Emmett Corrigan (1871-1932) was a Dutch-born American stage and screen
actor. Various sources give his birth year as 1867 and 1868. He was
born as Antoine Zilles in the Netherlands and his career extended from
the silent era to the early sound years. He originally studied for the
priesthood and also debuted on stage at Baltimore at age fourteen. He
later attended Ilchester College. Much stage work appearing as Sheik
Ilderim on Broadway in Ben-Hur in 1899 and as Simonides in a 1900
revival of Ben-Hur. He did much touring in stock companies up until he
started appearing in silent films. One of his last stage appearances
was as Captain Flagg in 1925 in a San Francisco stage version of What
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