D'Arcy Corrigan (2 January 1870 – 25 December 1945) was an Irish lawyer who became an American film

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Life and career

D'Arcy Corrigan was born in

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, playing over 50 film roles from 1925–1945. His early career included a stint as private secretary for a member of Parliament and as a stock company leading man. Corrigan had a distinguished appearance with his wrinkled, gaunt face; his roles typically were very brief but memorable. Corrigan was memorable as the odd morgue-keeper in

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's ''

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'' (1932) and as a blind man in '' The Informer'' (1935) by

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. He portrayed the ominously silent, darkly shrouded Spirit of Christmas Future in the popular 1938 MGM film ''

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''. Most of his later roles were mostly small and uncredited, such as the thoughtful Professor LaTouche in the first scene of ''

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''.

Last years and death

Corrigan retired from acting widely in 1940 (except for one small role in ''

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'' in 1945) and died on

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in 1945, in

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, aged 75.

Filmography

Credited

* '' Double Action Daniels'' (1925) - Richard Booth * ''

Lady Robinhood ''Lady Robinhood'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince, starring Evelyn Brent, and featuring Boris Karloff. Plot As described in a film magazine reviews, in one of the provinces of Spain, cut off by impassable roads, is ...

'' (1925) - Padre * '' Ella Cinders'' (1926) - Editor * ''

Tarzan and the Golden Lion ''Tarzan and the Golden Lion'' is an adventure novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the ninth in his series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. It was first published as a seven part serial in ''Argosy All-Story We ...

'' (1927) - Weesimbo * '' Wild Geese'' (1927) - Mr. Klovatz * '' Napoleon's Barber'' (1928, Short) - Tailor * ''

The Last Warning ''The Last Warning'' is a 1928 American mystery film directed by Paul Leni, and starring Laura La Plante, Montagu Love, and Margaret Livingston. ''The Last Warning'' was also one of the very last silent films Universal made — except it was ...

'' (1928) - John Woodford * ''

The Man from Blankley's ''The Man from Blankley's'' is a lost 1930 American pre-Code comedy film, directed by Alfred E. Green. It starred John Barrymore and Loretta Young. The film was based on the 1903 play by Thomas Anstey Guthrie, writing under the pseudonym "F. ...

'' (1930) - Mr. Ditchwater * ''

'' (1932) - Morgue Keeper * '' The Informer'' (1935) - The Blind Man * ''Rosia de Francia'' (1935) - El inquisidor general * '' Mary of Scotland'' (1936) - Kirkcaldy * ''

The Plough and the Stars ''The Plough and the Stars'' is a four-act play by the Irish writer Seán O'Casey that was first performed on 8 February 1926 at the Abbey Theatre. It is set in Dublin and addresses the 1916 Easter Rising. The play's title references the Sta ...

'' (1936) - Priest * '' All Over Town'' (1937) - Davenport * ''

'' (1938) - Spirit of Christmas Future * '' The Man in the Iron Mask'' (1939) - Tortured Prisoner * ''

The Great Commandment ''The Great Commandment'' is a 1939 American Christian film directed by Irving Pichel, which portrays the conversion to Christianity of a young Zealot, Joel, and the Roman soldier Longinus through the teachings of Jesus in his Parable of the G ...

'' (1939) - Blind Man

Uncredited

* ''

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'' (1925) - Horatio * '' My Old Dutch'' (1926) - Minor Role * '' Exit Smiling'' (1926) - Macomber * ''

The Man Who Laughs ''The Man Who Laughs'' (also published under the title ''By Order of the King'' from its subtitle in French) is a novel by Victor Hugo, originally published in April 1869 under the French title ''L'Homme qui rit''. It takes place in England beg ...

'' (1928) - Minor Role * '' Law and Order'' (1932) - Undertaker Parker * '' Diplomaniacs'' (1933) - Ship's Passenger * '' Morning Glory'' (1933) - Minor Role * ''

The Invisible Man ''The Invisible Man'' is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. Originally serialized in '' Pearson's Weekly'' in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man to whom the title refers is Griffin, a scientist who has devo ...

