J.M. Kerrigan
Born in Dublin, Ireland — Dec 16 1884• Died Apr 29 1964
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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 i…
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Studio One
Pether Flynn
Matinee Theater
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Mr Pickles
Gone with the Wind
Johnny Gallagher
Lux Video Theatre
Dr. Makery
Letter to Loretta
Mr. Thomas J. Flaherty
Frontier
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Billy
General Electric Theater
Jimmy
The Wolf Man
Charles Conliffe
Union Pacific
Monahan
The Fastest Gun Alive
Kevin McGovern
Call Northside 777
Sullivan - Court Bailiff (uncredited)
The Wild North
Callahan
Appointment for Love
Timothy
The Sea Hawk
Eli Matson
The Informer
Terry
The Flying Irishman
Mr. Clyde Corrigan Sr.
Mr. Lucky
Mr. McDougal (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy
Jim
My Cousin Rachel
Reverend Pascoe
Wilson
Edward Sullivan
6,000 Enemies
Dan Barrett
Action in the North Atlantic
Caviar Jinks (uncredited)
The Great Man Votes
Hot Shot Gillings
Tarzan and the Amazons
Splivens
The Black Camel
Thomas MacMasters
Careless Lady
Trowbridge
The General Died at Dawn
Leach
The Spanish Main
Pillery Gow
Untamed
Mr. Angus McGavity
Black Beauty
John
A Feather in Her Hat
Pobjoy
Mrs. Mike
Uncle John
The Big Bonanza
'Judge' Jasper Kincaid
Lloyd's of London
Brook Watson
The Luck of the Irish
Tatie the Innkeeper
Park Row
Dan O'Rourke
The Long Voyage Home
Crimp
Spring Madness
Mr. Maloney (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Judge Maiben
Hot Tip
Matt
The Fountain
Shordley
Lone Cowboy
Mr. Curran
Barbary Coast
Judge Harper
The Lost Patrol
Quincannon
Captains of the Clouds
Foster
Rockabye
Fagin
Spendthrift
Pop O'Connell
The Fighting Seabees
Sawyer Collins
Two of a Kind
A Study in Scarlet
Jabez Wilson
The Key
O'Duffy
The Crime Doctor's Warning
Robert MacPherson (uncredited)
Sabotage
Mel
She Went to the Races
Jeff Habbard
Sealed Cargo
Skipper Ben
The Great John L.
Father O'Malley
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Chief Verger Tope
Werewolf of London
Hawkins
Timothy's Quest
Dr. Cudd
A Modern Hero
Mr. Ryan
Young Tom Edison
Mr. McCarney
It's a Dog's Life
Paddy Corbin
Vanity Street
Dan - Irish Cop (uncredited)
Special Investigator
Judge Plumgate
Congo Maisie
Captain Finch
New Movietone Follies of 1930
Gateman in Show
Colleen
Pop Reilly
The Rainbow Trail
Paddy Harrigan
Sorority House
Lew Fisher
Abie's Irish Rose
Patrick Murphy
Let's Make a Million
Sam Smith
Little Orphan Annie
Tom Jennings
Undercover Agent
Tom 'Pop' Madison
Don't Bet on Women
Chipley Duff
Curtain Call
Mr. Middleton
Song o' My Heart
Peter
Lightnin'
Judge Lemuel Townsend
One Crowded Night
Brother 'Doc' Joseph
Vanessa: Her Love Story
Perkins (uncredited)
Two Bright Boys
Mike Casey
Ride a Crooked Mile
Sgt. Flynn
The Kid From Texas
Farr
The Plough and the Stars
Uncle Peter
The Silver Whip
Riley
Vacation from Love
Danny Dolan, Hansom Cabbie
The Zero Hour
Timothy
Little Old New York
John O'Day
The Vanishing Virginian
John Phelps
Air Hostess
Pop Kearny
Laughing Irish Eyes
Tim
Motor Madness
Henry John 'Cap' McNeil
The Witness Vanishes
Flinters
London by Night
Tims
The Fighting O'Flynn
Timothy
Merely Mary Ann
First Drayman
Lucky In Love
Connors
Under Suspicion
Doyle
Two Thoroughbreds
Jack Lenihan
Paddy the Next Best Thing
Collins