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J.M. Kerrigan
Actor, Writer, Director, Additional Credits
Born December 16, 1884Died April 29, 1964 (79 years)
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, having been recruited along with several other Abbey performers, to appear in John Ford's The Informer. In that film and in Ford's The Long Voyage Home, he plays similar roles, that of a leech who attaches himself to men until they run out of money. Perhaps his best known role was in The General Died at Dawn, where he plays a character actually named Leach, in which he steals scenes from Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll and William Frawley. In it he plays a sinister little petty thief who, holding a gun on Cooper, says, "I may be fat, but I'm agile." He had little screen time in films which he starred as minor roles, such as the "First Drayman" in Merely Mary Ann (1931) with Janet Gaynor. One of his most recognizable minor roles was in Gone with the Wind (1939), in which he played John Gallegher, the seemly jovial mill owner who whips his convict labour in to "co-operation". He appeared in Walt Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), the famous film version of Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea in a minor role at the beginning of the film. In 1946, he tried breaking into Broadway shows, playing the discombobulated leprechaun Jackeen J. O'Malley in the show "Barnaby and Mr. O'Malley", based on the Crockett Johnson comic strip. J. M. Kerrigan died in Hollywood on 29 April 1964, aged 79. Kerrigan has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6621 Hollywood Blvd.
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Filmography
| 1959 | Five Fingers (TV Series) · as Danny O'neill |
| 1959 | The Betty Hutton Show (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1959 | Lock-Up (TV Series) · as Professor Caldwell |
| 1958 | Union Pacific (TV Series) · as Dr. Fergus |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series) · as Mr Pickles |
| 1957 | The Californians (TV Series) · as Cadger |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as John Reed |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Smalley - Conductor |
| 1956 | The Fastest Gun Alive · as Kevin Mcgovern |
| 1955 | It's a Dog's Life · as Paddy Corbin |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Frontier (TV Series) |
| 1954 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea · as Billy |
| 1954 | The Lineup (TV Series) · as Rafferty |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Mr. Thomas J. Flaherty |
| 1953 | The Silver Whip · as Riley |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Dennis Malloy |
| 1952 | My Cousin Rachel · as Reverend Pascoe |
| 1952 | Park Row · as Dan O'rourke |
| 1952 | The Wild North · as Callahan |
| 1952 | The Unexpected (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1951 | |
| 1951 | Double Crossbones · as Debtor |
| 1951 | Sealed Cargo · as Skipper Ben |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Dr. Makery |
| 1949 | Mrs. Mike · as Uncle John |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Davey |
| 1949 | The Fighting O'Flynn · as Timothy |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Pether Flynn |
| 1948 | The Luck of the Irish · as Tatie The Innkeeper |
| 1948 | Call Northside 777 · as Sullivan - Court Bailiff (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Abie's Irish Rose · as Patrick Murphy |
| 1946 | Black Beauty · as John |
| 1945 | The Great John L. · as Father O'malley |
| 1945 | She Went to the Races · as Jeff Habbard |
| 1945 | The Spanish Main · as Pillery Gow |
| 1945 | The Crime Doctor's Warning · as Robert Macpherson (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Tarzan and the Amazons · as Splivens |
