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
Acting
1949
asSimba the Gorilla (uncredited)
1937
asTucson Smith
1948
asGorilla (uncredited)
1941
asCrash Corrigan
1944
asNabonga der Gorilla
1948
asGorilla (uncredited)
1958
asIt
1942
asCrash Corrigan
1957
asSailor
1952
asGorilla
1937
asTucson Smith
1939
asTucson Smith
1936
asRay 'Crash' Corrigan
1938
asTucson Smith
1945
asSteve Collins / The White Gorilla
1949
asZamba the Gorilla
1938
as'Tucson' Smith
1936
asOfficer of the Day (uncredited)
1946
asWilliam Quantrill
1939
asTucson Smith / Willie the Gorilla
1937
asClark Stuart
1938
asThe Gorilla (Naba)
1941
asCrash Corrigan
1940
as'Crash' Corrigan
1942
asCrash Corrigan
1940
asRay 'Crash' Corrigan
1937
asTucson Smith
1942
asCrash Corrigan
1938
asTucson Smith
1938
asTucson Smith
1939
asTucson Smith
1938
asTucson Smith
1939
asTucson Smith
1936
asTucson Smith
1937
asTucson Smith
1938
asTucson Smith
1937
asTucson Smith
1936
asTucson Smith
1936
asBriggs
1945
asThor
1949
as
1955
asGorilla
1938
asTucson Smith
1940
asCrash Corrigan
1937
asTucson Smith
1955
asHank Calvin
1937
asTucson Smith
1941
asCrash Corrigan
1937
asTucson Smith
1938
asTucson Smith
1942
as'Crash' Corrigan
1936
asBonga / Samabi
1941
asCrash Corrigan
1951
asGorilla (archive footage) (unconfirmed)
1955
asGorilla (archive footage) (uncredited)
1957
as
1941
asCrash Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)
1941
asCrash Corrigan
1932
asApe (uncredited)
1938
asTucson Smith
1936
asTucson Smith
1935
asAble Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
1934
asInterne (uncredited)
1940
asNabu
1934
asNaba the Gorilla (uncredited)
1945
asWhite Pongo (uncredited)
1943
asCrash Corrigan
1943
asCrash Corrigan
1942
asMarshal 'Crash' Corrigan
1943
as'Crash' Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)
1943
as'Crash' Corrigan
1941
as'Crash' Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)
1941
asCrash Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)
1950
asCrash Corrigan
1943
asBonzo the Gorilla (uncredited)
1937
asLt. Hodge
1943
asCheela the Gorilla (uncredited)
1950
asGege - the Gorilla (uncredited)
1944
asCheela (archive footage / uncredited)
1948
asMonster (uncredited)
asSelf
1966
asBonga
Production
1970
asCrew
1942
as1932
asDirecting
