Peter Kerrigan
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 Po...
Known For
Filmography
Coast to Coast
1987
as British Rail Inspector
Scully
1984
as Old Man
The Gathering Seed
1983
as Fred Pawsey
Boys from the Blackstuff
1982
as George Malone
United Kingdom
1981
as Peter Connor
The Black Stuff
1980
as George Malone
The Spongers
1978
as Peter
Bag of Yeast
1976
as James Scannell
Red Letter Day
1976
as James
The Sweeney
1975
as Bowyer
Lucky
1974
as Det. Sgt. Williams
Talk About Work
1971
as Self (uncredited)
The Rank and File
1971
as Eddie
The Body
1970
as Self
Play for Today
1970
as Eddie
The Big Flame
1969
as Peter Conner
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Charlie
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Peter Conner