J.M. Kerrigan
Dec 16, 1884 — Apr 29, 1964 (79 years)
Dublin, Ireland
86 Movies
4 Series
J.M. Kerrigan, an actor from Dublin, Ireland, began their career in the 1920s. They are internationally recognised for roles such as Johnny Gallagher in Gone with the Wind, Billy in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Charles Conliffe in The Wolf Man. Their work further includes 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Wolf Man. They have 86 films and 4 TV productions to their name, working mainly across genres like drama, romance, adventure.
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86Movies
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J.M. Kerrigan
86 Movies
4 Series
J.M. Kerrigan, an actor from Dublin, Ireland, began their career in the 1920s. They are internationally recognised for roles such as Johnny Gallagher in Gone with the Wind, Billy in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Charles Conliffe in The Wolf Man. Their work further includes 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Wolf Man. They have 86 films and 4 TV productions to their name, working mainly across genres like drama, romance, adventure.
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86
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Gone with the Wind
1939
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954
Under Suspicion
1930
Mr. Lucky
1943
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956
The Wolf Man
1941
Careless Lady
1932
Appointment for Love
1941
The Fighting Seabees
1944
The Wild North
1952
Undercover Agent
1939
Air Hostess
1933
The Lost Patrol
1934
Call Northside 777
1948
Union Pacific
1939
Werewolf of London
1935
Hot Tip
1935
The Long Voyage Home
1940
The Sea Hawk
1940
Tarzan and the Amazons
1945
The Informer
1935
My Cousin Rachel
1952
No Time for Comedy
1940
Wilson
1944
Young Tom Edison
1940
A Modern Hero
1934
The Plough and the Stars
1936
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
Sealed Cargo
1951
The Great John L.
1945
The Spanish Main
1945
Lloyd's of London
1936
Captains of the Clouds
1942
The Luck of the Irish
1948
It's a Dog's Life
1955
A Study in Scarlet
1933
London by Night
1937
Park Row
1952
The Black Camel
1931
The Silver Whip
1953
Rockabye
1932
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935
The Flying Irishman
1939
The General Died at Dawn
1936
The Vanishing Virginian
1942
Spring Madness
1938
She Went to the Races
1945
The Fountain
1934
Colleen
1936
A Feather in Her Hat
1935
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Shirley Temple's Storybook
Mr Pickles
1958
TV
The Fastest Gun Alive
Kevin McGovern
1956
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It's a Dog's Life
Paddy Corbin
1955
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Billy
1954
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Letter to Loretta
Mr. Thomas J. Flaherty
1959–1960
TV
The Silver Whip
Riley
1953
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General Electric Theater
Jimmy
1954–1955
TV
My Cousin Rachel
Reverend Pascoe
1952
Film
Park Row
Dan O'Rourke
1952
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Is J.M. Kerrigan still alive?
J.M. Kerrigan passed away on April 29, 1964 at age 79.
What are the most famous roles of J.M. Kerrigan?
J.M. Kerrigan is best known for roles in Gone with the Wind, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Wolf Man.
How many movies has J.M. Kerrigan been in?
Over a 41-year career (since 1923), J.M. Kerrigan has appeared in 94 movies and 7 TV shows.
What was J.M. Kerrigan's first movie?
The career of J.M. Kerrigan began with Little Old New York (1923).
What is J.M. Kerrigan's most recent movie or series?
J.M. Kerrigan's most recent release is Shirley Temple's Storybook, which premiered on January 12, 1958.
What TV shows has J.M. Kerrigan appeared in?
On television, J.M. Kerrigan has appeared in Studio One, Lux Video Theatre, Matinee Theater, Letter to Loretta.
J.M. Kerrigan
1884-12-16 · Dublin, Ireland
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.