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 BWestern 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia