Ray Corrigan
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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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Acting
Movie
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
1935
Movie
Tarzan the Ape Man
as Ape (uncredited)
1932
Movie
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
as It
1958
Movie
Flash Gordon
as Orangopoid
1936
Movie
The Ape
as Nabu
1940
Movie
Captive Wild Woman
as Cheela the Gorilla (uncredited)
1943
Movie
Zombies of Mora Tau
as Sailor
1957
Movie
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
as Gorilla
1952
Movie
Unknown Island
as Monster (uncredited)
1948
Movie
New Frontier
as Tucson Smith
1939
Movie
Jungle Woman
as Cheela (archive footage / uncredited)
1944
Movie
Nabonga
as Nabonga der Gorilla
1944
Movie
Sharad of Atlantis
as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan
1936
Movie
Murder in the Private Car
as Naba the Gorilla (uncredited)
1934
Movie
White Pongo
as White Pongo (uncredited)
1945
Movie
Overland Stage Raiders
as Tucson Smith
1938
Movie
Santa Fe Stampede
as Tucson Smith
1938
Movie
Three Missing Links
as The Gorilla (Naba)
1938
Movie
Hollywood Party
as Gorilla (uncredited)
1934
Movie
Three Texas Steers
as Tucson Smith / Willie the Gorilla
1939
Movie
Apache Ambush
as Hank Calvin
1955
Movie
Dizzy Detectives
as Bonzo the Gorilla (uncredited)
1943
Movie
Red River Range
as Tucson Smith
1938
Movie
The White Gorilla
as Steve Collins / The White Gorilla
1945
