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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 many B-Western films. He also was a stuntman and frequently acted as silver screen gorillas in gorilla costumes that he owned, both at the beginning and end of his film career. 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 later bought the ranch in 1966 and renamed it "Hopetown". It is now a Regional Park and nature preserve.〔("Corriganville Park." ) ''LAMountains.com''. Retrieved: June 23, 2013.〕 ==Film career== Corrigan's career in Hollywood began as a physical fitness instructor and physical culture trainer to the stars. In the early 1930s he did stunts and bit parts in several films. Many of his early roles were in ape costumes, for example, as a gorilla in ''Tarzan and His Mate'' (1934) and an "orangopoid" in the first ''Flash Gordon'' serial. In 1936 Corrigan got his screen breakthrough with starring roles in two Republic serials, ''The Vigilantes Are Coming'' and in ''The Undersea Kingdom'', which evoked memories of Universal's first "Flash Gordon" serial.〔("Ray Corrigan." ) ''IMDb''. Retrieved: June 23, 2013.〕 On the basis of this, Republic signed him to their standard Term Player Contract, running from May 25, 1936 to May 24, 1938. He was cast as one of the trio in the ''Three Mesquiteers'' series of westerns, starring in 24 of the 51 "3M" films made by the studio. He later left Republic in 1938 over a pay dispute. Over at Monogram Pictures, Corrigan began a new series of feature westerns, ''The Range Busters'', cheap knock-offs of The Three Mesquiteers, with a series character that used his name; between 1940 and 1943, he starred in 20 of the 24 films in this series. Following this, his on-screen work largely returned to appearing in ape costumes, such as the roles in ''Captive Wild Woman'' (1943), ''Nabonga'' (1944), ''White Pongo'' (1945) and as a prehistoric sloth in ''Unknown Island'' (1948). The original gorilla "mask" seen in films like ''The Ape'' (1940) was replaced with a subtler design with a more mobile jaw. Corrigan later sold his gorilla suits in 1948 and provided training in using them to their new owner, Steve Calvert, a Ciro's bartender. Calvert stepped into Corrigan's paw prints starting with a Jungle Jim film. Despite reports to the contrary, Calvert and Corrigan never appeared together on-screen in an ape costume. Since both Corrigan and Calvert eschewed screen credit playing gorillas, their film credits are often confused; any appearance of the "Corrigan suit" after 1948 is by Calvert. In 1950 he had a television show called ''Crash Corrigan's Ranch''. He also planned a television series called ''Buckskin Rangers'' with his old associate Max Terhune.〔("New Series of Westerns Planned for Television." ) ''Long Beach Press-Telegram'', October 8, 1950.〕 Corrigan's final theatrical film was playing the title role in the science fiction film ''It! The Terror from Beyond Space'', according to bio information given to visitors at the Thousand Oaks, California, ''Corrigan Steak House and Bar'' that he once owned. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ray "Crash" Corrigan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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