Ray Corrigan
Actor
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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Filmography
Tarzan the Ape Man
as Ape (uncredited) 1932
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
as It 1958
Flash Gordon
as Orangopoid 1936
The Ape
as Nabu 1940
Captive Wild Woman
as Cheela the Gorilla (uncredited) 1943
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
as Gorilla 1952
Zombies of Mora Tau
as Sailor 1957
Unknown Island
as Monster (uncredited) 1948
New Frontier
as Tucson Smith 1939
Jungle Woman
as Cheela (archive footage / uncredited) 1944
Nabonga
as Nabonga der Gorilla 1944
Sharad of Atlantis
as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan 1936
White Pongo
as White Pongo (uncredited) 1945
Murder in the Private Car
as Naba the Gorilla (uncredited) 1934
Overland Stage Raiders
as Tucson Smith 1938
Santa Fe Stampede
as Tucson Smith 1938