Ray Corrigan
Date of birth: 1902-02-14
Place of birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known 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 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.
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The Lost Tribe
1949-04-19
Jungle Jim fights a lion and sharks trying to save an African village from those who would despoil i
The Riders of the Whistling Skull
1937-01-04
When Professor Marsh disappears while searching for the lost city of Lukachukai, his daughter enlist
Miraculous Journey
1948-09-17
The passengers and crew of an airplane are stranded in an unfamiliar jungle. Unknown to most of the
Saddle Mountain Roundup
1941-08-29
Someone wants to kill Magpie Harper. Crash and Dusty arrive too late, Magpie Harper is allready dead
Nabonga
1944-01-25
When a treasure hunter seeks a downed airplane in the jungles of Africa, he encounters one of the pa
Tall, Dark and Gruesome
1948-04-15
A crate containing a live gorilla is delivered to a mountain cabin Hugh has rented.
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
1958-07-31
The first manned expedition to Mars is invaded by an unknown life form, which stows away on the resc
Arizona Stage Coach
1942-09-04
In the midst of some friendly horseplay on their "Flying R" ranch, the Range Busters, Crash Corrigan
Zombies of Mora Tau
1957-03-01
A fortune hunter leads a search for diamonds guarded by undead sailors off the coast of Africa.
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
1952-09-04
The Singer Duke Mitchell meets Sammy Petrillo in this parody of Martin & Lewis. They arrive on a jun
Gunsmoke Ranch
1937-05-05
A crooked real estate manipulator sells worthless land on mortgage to flood refugees, then tries to
New Frontier
1939-08-10
The Three Mesquiteers convince a group of settlers to exchange their present property for some which
Sharad of Atlantis
1936-05-30
Crash Corrigan, a recent graduate of Annapolis, and Diana, a go-getting reporter, join Professor Nor
Santa Fe Stampede
1938-11-18
The Mesquiteers capture a horse thief who escapes justice through a crooked judge. They gather signa
The White Gorilla
1945-07-12
A white gorilla causes trouble in the deepest heart of Africa. The film uses footage from the silent
Zamba
1949-09-01
Jenny and her six-year-old son, Tommy, are flying over the Belgian Congo when they are forced to bai
Call The Mesquiteers
1938-03-07
The Three Mesquiteers are forced to track down a train robbery ring after some of the gang hijack th
The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936-02-17
Dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Marines after starting a barroom brawl that gets his leatherne
Renegade Girl
1946-12-25
A special agent hunts a female outlaw out West.
Three Texas Steers
1939-05-12
Nancy Evans, lovely circus owner, has a ranch that she's never visited, but for sentimental reasons
The Painted Stallion
1937-06-05
American federal agent Clark Stuart is on assignment in Santa Fe to draw up a trade agreement with t
Three Missing Links
1938-07-29
The stooges are janitors working in a movie studio. After wrecking the bosses office, they get jobs
The Kid's Last Ride
1941-02-10
The fifth film in the 24-film Range Busters series finds "Crash", "Dusty" and Alibi, on their way to
The Range Busters
1940-08-22
A phantom-like gunman is murdering the hands at the Circle T Ranch and the Range Busters are recruit
Thunder River Feud
1942-01-09
Attracted by a picture of Maybelle Pembroke, the Range Busters, bantering between themselves, head f
Trailing Double Trouble
1940-10-10
When Moreland's henchman attack Bob Horner the Range Busters break it up. Horner dies but they get t
Hit the Saddle
1937-03-03
Unable to legally capture and sell a herd of protected wild horses, corrupt rancher Rance Macgowan u
Rock River Renegades
1942-02-27
In Old Wyoming, a gang is plundering stagecoaches of shipped currency and a crusading newspaper edi
Overland Stage Raiders
1938-09-20
After gold shipments from a mining town have been hijacked, the three Mesquiteers buy a plane to fly
Red River Range
1938-12-22
The Cattlemen's Association has called in the Mesquiteers to find cattle rustlers. They get Tex Rile
Wyoming Outlaw
1939-06-27
Will Parker has been destroyed by a local politician and now must steal to feed his family. He steal
Pals of the Saddle
1938-08-28
The first of eight "Three Mesquiteers" Westerns to star John Wayne.
The Night Riders
1939-04-12
Talbot uses a phony land grant to rule thirteen million acres, taxing everyone heavily and evicting
Ghost Town Gold
1936-10-26
The three Mesquiteers try to recover the gold stolen by a gang in its effort to ruin the banker/mayo
Heart of the Rockies
1937-09-06
Cattle are being routinely stolen from a local ranch, and suspicion centers on a local mountain fami
Outlaws of Sonora
1938-04-14
Outlaws of Sonora is a 1938 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by George Sherman.
The Trigger Trio
1937-10-18
In this western, the Three Mesquiteers must find a killer and his band after they murder an official
Roarin' Lead
1936-12-09
The Three Mesquiteers fight cattle rustlers.
Country Gentlemen
1936-11-08
After being run out of town after town for trying to sell worthless stock, two con artists breeze in
The Monster and the Ape
1945-04-20
A famous scientist invents a humanoid robot (the titular "monster"), so a greedy rival scientist pla
Microspook
1949-06-09
As a publicity gimmick, Harry has to announce his radio show from a real haunted house.
