J.M. Kerrigan
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1884-12-16 (80 years old)
Deathday
1964-04-29
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Also known As
Joseph M. Kerrigan
J. M. Kerrigan
J.M. Kerrigan
Biography
Joseph Michael Kerrigan (16 December 1884 – 29 April 1964), better known as J.M. Kerrigan, was an Irish character actor. Kerrigan was born in Dublin, Ireland. He worked as a newspaper reporter until 1907 when he joined the famous Abbey Players. There he became a stalwart, appearing in plays by Lady Gregory, William Butler Yeats and John Millington Synge (for whom he played the role of Shawn Keogh in The Playboy of the Western World. His first screen appearance was in the silent film Food of Love in 1916. By the 1920s he was appearing on Broadway, often in plays by Shakespeare, Ibsen, and Sheridan. He settled permanently in Hollywood in 1935, ...
Acting
1954
as Billy
1939
as Johnny Gallagher
1948
as Sullivan - Court Bailiff (uncredited)
1944
as Sawyer Collins
1952
as Dan O'Rourke
1956
as Kevin McGovern
1942
as Foster (storekeeper / Emily's father)
1935
as Hawkins
1941
as Charles Conliffe
1935
as Terry
1931
as Thomas MacMasters
1933
as Jabez Wilson
1934
as Quincannon
1940
as Captain Finch
1933
as Pop Kearny
1936
as Brook Watson
1934
as O'Duffy
1939
as Flinters
1933
as Mr. Curran
1936
as Judge Maiben
1945
as Pillery Gow
1936
as Pop Reilly
1944
as 'Judge' Jasper Kincaid
1940
as Brother 'Doc' Joseph
1953
as Riley
1933
as Collins
1936
as Dr. Cudd
1952
as Reverend Pascoe
1949
as Uncle John
1946
as Patrick Murphy
1946
as John
1939
as Lew Fisher
1935
as Perkins (uncredited)
1934
as Shordley
1932
as Dan - Irish Cop (uncredited)
1955
as Paddy Corbin
1948
as Tatie the Innkeeper
1938
as Mr. Maloney (uncredited)
1923
as John O'Day
1930
as Judge Lemuel Townsend
1939
as Dan Barrett
1939
as Timothy
1949
as Timothy
1945
as Jeff Habbard
1940
as Eli Matson
1936
as Uncle Peter
1936
as Judge Plumgate
1939
as Jack Lenihan
1938
as Sgt. Flynn
1945
as Robert MacPherson (uncredited)
1939
as Tom 'Pop' Madison
1952
as Callahan
1935
as Pobjoy
1935
as Matt
1939
as Mr. Clyde Corrigan Sr.
1939
as Monahan
1939
as Farr
1935
as Judge Harper
1934
as Mr. Ryan
1931
as Chipley Duff
1936
as Pop O'Connell
1932
as Trowbridge
1941
as Timothy
1940
as Mr. McCarney
1939
as Hot Shot Gillings
1932
as Fagin
1940
as Jim
1945
as Father O'Malley
1940
as Crimp
1940
as Mr. Angus McGavity
1937
as Tims
1939
as Mel
1940
as Mr. Middleton
1951
as Skipper Ben
1930
as Peter
1929
1938
as Tom Jennings
1945
as Splivens
1936
as Leach
1942
as John Phelps
1930
as Gateman in Show
1944
as Edward Sullivan
1943
as Caviar Jinks (uncredited)
1943
as Mr. McDougal (uncredited)
1936
as Tim
1932
as Paddy Harrigan
1931
as First Drayman
1936
as Sam Smith
1939
as Mike Casey
1938
as Danny Dolan, Hansom Cabbie
1930
as Doyle
1935
as Chief Verger Tope
1951
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