Peter Kerrigan
Peter Kerrigan
Person

Peter Kerrigan

Actor 1916-01-01 Bootle, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

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 beha...

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FILMOGRAPHY
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The Sweeney

The Sweeney

1975 · Bowyer

Boys from the Blackstuff

Boys from the Blackstuff

1982 · George Malone

The Black Stuff

The Black Stuff

1980 · George Malone

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970 · Eddie

The Body

The Body

1970 · Self

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965 · Charlie

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

1964 · Peter Conner

Scully

Scully

1984 · Old Man

The Big Flame

The Big Flame

1969 · Peter Conner

The Rank and File

The Rank and File

1971 · Eddie

Coast to Coast

Coast to Coast

1987 · British Rail Inspector

Red Letter Day

Red Letter Day

1976 · James

The Gathering Seed

The Gathering Seed

1983 · Fred Pawsey

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

1981 · Peter Connor

Talk About Work

Talk About Work

1971 · Self (uncredited)

The Spongers

The Spongers

1978 · Peter

Lucky

Lucky

1974 · Det. Sgt. Williams

Bag of Yeast

Bag of Yeast

1976 · James Scannell