D'Arcy Corrigan

D'Arcy Corrigan
Corrigan in 1926
Born(1870-01-02)2 January 1870
County Cork, Ireland
Died25 December 1945(1945-12-25) (aged 75)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor and lawyer
Years active1925–1940

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

Life and career

D'Arcy Corrigan was born in County Cork, 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.[1] Corrigan had a distinguished appearance with his wrinkled, gaunt face; his roles typically were very brief but memorable.[2]

Corrigan was memorable as the odd morgue-keeper in Bela Lugosi's Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) and as a blind man in The Informer (1935) by John Ford. He portrayed the ominously silent, darkly shrouded Spirit of Christmas Future in the popular 1938 MGM film A Christmas Carol.[citation needed] Most of his later roles were mostly small and uncredited, such as Cary Grant's superior Professor LaTouche in the first scene of Bringing Up Baby.[3]

Last years and death

Corrigan retired from acting widely in 1940 (except for one small role in Adventure in 1945) and died on Christmas Day in 1945, in Los Angeles, aged 75.[4]

Filmography

Credited

Uncredited

References

  1. ^ "D'Arcy Corrigan | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos". AllMovie.
  2. ^ D'Arcy Corrigan at Allmovie
  3. ^ "Bringing up Baby (1938)". BFI. Archived from the original on 29 May 2016.
  4. ^ "D'Arcy Corrigan". BFI. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017.