'' (1933) - Villager * '' We Live Again'' (1934) - Juror * '' Clive of India'' (1935) - Merchant * '' Mystery of Edwin Drood'' (1935) - Opium Addict * ''

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'' (1935) - Waiter * ''

Bride of Frankenstein ''Bride of Frankenstein'' is a 1935 American science fiction horror film, and the first sequel to Universal Pictures' 1931 film ''Frankenstein''. As with the first film, ''Bride of Frankenstein'' was directed by James Whale starring Boris Kar ...

'' (1935) - Procession Leader * ''

The Arizonian ''The Arizonian'' is a 1935 American Western film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Richard Dix, Margot Grahame, Preston Foster, and Louis Calhern. The screenplay was by Dudley Nichols. The film was released by RKO Radio Pictures on Ju ...

'' (1935) - Actor Playing Hamlet * '' Steamboat Round the Bend'' (1935) - Hangman * ''

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'' (1935) - Broken Down Actor * ''

A Feather in Her Hat ''A Feather in Her Hat'' is a 1935 melodrama film starring Pauline Lord as a working-class woman with ambitions for her son. It is based on the 1934 novel of the same name by I. A. R. Wylie. Plot In 1925 London, middle-aged, widowed shopkeeper ...

'' (1935) - Cockney Man * ''

Klondike Annie ''Klondike Annie'' is a 1936 American Western film starring Mae West and Victor McLaglen. The film was co-written by West from her play ''Frisco Kate'', which she wrote in 1921 and a story written by the duo Marion Morgan and George Brendan Dowe ...

'' (1936) - Missionary * ''

Show Boat ''Show Boat'' is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock worke ...

'' (1936) - Minor Role * ''

Fatal Lady ''Fatal Lady'' is a 1936 American musical film, musical mystery film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Walter Pidgeon, Mary Ellis and Ruth Donnelly. It recorded a loss of $296,665. The film's sets were designed by art director Alexander Tol ...

'' (1936) - Brazilian Opera Troupe * '' Ramona'' (1936) - Jeff * ''

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'' (1936) - Chimney Sweep * ''

The Road Back ''The Road Back'', also translated as ''The Way Back'', (german: Der Weg zurück) is a novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque, commonly regarded as a sequel to his 1929 novel ''All Quiet on the Western Front''. It was first serialized in th ...

'' (1937) - Cab Driver * '' Parnell'' (1937) - Irish Party Committeeman * ''

The Prisoner of Zenda ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' is an 1894 adventure novel by Anthony Hope, in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces within the realm are such that, in orde ...

'' (1937) - Traveler * '' It Happened in Hollywood'' (1937) - Shakespearean Actor * ''

Stage Door ''Stage Door'' is a 1937 RKO film directed by Gregory La Cava. Adapted from the play of the same name, it tells the story of several would-be actresses who live together in a boarding house at 158 West 58th Street in New York City. The film ...

'' (1937) - Minor Role * ''

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'' (1937) - Priest * ''

Merry-Go-Round of 1938 ''Merry-Go-Round of 1938'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Irving Cummings and written by Monte Brice and A. Dorian Otvos. The film stars Bert Lahr, Jimmy Savo, Billy House, Alice Brady, Mischa Auer, Joy Hodges, Louise Fazenda, John ' ...

'' (1937) - Actor * '' Frisco-Express'' (1937) - Preacher * '' Wise Girl'' (1937) - Flute Seller * ''

'' (1938) - Professor LaTouche * ''

Goodbye Broadway ''Goodbye Broadway'' is a 1938 American film. The movie is based on the play ''The Shannons of Broadway'' written by actor (and ex-vaudevillian) James Gleason. A previous film had been made of the play entitled ''The Shannons of Broadway''. Pl ...

'' (1938) - Shakespearean Character * ''

The Adventures of Robin Hood ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' is a 1938 American Technicolor swashbuckler film from Warner Bros. Pictures. It was produced by Hal B. Wallis and Henry Blanke, directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley, and stars Errol Flynn, Olivia d ...

'' (1938) - Villager * '' The Toy Wife'' (1938) - Suitor * '' $1,000 a Touchdown'' (1939) - Cecil * '' The Night of Nights'' (1939) - Actor * ''

'' (1945) - Man in Library (final film role)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Corrigan, Darcy 1870 births 1945 deaths American male film actors 20th-century Irish male actors People from County Cork 19th-century Irish lawyers Irish emigrants to the United States