucson Smith
Roarin' Lead
Movie • 1936
Tucson Smith
Country Gentlemen
Movie • 1936
Briggs
The Monster and the Ape
Movie • 1945
Thor
Microspook
Movie • 1949
Hot Ice
Movie • 1955
Gorilla
The Purple Vigilantes
Movie • 1938
Tucson Smith
West of Pinto Basin
Movie • 1940
Crash Corrigan
Come on, Cowboys
Movie • 1937
Tucson Smith
Apache Ambush
Movie • 1955
Hank Calvin
Wild Horse Rodeo
Movie • 1937
Tucson Smith
Wrangler's Roost
Movie • 1941
Crash Corrigan
Range Defenders
Movie • 1937
Tucson Smith
Riders of the Black Hills
Movie • 1938
Tucson Smith
Texas Trouble Shooters
Movie • 1942
'Crash' Corrigan
Darkest Africa
Movie • 1936
Bonga / Samabi
Underground Rustlers
Movie • 1941
Crash Corrigan
Fraidy Cat
Movie • 1951
Gorilla (archive footage) (unconfirmed)
Hook a Crook
Movie • 1955
Gorilla (archive footage) (uncredited)
Domino Kid
Movie • 1957
Tonto Basin Outlaws
Movie • 1941
Crash Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)
The Trail of the Silver Spurs
Movie • 1941
Crash Corrigan
Tarzan the Ape Man
Movie • 1932
Ape (uncredited)
Heroes of the Hills
Movie • 1938
Tucson Smith
The Three Mesquiteers
Movie • 1936
Tucson Smith
Mutiny on the Bounty
Movie • 1935
Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Tomorrow's Children
Movie • 1934
Interne (uncredited)
The Ape
Movie • 1940
Nabu
Murder in the Private Car
Movie • 1934
Naba the Gorilla (uncredited)
White Pongo
Movie • 1945
White Pongo (uncredited)
Bullets and Saddles
Movie • 1943
Crash Corrigan
Cowboy Commandos
Movie • 1943
Crash Corrigan
Boot Hill Bandits
Movie • 1942
Marshal 'Crash' Corrigan
Land of Hunted Men
Movie • 1943
'Crash' Corrigan
Black Market Rustlers
Movie • 1943
'Crash' Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)
Tumbledown Ranch In Arizona
Movie • 1941
'Crash' Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)
Fugitive Valley
Movie • 1941
Crash Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)
Trail of Robin Hood
Movie • 1950
Crash Corrigan
Dizzy Detectives
Movie • 1943
Bonzo the Gorilla (uncredited)
Join the Marines
Movie • 1937
Lt. Hodge
Captive Wild Woman
Movie • 1943
Cheela the Gorilla (uncredited)
Forbidden Jungle
Movie • 1950
Gege - the Gorilla (uncredited)
Jungle Woman
Movie • 1944
Cheela (archive footage / uncredited)
Unknown Island
Movie • 1948
Monster (uncredited)
Corriganville
Movie
Self
Bat Men of Africa
Movie • 1966
Bonga
Flash Gordon
Movie • 1936
Orangopoid
Killer Ape
Movie • 1953
Norley
Hollywood Party
Movie • 1934
Gorilla (uncredited)