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.
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 (Movies)
The Fastest Gun Alive
Character:Kevin McGovern
Release Date:12/07/1956
It's a Dog's Life
Character:Paddy Corbin
Release Date:23/12/1955
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Character:Billy
Release Date:23/12/1954
The Silver Whip
Character:Riley
Release Date:04/02/1953
My Cousin Rachel
Character:Reverend Pascoe
Release Date:25/12/1952
Park Row
Character:Dan O'Rourke
Release Date:01/09/1952
The Wild North
Character:Callahan
Release Date:28/01/1952
Two of a Kind
Character:
Release Date:01/07/1951
Sealed Cargo
Character:Skipper Ben
Release Date:19/05/1951
Mrs. Mike
Character:Uncle John
Release Date:23/12/1949
The Fighting O'Flynn
Character:Timothy
Release Date:26/02/1949
The Luck of the Irish
Character:Tatie the Innkeeper
Release Date:15/09/1948
Call Northside 777
Character:Sullivan - Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Release Date:13/02/1948
Abie's Irish Rose
Character:Patrick Murphy
Release Date:27/12/1946
Black Beauty
Character:John
Release Date:29/08/1946
She Went to the Races
Character:Jeff Habbard
Release Date:04/11/1945
The Spanish Main
Character:Pillery Gow
Release Date:01/10/1945
The Crime Doctor's Warning
Character:Robert MacPherson (uncredited)
Release Date:27/09/1945
The Great John L.
Character:Father O'Malley
Release Date:25/05/1945
Tarzan and the Amazons
Character:Splivens
Release Date:29/04/1945
The Big Bonanza
Character:'Judge' Jasper Kincaid
Release Date:30/12/1944
Wilson
Character:Edward Sullivan
Release Date:01/08/1944
The Fighting Seabees
Character:Sawyer Collins
Release Date:27/01/1944
Mr. Lucky
Character:Mr. McDougal (uncredited)
Release Date:01/07/1943
Action in the North Atlantic
Character:Caviar Jinks (uncredited)
Release Date:12/06/1943
Captains of the Clouds
Character:Foster
Release Date:12/02/1942
The Vanishing Virginian
Character:John Phelps
Release Date:01/02/1942
The Wolf Man
Character:Charles Conliffe
Release Date:09/12/1941
Appointment for Love
Character:Timothy
Release Date:31/10/1941
The Long Voyage Home
Character:Crimp
Release Date:16/11/1940
No Time for Comedy
Character:Jim
Release Date:14/09/1940
The Sea Hawk
Character:Eli Matson
Release Date:10/08/1940
One Crowded Night
Character:Brother 'Doc' Joseph
Release Date:09/08/1940
Untamed
Character:Mr. Angus McGavity
Release Date:24/07/1940
Curtain Call
Character:Mr. Middleton
Release Date:18/04/1940
Young Tom Edison
Character:Mr. McCarney
Release Date:15/03/1940
Congo Maisie
Character:Captain Finch
Release Date:19/01/1940
Gone with the Wind
Character:Johnny Gallagher
Release Date:15/12/1939
Two Thoroughbreds
Character:Jack Lenihan
Release Date:08/12/1939
Sabotage
Character:Mel
Release Date:13/10/1939
The Witness Vanishes
Character:Flinters
Release Date:22/09/1939
Two Bright Boys
Character:Mike Casey
Release Date:21/09/1939
6,000 Enemies
Character:Dan Barrett
Release Date:09/06/1939
The Zero Hour
Character:Timothy
Release Date:26/05/1939
Union Pacific
Character:Monahan
Release Date:05/05/1939
Sorority House
Character:Lew Fisher
Release Date:05/05/1939
Undercover Agent
Character:Tom 'Pop' Madison
Release Date:19/04/1939
The Kid From Texas
Character:Farr
Release Date:14/04/1939
The Flying Irishman
Character:Mr. Clyde Corrigan Sr.
Release Date:07/04/1939
The Great Man Votes
Character:Hot Shot Gillings
Release Date:13/01/1939
Ride a Crooked Mile
Character:Sgt. Flynn
Release Date:09/12/1938
Little Orphan Annie
Character:Tom Jennings
Release Date:02/12/1938
Spring Madness
Character:Mr. Maloney (uncredited)
Release Date:11/11/1938
Vacation from Love
Character:Danny Dolan, Hansom Cabbie
Release Date:29/09/1938
London by Night
Character:Tims
Release Date:30/07/1937
The Plough and the Stars
Character:Uncle Peter
Release Date:26/12/1936
Lloyd's of London
Character:Brook Watson
Release Date:25/11/1936
The General Died at Dawn
Character:Leach
Release Date:17/11/1936
Let's Make a Million
Character:Sam Smith
Release Date:01/09/1936
Spendthrift
Character:Pop O'Connell
Release Date:22/07/1936
Special Investigator
Character:Judge Plumgate
Release Date:08/05/1936
Colleen
Character:Pop Reilly
Release Date:21/03/1936
Laughing Irish Eyes
Character:Tim
Release Date:04/03/1936
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Character:Judge Maiben
Release Date:28/02/1936
Timothy's Quest
Character:Dr. Cudd
Release Date:31/01/1936
A Feather in Her Hat
Character:Pobjoy
Release Date:25/10/1935
Barbary Coast
Character:Judge Harper
Release Date:13/10/1935
Hot Tip
Character:Matt
Release Date:20/08/1935
Werewolf of London
Character:Hawkins
Release Date:13/05/1935
The Informer
Character:Terry
Release Date:09/05/1935
Vanessa: Her Love Story
Character:Perkins (uncredited)
Release Date:01/03/1935
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Character:Chief Verger Tope
Release Date:04/02/1935
The Fountain
Character:Shordley
Release Date:22/08/1934
The Key
Character:O'Duffy
Release Date:09/06/1934
A Modern Hero
Character:Mr. Ryan
Release Date:21/04/1934
The Lost Patrol
Character:Quincannon
Release Date:16/02/1934
Lone Cowboy
Character:Mr. Curran
Release Date:02/12/1933
Paddy the Next Best Thing
Character:Collins
Release Date:01/09/1933
A Study in Scarlet
Character:Jabez Wilson
Release Date:14/05/1933
Air Hostess
Character:Pop Kearny
Release Date:15/01/1933
Rockabye
Character:Fagin
Release Date:25/11/1932
Vanity Street
Character:Dan - Irish Cop (uncredited)
Release Date:14/10/1932
Careless Lady
Character:Trowbridge
Release Date:02/04/1932
The Rainbow Trail
Character:Paddy Harrigan
Release Date:03/01/1932
Merely Mary Ann
Character:First Drayman
Release Date:06/09/1931
The Black Camel
Character:Thomas MacMasters
Release Date:21/06/1931
Don't Bet on Women
Character:Chipley Duff
Release Date:15/02/1931
Under Suspicion
Character:Doyle
Release Date:28/12/1930
Lightnin'
Character:Judge Lemuel Townsend
Release Date:28/11/1930
New Movietone Follies of 1930
Character:Gateman in Show
Release Date:04/05/1930
Song o' My Heart
Character:Peter
Release Date:11/03/1930
Lucky In Love
Character:
Release Date:16/08/1929
Little Old New York
Character:John O'Day
Release Date:01/08/1923
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