Ray Corrigan
Acting
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.
Born: February 14, 1902
Place of Birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Known For
Darkest Africa
A 15-episode serial in which Beatty goes to darkest Africa to rescue the Goddess of Joba, who is being held by the high priest.
Mutiny on the Bounty
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.
Tarzan the Ape Man
James Parker and Harry Holt are on an expedition in Africa in search of the elephant burial grounds that will provide enough ivory to make them rich. Parker's beautiful daughter Jane arrives unexpectedly to join them. Jane is terrified when Tarzan and his ape friends abduct her, but when she returns to her father's expedition she has second thoughts about leaving Tarzan.
Texas Trouble Shooters
The Range Busters are together again to try and stop a swindle.
Dizzy Detectives
The Stooges are carpenters who become policemen. A mysterious burglar disguised as a gorilla has the cops baffled and Mr. Dill, the head of the citizens league, threatening the police chief's job. The boys go on the case and pose as night watchmen at an antiques store. They confront the crook, who turns out to be a real gorilla owned by Dill. After defeating Dill and some other bad guys in a wild fight, the gorilla drinks some nitroglycerin and blows up.
Flash Gordon
Disaster seems imminent when scientists discover that the planet Mongo is about to crash into Earth. Luckily, heroic young Flash Gordon is on hand to lead an investigative mission into outer space and onto the speedily approaching planet. There, he and his best girl, Dale, who is along for the ride, learn that Ming, the devious ruler of Mongo, has purposely put the planet on a collision course with Earth, and only Flash can stop him.
The Monster and the Ape
A famous scientist invents a humanoid robot (the titular "monster"), so a greedy rival scientist plans to steal it for use in his criminal plans. His henchmen often kidnap a trained gorilla (the titular "ape") from the zoo, to aid in the schemes.
Saddle Mountain Roundup
Someone wants to kill Magpie Harper. Crash and Dusty arrive too late, Magpie Harper is allready dead.
Trailing Double Trouble
When Moreland's henchman attack Bob Horner the Range Busters break it up. Horner dies but they get the baby Moreland was after. He must have it to become it's guardian and take control of the Horner ranch. When the henchmen catch up with Alibi, they take the baby cradle not realizing Alibi has substituted his dummy Elmer. Crash having evidence Moreland is the one they want, now has a plan to expose him.
Rock River Renegades
In Old Wyoming, a gang is plundering stagecoaches of shipped currency and a crusading newspaper editor is trying to get the local marshal replaced, because of his apparent failure to catch the gang, which seems to disappear into thin air after every robbery. The situation escalates when one of the stage drivers is mortally wounded; so the marshal sends for his friends, the Range Busters, to help him catch the criminals. Meanwhile, even the marshal's fiancee, the editor's daughter, turns against him in favor of an aggressive agitator for law and order - who secretly is leading the robber gang.
Filmography
as Sailor
as Gorilla (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Gorilla
as Hank Calvin
as Norley
as Gorilla
as Gorilla (archive footage) (unconfirmed)
as Crash Corrigan
as Zamba the Gorilla
as Simba the Gorilla (uncredited)
as Monster (uncredited)
as Gorilla (uncredited)
as Gorilla (uncredited)
as William Quantrill
as White Pongo (uncredited)
as Steve Collins / The White Gorilla
as Thor
as Cheela (archive footage / uncredited)
as Nabonga der Gorilla
as Crash Corrigan
as 'Crash' Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)
as Cheela the Gorilla (uncredited)
as Crash Corrigan
as 'Crash' Corrigan
as Bonzo the Gorilla (uncredited)
as Crash Corrigan
as 'Crash' Corrigan
as Marshal 'Crash' Corrigan
as Crash Corrigan
as Crash Corrigan
as Crash Corrigan
as Crash Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)
as Crash Corrigan
as Crash Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)
as Crash Corrigan
as 'Crash' Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)
as Crash Corrigan
as Crash Corrigan
as Crash Corrigan
as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan
as Nabu
as 'Crash' Corrigan
as Tucson Smith
as Tucson Smith
as Tucson Smith / Willie the Gorilla
as Tucson Smith
as Tucson Smith
as Tucson Smith
as Tucson Smith
as Tucson Smith
as Tucson Smith
as The Gorilla (Naba)
as Tucson Smith
as Tucson Smith
as 'Tucson' Smith
as Tucson Smith
as Tucson Smith
as Tucson Smith
as Tucson Smith
as Tucson Smith
as Clark Stuart
as Tucson Smith
as Tucson Smith
as Tucson Smith
as Lt. Hodge
as Tucson Smith
as Tucson Smith
as Briggs
as Tucson Smith
as Tucson Smith
as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan
as Orangopoid
as Officer of the Day (uncredited)
as Bonga / Samabi
as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
as Interne (uncredited)
as Naba the Gorilla (uncredited)
as Ape (uncredited)
as Self