Douglas Corrigan: Douglas Corrigan. Actor: The Flying Irishman. Douglas Corrigan became internationally famous when in 1938 he set out for a flight in his second-hand plane from New York to California and instead wound up in Ireland, earning himself the nickname he would carry for the rest of his life: "Wrong Way" Corrigan. Flying in a 1929 Curtiss Robin monoplane, on July 17, 1938 he loaded 320 gallons of gasoline (enough for 40...
Known For: The Flying Irishman (Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan), To Tell the Truth (Self - Contestant), About Faces (Self - Guest celebrity(as "Wrong Way" Corrigan)), Remember ... 1938 (Self - as 'Wrong Way' Corrigan)