Personal Info
Peter Kerrigan
Acting
Biography
Peter Kerrigan was a Liverpudlian actor famous for his work on a series of TV plays, many of which were directed by Ken Loach, and for his role as George Malone in Alan Bleasdale's Boys From the Blackstuff. Born in Bootle in 1916, Kerrigan was a docker originally and, as a Communist Party member, founded the Birkenhead Port Workers Defence Committee. At some point in the '50s, he joined the National Association of Stevedores and Dockers and he wrote the 1958 pamphlet, 'What Next For Britain's Port Workers?' on behalf of the Socialist Labour League - the party he had joined following his depar…
Filmography
Movies
Coast to Coast
as British Rail Inspector
United Kingdom
as Peter Connor
The Black Stuff
as George Malone
The Spongers
as Peter
Bag of Yeast
as James Scannell
Lucky
as Det. Sgt. Williams
The Rank and File
as Eddie
Talk About Work
as Self (uncredited)
The Body
as Self
The Big Flame
as Peter Conner
