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Lloyd Corrigan

 
Actor: Lloyd Corrigan
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  • Born: Oct 16, 1900 in San Francisco, California
  • Died: Nov 05, 1969 in Woodland Hills, California
  • Occupation: Actor, Writer, Director
  • Active: '20s-'50s
  • Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
  • Career Highlights: Cyrano De Bergerac, Confessions of Boston Blackie, Son of Paleface
  • First Major Screen Credit: Hands Up (1926)

Biography

The son of American actress Lillian Elliott, Lloyd Corrigan began working in films as a bit actor in the silent era. But Corrigan's heart was in writing and directing during his formative professional years. He was among Raymond Griffith's writing staff for the Civil War comedy Hands Up (1926), and later penned several of Bebe Daniels' Paramount vehicles. Corrigan worked on the scripts of all three of Paramount's "Fu Manchu" films (1929-30) starring Warner Oland; he also directed the last of the series, Daughter of the Dragon (1930). In contrast to his later light-hearted acting roles, Corrigan's tastes ran to mystery and melodrama in most of his directing assignments, as witness Murder on a Honeymoon (1935) and Night Key (1937). In 1938, Corrigan abandoned directing to concentrate on acting. A porcine little man with an open-faced, wide-eyed expression, Corrigan specialized in likable businessmen and befuddled millionaires (especially in Columbia's Boston Blackie series). This quality was often as not used to lead the audience astray in such films as Maisie Gets Her Man (1942) and The Thin Man Goes Home (1944), in which the bumbling, seemingly harmless Corrigan would turn out to be a master criminal or murderer. Lloyd Corrigan continued acting in films until the mid '60s; he also was a prolific TV performer, playing continuing roles in the TV sitcoms Happy (1960) and Hank (1965), and showing up on a semi-regular basis as Ned Buntline on the long-running western Wyatt Earp (1955-61). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Lloyd Corrigan
Born October 16, 1900(1900-10-16)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died November 5, 1969 (aged 69)
Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation Actor, producer, screenwriter, director
Years active 1925–1967

Lloyd Corrigan (October 16, 1900 – November 5, 1969) was an American film actor, producer, screenwriter and director who began working in films in the 1920s. The son of actress Lillian Elliott, Corrigan directed films (usually mysteries), such as Daughter of the Dragon starring Anna May Wong (one of a trilogy of Fu Manchu movies for which he has writing credits), before dedicating himself more to acting in 1938.

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Career

Corrigan played both romantic leads and villains throughout his career. He also appeared in a number of Boston Blackie films as millionaire Arthur Manleder. In the 1950 film Cyrano de Bergerac, he played Ragueneau, the lovable pastry cook, though in this version the role is partially combined with that of Ligniere, the drunken poet, who is omitted from the film.

Corrigan continued acting in films until the mid 1960s. He also worked extensively in television, having appeared as Dean Dodsworth, a college administrator, in the second season (1954-1955) of Meet Mr. McNutley, when the CBS sitcom was renamed The Ray Milland Show for its star, Ray Milland (1907-1986). Corrigan appeared on dozens of television programs, such as ABC's Crossroads, and the syndicated City Detective, with Rod Cameron, How to Marry a Millionaire with Barbara Eden and Merry Anders, Johnny Staccato with John Cassavetes, and the western, Man Without a Gun, starring Rex Reason and Mort Mills. From 1960-1961, he appeared as Uncle Charlie in the NBC sitcom Happy, with Ronnie Burns, Yvonne Lime, and Doris Packer. Corrigan also had a recurring role as Mayberry's mayor on CBS's The Andy Griffith Show.

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