#Ray Corrigan

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It! The Terror From Beyond Space (1958)

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The Monster and the Ape | 1945

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Anne Gwynne stalked by Ray Corrigan as Nbongo the Gorilla in this publicity still for The Strange Case of Doctor RX (1942)

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"I'm sorry, Daddy, but my mind is made up! Wilberforce and I are getting married!"

Publicity still (and not a very good one; look at the wrinkles in that back drop!) for the 1944 jungle movie Nabonga.

And seriously, the gorilla is the girl's best friend and protector in this flick!

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THE GOLDEN AGE TAROT – HOLLYWOOD AND COMICS BOOKS

STARMAN Created By: Jack Burnley 1st Appearance: Adventure Comics #16 - Apr 1941 Publisher: All-American Comics Team: Justice Society of America Actor: Ray Corrigan (1902 - 1976)

DOCTOR MID-NITE Created By: Reisenstein & Stan Aschmeier 1st Appearance: All-American #25 - April, 1941 Publisher: All-American Comics Team: Justice Society of America Actor: Robert Young (1907 - 1998)

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The Monster Maker

The Monster Maker (1944) starring J. Carrol Naish, Ralph Morgan, Wanda McKay The Monster Maker – a mad scientist, in love with a concert pianist’s daughter, blackmails him for her hand – and money – by injecting him with … Continue reading Untitled

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This week on Content Abnormal we feature Kolchak: The Night Stalker alumni Hans Conried and John Dehner in the Suspense thriller “Crossing Paris”! 

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It! The Terror From Beyond Space (1958)

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The Monster and the Ape | 1945

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The Big Clock (1948) John Farrow

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The Three Mesquiteers  (1936)

In 1935 RKO made one A list film about the trio. In 1936 the newly formed Republic organization launched a long running series of B films.

In “The Three Mesquiteers” a group of veterans returning from WWI find a criminal gang controlling the range.

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Ray "Crash" Corrigan (the name of both the actor and the character he played) in The Undersea Kingdom (1936), a twelve episode movie serial from Republic Pictures set in the underworld Kingdom of Atlantis.

He's about to be smashed into a wall or something while strapped to the Dreadnaught, Atlantis' lone tank. The tank is driven by the villainous Captain Haduk (who you can see peeking out the window), played by a pre-The Wolfman Lon Chaney Jr.

The Undersea Kingdom was Republic's response to the tremendous success that Universal had with its first Flash Gordon serial, released the same year. However, The Undersea Kingdom had the lowest budget of any Republic serial, just shy of $82,000 (although it ran over budget and eventually cost $99,000), whereas the budget for Flash Gordon was $350,000. And boy, you can definitely notice the difference between the two!

Ironically, Corrigan appeared in Flash Gordon in an ape costume as a creature known as an orangopoid. Much of his early and late acting career was spent playing gorillas (or similar creatures) in his own suits.

I imagine Corrigan had to remove his helmet a lot while filming The Undersea Kingdom when going in and out of buildings/rooms. He was 6'2" tall, and that fin on the helmet added close to 2 feet to his height. It probably made stuntwork especially challenging, too.

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“Undersea Kingdom” (1936)