Hot Ice
1955-10-06
The stooges apply for job as 'Yard Men' at Scotland Yard, thinking they'll become detectives, but in
The Purple Vigilantes
1938-01-24
David Ross organizes the ranchers into a vigilante group to rid the town of outlaws. The plan succee
West of Pinto Basin
1940-11-25
The Range Busters head for Pinto Basin where a series of stage robberies have occurred. To try and f
Come on, Cowboys
1937-05-24
Harris and Rigby own a circus. Rigby is a counterfeiter and frames his partner. The Mesquiteers lear
Apache Ambush
1955-08-24
Two former enemies find themselves together on a cattle drive and fighting marauding Apaches and Mex
Wild Horse Rodeo
1937-12-06
A champion rodeo rider returns home to track down a legendary wild horse called "Cyclone."
Wrangler's Roost
1941-06-04
The notorious outlaw Black Bart has reappeared and the Range Busters are sent to investigate. When t
Range Defenders
1937-06-29
Stony's brother George has been accused of murder and the Mesquiteers have returned to prove his inn
Riders of the Black Hills
1938-06-15
Riders of the Black Hills is a 1938 American Western directed by George Sherman. The intrepid cowboy
Texas Trouble Shooters
1942-06-12
The Range Busters are together again to try and stop a swindle.
Darkest Africa
1936-02-15
A 15-episode serial in which Beatty goes to darkest Africa to rescue the Goddess of Joba, who is bei
Underground Rustlers
1941-11-21
Gold stages are being held up in the far west at a time when the U.S. government needs bullion, just
Fraidy Cat
1951-12-13
Hired as guards to protect an antique shop, Joe and Jim run into a gorilla who has been trained by a
Hook a Crook
1955-11-24
Joe Besser and Jim Hawthorne are detectives trying to recover stolen jewels. They see a necklace on
Domino Kid
1957-10-01
A rancher vows revenge on the five men responsible for his father's death.
Tonto Basin Outlaws
1941-10-09
Number 10 in Monogram's series of 24 "Range Busters" westerns, Crash Corrigan, Dusty King and Alibi
The Trail of the Silver Spurs
1941-01-04
The Range Busters are investigating a gold robbery from the Denver Mint in a supposedly deserted gho
Tarzan the Ape Man
1932-04-02
James Parker and Harry Holt are on an expedition in Africa in search of the elephant burial grounds
Heroes of the Hills
1938-08-01
In this entry in the long-running series of westerns, the Three Mesquiteers transform their ranch in
The Three Mesquiteers
1936-09-22
When a group of World War 1 buddies head west to farmstead, they run into trouble.
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935-11-22
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty.
Tomorrow's Children
1934-07-02
Young Alice Mason wishes to start a family, but because her own has been deemed "defective" by the s
The Ape
1940-09-30
Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs human spi
Murder in the Private Car
1934-06-29
Ruth Raymond works on the telephone switchboard of a large NYC office building. One day, a private d
White Pongo
1945-11-02
Suspecting that a safari guide is a wanted killer, undercover policeman Geoffrey Bishop (Richard Fra
Bullets and Saddles
1943-10-29
Hammond is after the Craig ranch and has framed Charlie Craig for murder. Mother Craig brings in the
Cowboy Commandos
1943-06-04
The Range Busters investigate sabotage at a mining community and uncover a gang of Nazi spies.
Boot Hill Bandits
1942-04-24
Bolton's men blow up the wagon carrying the mine payroll and Marshal Crash Corrigan is supposedly ki
Land of Hunted Men
1943-03-26
When a gang of outlaws led by Faro Wilson starts swiping payrolls and terrorizing the residents of a
Black Market Rustlers
1943-08-27
In this WW II film meant to discourage the purchase of black market beef, the Range Busters are call
Tumbledown Ranch In Arizona
1941-04-19
Rodeo contestants Johnny King and Corrigan meet, their fathers having been members of the Range Bust
Fugitive Valley
1941-07-30
The Range Busters have a plan to get into the outlaw's hideout in Fugitive Valley.
Trail of Robin Hood
1950-12-15
Retired actor Jack Holt is raising Christmas trees for sale at a cost which permits every family to
Dizzy Detectives
1943-02-05
The Stooges are carpenters who become policemen. A mysterious burglar disguised as a gorilla has the
Join the Marines
1937-01-25
New York City cop Phil Donlon leaves the force to join the U.S. Olympic team. When he falls for a Ma
Captive Wild Woman
1943-06-04
An insane scientist doing experimentation in glandular research becomes obsessed with transforming a
Forbidden Jungle
1950-03-02
A hunter is hired to take an expedition deep into the African jungle to search for a white boy lost
Jungle Woman
1944-06-01
Paula, the ape woman, has survived the ending of CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN and is running around a creepy o
Unknown Island
1948-10-15
Adventure-seeker Ted Osborne has convinced his finacee Carole to finance his expedition to an unchar
Corriganville
In this documentary, B-Western cowboy Ray "Crash" Corrigan offers viewers a tour Corriganville, the
Bat Men of Africa
1966-01-01
Re-edited feature film version of the 1936 serial Darkest Africa.
Flash Gordon
1936-04-06
Disaster seems imminent when scientists discover that the planet Mongo is about to crash into Earth.