Douglas Corrigan Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Douglas Corrigan (January 22, 1907 – December 9, 1995) was an American aviator born in Galveston, Texas. He was nicknamed "Wrong Way" in 1938. After a transcontinental flight from Long Beach, California, to New York, he flew from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland, though his flight plan was filed to return to Long Beach. He claimed his unauthorized flight was due to a navigational error, caused by heavy cloud cover that obscured landmarks and low-light conditions, causing him to misread his compass. However, he was a skilled aircraft mechanic (he was one of the builders of Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis) and had made several modifications to his own plane, preparing it for his transatlantic flight. He had been denied permission to make a nonstop flight from New York to Ireland, and his "navigational error" was seen as deliberate. Nevertheless, he never publicly admitted to having flown to Ireland intentionally.
December 9, 1995, Santa Ana, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Galveston, Texas, USA
Profession
Actor, Soundtrack
Movies
The Flying Irishman
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Quote
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[asked later in his life if he actually meant to fly to California on his famous "wrong-way" trip, as he had originally claimed] Sure. Well, at least I've told that story so many times that I believe it myself now.
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Fact
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After his parents divorced, his mother started calling him Douglas, rather than his birth name, Clyde. Corrigan legally changed his first name to Douglas as an adult.
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Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 128-130. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Born at 1:54am-CST
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Flying Irishman
1939
Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Flying Irishman
1939
performer: "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain When She Comes" - uncredited
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
About Faces
1960
TV Series
Himself - Guest celebrity
To Tell the Truth
1957
TV Series
Himself - Contestant
Known for movies
The Flying Irishman (1939) as Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan
$1.1 Million
