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D'Arcy Corrigan

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D'Arcy Corrigan
Corrigan in 1926
Born(1870-01-02)2 January 1870
Died25 December 1945(1945-12-25) (aged 75)
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

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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

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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

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Credited

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Uncredited

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References

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  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.
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