D'Arcy Corrigan
D'Arcy Corrigan (born January 2, 1870 in County Cork , Ireland , † December 25, 1945 in Los Angeles , California ) was an Irish actor.
life and career
D'Arcy Corrigan initially worked as a lawyer and worked, among other things, as the secretary of a member of parliament. Only at an advanced age did he become an actor and worked, among other things, for a stock company . At the age of 55 he made his film debut in Hollywood in 1925. With his very distinctive, wrinkled face, Corrigan usually got small but very memorable film appearances. Mostly he played cranky, pathetic or melancholy characters in all genres. Corrigan played a morgue in the horror film Murder on Rue Morgue starring Bela Lugosi , a blind man in John Ford's drama The Traitor and the dark, silent spirit of the future of Christmas in the Dickens film adaptation A Christmas Carol . In 1939 he largely withdrew from the film business.
Especially in Corrigan's later career years, many of his 55 film appearances were unmentioned in the credits, including in classics like Leopard you don't kiss as Professor LaTouche, who only appears in the first scene of the film. D'Arcy Corrigan died of a heart attack at Christmas 1945, nine days before his 76th birthday.
Filmography (selection)
- 1925: The Merry Widow (The Merry Window)
- 1925: Lady Robinhood
- 1925: The Phantom of the Opera (Phantom of the Opera)
- 1927: Tarzan and the Golden Lion
- 1928: The Man Who Laughs (The Man Who Laughs)
- 1929: Napoleon's Barber
- 1929: The Final Warning (The Last Warning)
- 1930: The Man from Blankley's
- 1932: Murders in the Rue Morgue (Murders in the Rue Morgue)
- 1932: Law and Order (Law and Order)
- 1933: Dawn of Glory (Morning Glory)
- 1933: The Invisible Man (The Invisible Man)
- 1935: The Bride of Frankenstein (Bride of Frankenstein)
- 1935: The Traitor (The Informer)
- 1935: Battle for India (Clive of India)
- 1936: Mary of Scotland (Mary of Scotland)
- 1936: Signals to London (Lloyd's of London)
- 1936: The Plow and the Stars
- 1937: All Over Town
- 1937: The Prisoner of Zenda (The Prisoner of Zenda)
- 1937: Maria Walewska (Conquest)
- 1938: You don't kiss leopards (Bringing Up Baby)
- 1938: Robin Hood, King of the Vagabonds (The Adventures of Robin Hood)
- 1938: A Christmas Carol
- 1939: The Man in the Iron Mask (The Man in the Iron Mask)
- 1939: The Great Commandment
- 1945: Man without a Heart (Adventure)
Web links
- D'Arcy Corrigan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.allmovie.com/artist/darcy-corrigan-p15113
- ↑ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/darcy_corrigan/biography.php
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Corrigan, D'Arcy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | County Cork , Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1945 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California |