J.M. Kerrigan
Known for Acting · 101 credits
- Born
- 1884-12-16
- Died
- 1964-04-29
- Place of birth
- Dublin, Ireland
- Also known as
- Joseph M. Kerrigan · J. M. Kerrigan
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 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.
Known For
TV Shows (7)
Movies (94)
Gone with the Wind
1939
as Johnny Gallagher
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954
as Billy
The Fighting Seabees
1944
as Sawyer Collins
The Wolf Man
1941
as Charles Conliffe
Mr. Lucky
1943
as Mr. McDougal (uncredited)
The Informer
1935
as Terry
Wilson
1944
as Edward Sullivan
Barbary Coast
1935
as Judge Harper
The Key
1934
as O'Duffy
Congo Maisie
1940
as Captain Finch
Careless Lady
1932
as Trowbridge
Sorority House
1939
as Lew Fisher
Appointment for Love
1941
as Timothy
Black Beauty
1946
as John
Park Row
1952
as Dan O'Rourke
The Fountain
1934
as Shordley
Hot Tip
1935
as Matt
The Lost Patrol
1934
as Quincannon
Tarzan and the Amazons
1945
as Splivens
Lightnin'
1930
as Judge Lemuel Townsend
Sealed Cargo
1951
as Skipper Ben
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956
as Kevin McGovern
The Sea Hawk
1940
as Eli Matson
Call Northside 777
1948
as Sullivan - Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Union Pacific
1939
as Monahan
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
as Caviar Jinks (uncredited)
Werewolf of London
1935
as Hawkins
Young Tom Edison
1940
as Mr. McCarney
The Wild North
1952
as Callahan
Vacation from Love
1938
as Danny Dolan, Hansom Cabbie
The Long Voyage Home
1940
as Crimp
The Luck of the Irish
1948
as Tatie the Innkeeper
My Cousin Rachel
1952
as Reverend Pascoe
Lone Cowboy
1933
as Mr. Curran
Rockabye
1932
as Fagin
Curtain Call
1940
as Mr. Middleton
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
as Judge Maiben
Undercover Agent
1939
as Tom 'Pop' Madison
The Spanish Main
1945
as Pillery Gow
Spring Madness
1938
as Mr. Maloney (uncredited)
Untamed
1940
as Mr. Angus McGavity
Two of a Kind
1951
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935
as Chief Verger Tope
Lloyd's of London
1936
as Brook Watson
Two Thoroughbreds
1939
as Jack Lenihan
The Great Man Votes
1939
as Hot Shot Gillings
Abie's Irish Rose
1946
as Patrick Murphy
A Study in Scarlet
1933
as Jabez Wilson
The General Died at Dawn
1936
as Leach
Mrs. Mike
1949
as Uncle John
Two Bright Boys
1939
as Mike Casey
Sabotage
1939
as Mel
Air Hostess
1933
as Pop Kearny
Merely Mary Ann
1931
as First Drayman
Spendthrift
1936
as Pop O'Connell
The Crime Doctor's Warning
1945
as Robert MacPherson (uncredited)
The Plough and the Stars
1936
as Uncle Peter
Captains of the Clouds
1942
as Foster
The Vanishing Virginian
1942
as John Phelps
The Kid From Texas
1939
as Farr
A Modern Hero
1934
as Mr. Ryan
Special Investigator
1936
as Judge Plumgate
Ride a Crooked Mile
1938
as Sgt. Flynn
The Silver Whip
1953
as Riley
The Zero Hour
1939
as Timothy
Motor Madness
1937
as Henry John 'Cap' McNeil
A Feather in Her Hat
1935
as Pobjoy
Little Orphan Annie
1938
as Tom Jennings
The Black Camel
1931
as Thomas MacMasters
Colleen
1936
as Pop Reilly
She Went to the Races
1945
as Jeff Habbard
Under Suspicion
1930
as Doyle
Timothy's Quest
1936
as Dr. Cudd
Little Old New York
1923
as John O'Day
6,000 Enemies
1939
as Dan Barrett
No Time for Comedy
1940
as Jim
London by Night
1937
as Tims
Laughing Irish Eyes
1936
as Tim
The Great John L.
1945
as Father O'Malley
Vanity Street
1932
as Dan - Irish Cop (uncredited)
It's a Dog's Life
1955
as Paddy Corbin
The Big Bonanza
1944
as 'Judge' Jasper Kincaid
The Rainbow Trail
1932
as Paddy Harrigan
The Fighting O'Flynn
1949
as Timothy
One Crowded Night
1940
as Brother 'Doc' Joseph
The Witness Vanishes
1939
as Flinters
The Flying Irishman
1939
as Mr. Clyde Corrigan Sr.
Song o' My Heart
1930
as Peter
Don't Bet on Women
1931
as Chipley Duff
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935
as Perkins (uncredited)
Let's Make a Million
1936
as Sam Smith
Lucky In Love
1929
as Connors
New Movietone Follies of 1930
1930
as Gateman in Show
Paddy the Next Best Thing
1933
as Collins
About 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 Broadw… With 101 credits spanning from 1923 to 1958, J.M. Kerrigan has appeared in 94 films and 7 TV shows.
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- Gone with the Wind (1939) — as Johnny Gallagher
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) — as Billy
- The Fighting Seabees (1944) — as Sawyer Collins
- The Wolf Man (1941) — as Charles Conliffe
- Mr. Lucky (1943) — as Mr. McDougal (uncredited)
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