Personal Info
Joseph M. Kerrigan
J. M. Kerrigan
J.M. Kerrigan
Acting
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 Sheri…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Fastest Gun Alive
as Kevin McGovern
It's a Dog's Life
as Paddy Corbin
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as Billy
The Silver Whip
as Riley
My Cousin Rachel
as Reverend Pascoe
The Wild North
as Callahan
Park Row
as Dan O'Rourke
Sealed Cargo
as Skipper Ben
Two of a Kind
Mrs. Mike
as Uncle John
