Ben Corday

born: 22 February 1875 Wigan, Lancashire, England

died: 20 February 1938 Los Angeles, California, United States of America (pneumonia, age 62)

Giant British actor who was later a prominent and influential tattoo artist.

Real name: Benjamin Corday Height: 6'8" - 7'5" (different sources)

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1916 Luke Rides Roughshod [?] 1916 Luke, Crystal Gazer [?] Acknowledgements & sources: The Harold Lloyd Encyclopedia by Annette D'Agostino Lloyd (book) http://inkrattattoo.blogspot.com/2015/05/ben-corday.html https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2X8V-PBK (birth reg.) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q272-F4FK (1881 England Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:77HX-8MM (1891 England Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9R7-B2J (1901 England Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DF5-389 (1908 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5CZ-TJX (pension record — unknown date, pre-1913) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M53G-QC8 (1910 Census) Benjamin Corday, "U.S., Naturalization Records, 1840-1957" (Ancestry.com) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HGH-LYP (1914 pass. list) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZVF-GCP (WWI draft reg. card) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZP-XFHT (1924 marriage) [?] https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC88-BRR (1930 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKSM-Y79Y (CA Death Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2D-485S (death certificate) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96337933 (Find a Grave) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/430814320/ (Boston Globe — 19 Aug 1910) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/80821028/ (San Francisco Call — 26 Mar 1912) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/27421988/ (San Francisco Chronicle — 26 Mar 1912) https://archive.org/stream/movingpicturewor27newy#page/959/mode/1up/search/corday (Moving Picture World — 12 Feb 1916) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/380859091/ (Los Angeles Times — 21 Feb 1938) https://www.tattooarchive.com/history/corday_ben.php (Tattoo Archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20180219164944/http://www.thetallestman.com/bencorday.htm (TheTallestMan.com) https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=%22ben+corday%22+%226+feet%22 (Newspapers.com — search) https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=%22ben+corday%22+%22six+feet%22 (Newspapers.com — search) Jesse Brisson (extensive research) This page was last updated on: 15 June 2020