| 1944 | The Big Bonanza · as 'judge' Jasper Kincaid |
| 1944 | Wilson · as Edward Sullivan |
| 1944 | The Fighting Seabees · as Sawyer Collins |
| 1944 | An American Romance · as Charlie O'rourke - Steam Shovel Operator |
| 1943 | Mr. Lucky · as Mr. Mcdougal (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Action in the North Atlantic · as Caviar Jinks (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Captains of the Clouds · as Foster (storekeeper / Emily's Father) |
| 1942 | The Vanishing Virginian · as John Phelps |
| 1941 | The Wolf Man · as Charles Conliffe |
| 1941 | Appointment for Love · as Timothy |
| 1941 | Adventure in Washington · as Jim O'brien |
| 1940 | The Long Voyage Home · as Crimp |
| 1940 | No Time for Comedy · as Jim |
| 1940 | The Sea Hawk · as Eli Matson |
| 1940 | One Crowded Night · as Brother 'doc' Joseph |
| 1940 | Untamed · as Mr. Angus Mcgavity |
| 1940 | Curtain Call · as Mr. Middleton |
| 1940 | 3 Cheers for the Irish · as Scanlon |
| 1940 | Young Tom Edison · as Mr. Mccarney |
| 1940 | Congo Maisie · as Captain Finch |
| 1939 | Gone with the Wind · as Johnny Gallagher |
| 1939 | Two Thoroughbreds · as Jack Lenihan |
| 1939 | Sabotage · as Mel |
| 1939 | The Witness Vanishes · as Flinters |
| 1939 | 6,000 Enemies · as Dan Barrett |
| 1939 | The Zero Hour · as Timothy |
| 1939 | Union Pacific · as Monahan |
| 1939 | Sorority House · as Lew Fisher |
| 1939 | Undercover Agent · as Tom 'pop' Madison |
| 1939 | The Kid from Texas · as Farr |
| 1939 | The Flying Irishman · as Mr. Clyde Corrigan Sr. |
| 1939 | Boy Slaves · as Brakeman |
| 1939 | The Great Man Votes · as Hot Shot Gillings |
| 1938 | Ride a Crooked Mile · as Sgt. Flynn |
| 1938 | Little Orphan Annie · as Tom Jennings |
| 1938 | Spring Madness · as Mr. Maloney (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Vacation from Love · as Danny Dolan, Hansom Cabbie |
| 1937 | London by Night · as Tims |
| 1937 | The Barrier · as Sgt. Thomas |
| 1936 | The Plough and the Stars · as Uncle Peter |
| 1936 | Let's Make a Million · as Sam Smith |
| 1936 | Lloyd's of London · as Brook Watson |
| 1936 | The General Died at Dawn · as Leach |
| 1936 | Spendthrift · as Pop O'connell |
| 1936 | Hearts in Bondage · as Paddy Callahan |
| 1936 | Special Investigator · as Judge Plumgate |
| 1936 | Colleen · as Pop Reilly |
| 1936 | The Prisoner of Shark Island · as Judge Maiben |
| 1935 | Barbary Coast · as Judge Harper |
| 1935 | A Feather in Her Hat · as Pobjoy |
| 1935 | Hot Tip · as Matt |
| 1935 | The Farmer Takes a Wife · as Angus |
| 1935 | Werewolf of London · as Hawkins |
| 1935 | The Informer · as Terry |
| 1935 | Vanessa, Her Love Story · as Perkins (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Mystery of Edwin Drood · as Chief Verger Tope |
| 1934 | Happiness Ahead · as Window Washer Boss |
| 1934 | The Fountain · as Shordley |
| 1934 | Treasure Island · as Tom Morgan - Pirate |
| 1934 | The Key · as O'duffy |
| 1934 | A Modern Hero · as Mr. Ryan |
| 1934 | The Lost Patrol · as Quincannon |
| 1933 | Paddy the Next Best Thing · as Collins |
| 1933 | A Study in Scarlet · as Jabez Wilson |
| 1933 | Air Hostess · as Pop Kearny |
| 1933 | The Monkey's Paw · as Cpl. O'leary |
| 1932 | Rockabye · as Fagin |
| 1932 | Vanity Street · as Dan - Irish Cop (uncredited) |
| 1932 | State's Attorney · as Coachman |
| 1932 | Careless Lady · as Trowbridge |
| 1931 | The Black Camel · as Thomas Macmasters |
| 1931 | Don't Bet on Women · as Chipley Duff |
| 1930 | Lightnin' · as Judge Lemuel Townsend |
| 1930 | Just Imagine · as Traffic Policeman In 1980 |
| 1930 | Song o' My Heart · as Peter |
| 1923 | Little Old New York · as John O'day |
| 1916 | Woman's Wit · as Cast |
| 1916 | An Unfair Love Affair · as Joe |
| 1916 | The Miser's Gift · as Ned Mcgrath |
| 1916 | Food of Love · as Cast |
| 1916 | Puck Fair Romance · as Jack Manning |