Ray Corrigan
Birthday
1902/02/14
Day of death
1976/08/10 (74 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Also know as
Ray 'Crash' Corrigan, Raymond Benitz
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 m...Read more
Acting
(1949) The Lost Tribe
as Simba the Gorilla (uncredited)
(1937) The Riders of the Whistling Skull
as Tucson Smith
(1948) Miraculous Journey
as Gorilla (uncredited)
(1941) Saddle Mountain Roundup
as Crash Corrigan
(1944) Nabonga
as Nabonga der Gorilla
(1948) Tall, Dark and Gruesome
as Gorilla (uncredited)
(1958) It! The Terror from Beyond Space
as It
(1942) Arizona Stage Coach
as Crash Corrigan
(1957) Zombies of Mora Tau
as Sailor
(1952) Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
as Gorilla
(1937) Gunsmoke Ranch
as Tucson Smith
(1939) New Frontier
as Tucson Smith
(1936) Sharad of Atlantis
as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan
(1938) Santa Fe Stampede
as Tucson Smith
(1945) The White Gorilla
as Steve Collins / The White Gorilla
(1949) Zamba
as Zamba the Gorilla
(1938) Call The Mesquiteers
as 'Tucson' Smith
(1936) The Leathernecks Have Landed
as Officer of the Day (uncredited)
(1946) Renegade Girl
as William Quantrill
(1939) Three Texas Steers
as Tucson Smith / Willie the Gorilla
(1937) The Painted Stallion
as Clark Stuart
(1938) Three Missing Links
as The Gorilla (Naba)
(1941) The Kid's Last Ride
as Crash Corrigan
(1940) The Range Busters
as 'Crash' Corrigan
(1942) Thunder River Feud
as Crash Corrigan
(1940) Trailing Double Trouble
as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan
(1937) Hit the Saddle
as Tucson Smith
(1942) Rock River Renegades
as Crash Corrigan
(1938) Red River Range
as Tucson Smith
(1938) Overland Stage Raiders
as Tucson Smith
(1939) Wyoming Outlaw
as Tucson Smith
(1938) Pals of the Saddle
as Tucson Smith
(1939) The Night Riders
as Tucson Smith
(1936) Ghost-Town Gold
as Tucson Smith
(1937) Heart of the Rockies
as Tucson Smith
(1938) Outlaws of Sonora
as Tucson Smith
(1937) The Trigger Trio
as Tucson Smith
(1936) Roarin' Lead
as Tucson Smith
(1936) Country Gentlemen
as Briggs
(1945) The Monster and the Ape
as Thor
(1949) Microspook
as ---
(1955) Hot Ice
as Gorilla
(1938) The Purple Vigilantes
as Tucson Smith
(1940) West of Pinto Basin
as Crash Corrigan
(1937) Come on, Cowboys
as Tucson Smith
(1955) Apache Ambush
as Hank Calvin
(1937) Wild Horse Rodeo
as Tucson Smith
(1941) Wrangler's Roost
as Crash Corrigan
(1937) Range Defenders
as Tucson Smith
(1938) Riders of the Black Hills
as Tucson Smith
(1942) Texas Trouble Shooters
as 'Crash' Corrigan
(1936) Darkest Africa
as Bonga / Samabi
(1941) Underground Rustlers
as Crash Corrigan
(1951) Fraidy Cat
as Gorilla (archive footage) (unconfirmed)
(1955) Hook a Crook
as Gorilla (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1957) Domino Kid
as ---
(1941) Tonto Basin Outlaws
as Crash Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)
(1941) The Trail of the Silver Spurs
as Crash Corrigan
(1932) Tarzan the Ape Man
as Ape (uncredited)
(1938) Heroes of the Hills
as Tucson Smith
(1936) The Three Mesquiteers
as Tucson Smith
(1935) Mutiny on the Bounty
as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
(1934) Tomorrow's Children
as Interne (uncredited)
(1940) The Ape
as Nabu
(1934) Murder in the Private Car
as Naba the Gorilla (uncredited)
(1945) White Pongo
as White Pongo (uncredited)
(1943) Bullets and Saddles
as Crash Corrigan
(1943) Cowboy Commandos
as Crash Corrigan
(1942) Boot Hill Bandits
as Marshal 'Crash' Corrigan
(1943) Black Market Rustlers
as 'Crash' Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)
(1943) Land of Hunted Men
as 'Crash' Corrigan
(1941) Tumbledown Ranch In Arizona
as 'Crash' Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)
(1941) Fugitive Valley
as Crash Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)
(1950) Trail of Robin Hood
as Crash Corrigan
(1943) Dizzy Detectives
as Bonzo the Gorilla (uncredited)
(1937) Join the Marines
as Lt. Hodge
(1943) Captive Wild Woman
as Cheela the Gorilla (uncredited)
(1950) Forbidden Jungle
as Gege - the Gorilla (uncredited)
(1944) Jungle Woman
as Cheela (archive footage / uncredited)
(1948) Unknown Island
as Monster (uncredited)
Corriganville
as Self
(1966) Bat Men of Africa
as Bonga