Ray Corrigan
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1902-02-14 (74 years old)
Deathday
1976-08-10
Place of Birth
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Also known As
Ray 'Crash' Corrigan
Raymond Benitz
Ray Corrigan
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...
Acting
1949
as Simba the Gorilla (uncredited)
1937
as Tucson Smith
1948
as Gorilla (uncredited)
1941
as Crash Corrigan
1944
as Nabonga der Gorilla
1948
as Gorilla (uncredited)
1958
1942
as Crash Corrigan
1957
as Sailor
1952
as Gorilla
1937
as Tucson Smith
1939
as Tucson Smith
1936
as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan
1938
as Tucson Smith
1945
as Steve Collins / The White Gorilla
1949
as Zamba the Gorilla
1938
as 'Tucson' Smith
1936
as Officer of the Day (uncredited)
1946
as William Quantrill
1939
as Tucson Smith / Willie the Gorilla
1937
as Clark Stuart
1938
as The Gorilla (Naba)
1941
as Crash Corrigan
1940
as 'Crash' Corrigan
1942
as Crash Corrigan
1940
as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan
1937
as Tucson Smith
1942
as Crash Corrigan
1938
as Tucson Smith
1938
as Tucson Smith
1939
as Tucson Smith
1938
as Tucson Smith
1939
as Tucson Smith
1936
as Tucson Smith
1937
as Tucson Smith
1938
as Tucson Smith
1937
as Tucson Smith
1936
as Tucson Smith
1936
as Briggs
1945
as Thor
1949
1955
as Gorilla
1938
as Tucson Smith
1940
as Crash Corrigan
1937
as Tucson Smith
1955
as Hank Calvin
1937
as Tucson Smith
1941
as Crash Corrigan
1937
as Tucson Smith
1938
as Tucson Smith
1942
as 'Crash' Corrigan
1936
as Bonga / Samabi
1941
as Crash Corrigan
1951
as Gorilla (archive footage) (unconfirmed)
1955
as Gorilla (archive footage) (uncredited)
1957
1941
as Crash Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)
1941
as Crash Corrigan
1932
as Ape (uncredited)
1936
as Tucson Smith
1938
as Tucson Smith
1935
as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
1934
as Interne (uncredited)
1940
as Nabu
1934
as Naba the Gorilla (uncredited)
1945
as White Pongo (uncredited)
1943
as Crash Corrigan
1943
as Crash Corrigan
1942
as Marshal 'Crash' Corrigan
1943
as 'Crash' Corrigan
1943
as 'Crash' Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)
1941
as 'Crash' Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)
1941
as Crash Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)
1950
as Crash Corrigan
1943
as Bonzo the Gorilla (uncredited)
1937
as Lt. Hodge
1943
as Cheela the Gorilla (uncredited)
1950
as Gege - the Gorilla (uncredited)
1944
as Cheela (archive footage / uncredited)
1948
as Monster (uncredited)
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as Self
1966
as Bonga
Production
1942
as Stunts
1970
as Associate Producer
1932
as Stunts
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