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J.M. Kerrigan

J.M. Kerrigan

25 movies on Netflix

Biography

J. M. Kerrigan was an Irish actor who began with the Irish National Theatre in 1907 and became a mainstay of the Abbey Players, performing works by William Butler Yeats, Lady Gregory, and John Millington Synge. He created the part of Shawn Keogh in Synge's The Playboy of the Western World and toured with the company to New York in 1908 and 1911. By the 1920s he was working on Broadway, and he appeared in 35 productions there, including Outward Bound in 1924. After six silent films starting in 1916, he settled in Hollywood in 1935 for John Ford's The Informer. He often played hangers-on, and his best-known part was Leach in The General Died at Dawn (1936). Later screen work included Gone with the Wind (1939) and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954). He appeared in 114 films and 15 television series and died in 1964.

79years old at death

  • Born Dublin
  • Died Hollywood
  • Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
  • Also credited as James Michael Kerrigan, Joseph Michael Kerrigan and Joseph M. Kerrigan

Movie Career

Films
25
Career span
25 years1931 to 1956

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  1. Big break

    In 1935, John Ford's The Informer brought Kerrigan to Hollywood for good, since he had been hired there with several other Abbey performers.

  2. Beyond film

    Kerrigan starred as the leprechaun Jackeen J. O'Malley in the 1946 Broadway show Barnaby and Mr. O'Malley, which closed after only four performances.

J.M. Kerrigan movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea1954 Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fias Old Billy

    IMDb rating 7.240K votes

  2. The Wolf Man1941 Drama, Horroras Charles Conliffe

    IMDb rating 7.235K votes

  3. The Informer1935as Terry

    IMDb rating 7.37.9K votes

  4. The Lost Patrol1934as Quincannon

    IMDb rating 6.84.0K votes

  5. The Fighting Seabees1944as Sawyer Collins

    IMDb rating 6.44.3K votes

  6. Werewolf of London1935as Hawkins

    IMDb rating 6.37.5K votes

  7. Park Row1952as Dan O'Rourke

    IMDb rating 7.22.2K votes

  8. My Cousin Rachel1952as Reverend Pascoe

    IMDb rating 7.13.9K votes

Most often with

John Ford directed three of these films, Michael Curtiz two and Henry Koster two. Five actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Awards

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J.M. Kerrigan's awards and nominations, grouped by award
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Star on Hollywood Walk of FameHonored

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