J.M. Kerrigan

Known For: Acting
Born: December 16, 1884
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Died: April 29, 1964

J.M. Kerrigan

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. …

Filmography

Shirley Temple's Storybook

1958 · Mr Pickles

The Fastest Gun Alive

1956 · Kevin McGovern

It's a Dog's Life

1955 · Paddy Corbin

Matinee Theater

1955

Frontier

1955

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1954 · Billy

Letter to Loretta

1953 · Mr. Thomas J. Flaherty

The Silver Whip

1953 · Riley

General Electric Theater

1953 · Jimmy, Dennis Malloy

My Cousin Rachel

1952 · Reverend Pascoe

Park Row

1952 · Dan O'Rourke

The Wild North

1952 · Callahan

Two of a Kind

1951

Sealed Cargo

1951 · Skipper Ben

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

1950 · Dr. Makery

Mrs. Mike

1949 · Uncle John

The Fighting O'Flynn

1949 · Timothy

Studio One

1948 · Pether Flynn

The Luck of the Irish

1948 · Tatie the Innkeeper

Call Northside 777

1948 · Sullivan - Court Bailiff (uncredited)

Abie's Irish Rose

1946 · Patrick Murphy

Black Beauty

1946 · John

She Went to the Races

1945 · Jeff Habbard

The Spanish Main

1945 · Pillery Gow

The Crime Doctor's Warning

1945 · Robert MacPherson (uncredited)

The Great John L.

1945 · Father O'Malley

Tarzan and the Amazons

1945 · Splivens

The Big Bonanza

1944 · 'Judge' Jasper Kincaid

Wilson

1944 · Edward Sullivan

The Fighting Seabees

1944 · Sawyer Collins

Mr. Lucky

1943 · Mr. McDougal (uncredited)

Action in the North Atlantic

1943 · Caviar Jinks (uncredited)

Captains of the Clouds

1942 · Foster

The Vanishing Virginian

1942 · John Phelps

The Wolf Man

1941 · Charles Conliffe

Appointment for Love

1941 · Timothy

The Long Voyage Home

1940 · Crimp

No Time for Comedy

1940 · Jim

The Sea Hawk

1940 · Eli Matson

One Crowded Night

1940 · Brother 'Doc' Joseph

Untamed

1940 · Mr. Angus McGavity

Curtain Call

1940 · Mr. Middleton

Young Tom Edison

1940 · Mr. McCarney

Congo Maisie

1940 · Captain Finch

Gone with the Wind

1939 · Johnny Gallagher

Two Thoroughbreds

1939 · Jack Lenihan

Sabotage

1939 · Mel

The Witness Vanishes

1939 · Flinters

Two Bright Boys

1939 · Mike Casey

6,000 Enemies

1939 · Dan Barrett

The Zero Hour

1939 · Timothy

Union Pacific

1939 · Monahan

Sorority House

1939 · Lew Fisher

Undercover Agent

1939 · Tom 'Pop' Madison

The Kid From Texas

1939 · Farr

The Flying Irishman

1939 · Mr. Clyde Corrigan Sr.

The Great Man Votes

1939 · Hot Shot Gillings

Ride a Crooked Mile

1938 · Sgt. Flynn

Little Orphan Annie

Little Orphan Annie

1938 · Tom Jennings

Spring Madness

1938 · Mr. Maloney (uncredited)

Vacation from Love

1938 · Danny Dolan, Hansom Cabbie

London by Night

1937 · Tims

Motor Madness

1937 · Henry John 'Cap' McNeil

The Plough and the Stars

1936 · Uncle Peter

Lloyd's of London

1936 · Brook Watson

The General Died at Dawn

1936 · Leach

Let's Make a Million

1936 · Sam Smith

Spendthrift

1936 · Pop O'Connell

Special Investigator

1936 · Judge Plumgate

Colleen

1936 · Pop Reilly

Laughing Irish Eyes

1936 · Tim

The Prisoner of Shark Island

1936 · Judge Maiben

Timothy's Quest

1936 · Dr. Cudd

A Feather in Her Hat

1935 · Pobjoy

Barbary Coast

1935 · Judge Harper

Hot Tip

1935 · Matt

Werewolf of London

1935 · Hawkins

The Informer

1935 · Terry

Vanessa: Her Love Story

1935 · Perkins (uncredited)

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

1935 · Chief Verger Tope

The Fountain

1934 · Shordley

The Key

1934 · O'Duffy

A Modern Hero

1934 · Mr. Ryan

The Lost Patrol

1934 · Quincannon

Lone Cowboy

1933 · Mr. Curran

Paddy the Next Best Thing

1933 · Collins

A Study in Scarlet

1933 · Jabez Wilson

Air Hostess

1933 · Pop Kearny

Rockabye

1932 · Fagin

Vanity Street

1932 · Dan - Irish Cop (uncredited)

Careless Lady

1932 · Trowbridge

The Rainbow Trail

1932 · Paddy Harrigan

Merely Mary Ann

1931 · First Drayman

The Black Camel

1931 · Thomas MacMasters

Don't Bet on Women

1931 · Chipley Duff

Under Suspicion

1930 · Doyle

Lightnin'

1930 · Judge Lemuel Townsend

New Movietone Follies of 1930

1930 · Gateman in Show

Song o' My Heart

1930 · Peter

Lucky In Love

1929 · Connors

Little Old New York

1923 · John O'Day

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