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Gorilla Men Bios

Charles Gemora

Ray 'Crash' Corrigan

Emil Van Horn

Art Miles

Bull Montana

Fred Humes

George Kotsonaros

George Barrows

Bob Burns

Janos Prohaska

Rick Baker

Don Mcleod

Peter Elliot

Film Reviews

Filmography

1900-1910

1911-1920

1921-1930

1931-1940

1941-1950

1951-1960

1961-1970

1971-1980

1981-1990

1990-Present

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1941-1950

1941

Keep 'Em Flying (film, Abbott and Costello, gs-Van Horn, unaccredited min char-gorilla)

The Monster and the Girl aka Avenging Brain, The aka D.O.A. (film, gs-Gemora, unaccredited maj char-gorilla)

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break aka What a Man (UK) (film, WC Fields, gs-Van Horn, unaccredited min char-Gargo the gorilla)

Road to Zanzibar (film, Hope and Crosby, gs-Gemora, unaccredited min char- Aqua the gorilla)

1942

Dr. Renault's Secret (film, gs-Corrigan, unaccredited min char-the ape)

Ice-Capades Revue aka Ice-Capades (film, gs-Van Horn, uncred min char?-Gorilla)

Perils of Nyoka aka Nyoka and the Lost Secrets of Hippocrates (serial, gs-Van Horn, unaccredited maj char- gorilla, Satan)

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (film, gs-Corrigan, min char-Nbongo, the Gorilla)

All Work and No Pay (short, Andy Clyde, gs-?)

1943

The Ape Man aka Lock Your Door(UK) (film, gs-Van Horn, min char; the Ape)

Captive Wild Woman (film, gs-Corrigan, maj char- Cheela the Ape)

Dizzy Detectives (3 Stooges, Columbia short, gs-?, maj char- Ape Man)

She's for Me (film, gs-Corrigan, min char-Gorilla Man)

Sleepy Lagoon (film, gs-Van Horn)

Two Weeks to Live (film, Lum and Abner, gs-Gemora, min char-tame gorilla)

1944

Crazy Knights aka Ghost Crazy aka Ghost Knights (USA) (film, gs-Miles, min char- gorilla)

Gildersleeve's Ghost (film, gs-Gemora, uncredited min char-gorilla)

Nabonga Gorilla aka Girl and the Gorilla, The aka Gorilla aka Jungle Woman, The (UK) (film, gs-Corrigan, maj char-Nabonga the Gorilla)

The Monster Maker (film, gs-Corrigan [directed by Sam Newfield who also directed Nabonga, White Pongo], min char-caged gorilla)

1945

Monster and the Ape, The (serial;15 episodes, gs-Corrigan, maj char-ape)

The White Gorilla (film, gs-Corrigan, maj char-Steve Collins/Narrator/Konga, the White Gorilla )

White Pongo aka Adventure Unlimited (UK) (film, gs-Corrigan, uncredited maj char- White Pongo)

1946

A Bird in the Head (short, 3 Stooges, uncredited gs- Miles, min char; Igor the ape)

Spook Busters (film, Bowery Boys, gs-Art Miles, min char-laboratory gorilla)

1947

Vigilante, The- chapters 3,5,6 (serial?, gs?-Van Horn)

1948

Are You with It? (film, gs?-Van Horn, min char?;gorilla man)

Crime on Their Hands (3 Stooges, Columbia short, gs-?)

Who Killed Doc Robbin? aka Curley and His Gang in the Haunted Mansion(USA: TV title)aka Laff-Time Part 2 (USA: subtitle) aka Sinister House(UK) (film, gs-Gemora, min char-gorilla)

Unknown Island (film, modified gs-Corrigan, min char; sloth)

1949

Africa Screams (Abbot and Costello, gs-Gemora)

Down Memory Lane (documentary film, gs-Gemora, archive footage, min char-Charlie the gorilla; Sing Bing Sing)

Microspooks (gs-?)

Rhythm Hits the Ice (USA: reissue title of Ice-Capades Revue '42) (film, gs-Van Horn, uncred min char?-Gorilla)

The Lost Tribe (gs-Calvert)

Zamba aka Zamba the Gorilla (UK) (film, gs-Calvert or Corrigan?, maj char; gorilla)

1950

Mark of the Gorilla (serial? gs-Calvert, min char?-gorilla)

My Friend Irma Goes West (film?, gs-Calvert)

Pygmy Island (serial? gs-Calvert min char?-gorilla)

Hold That Monkey (short, gs-?)