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Peter Kerrigan‌

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calendar1916-01-01

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Peter Kerrigan

Bootle, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Peter Kerrigan

Bootle, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1916-01-01

Popularity

star2.4

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 Port Workers?' on behalf of the Socialist Labour League - the party he had joined following his departure from the CP. In official retirement Kerrigan became an actor appearing in the militant dockworkers drama The Big Flame, written by Jim Allen and directed by Ken Loach. The play stimulated the formation of a political group of the same name, largely based in Liverpool. He was soon in demand, appearing in Loach's The Rank and File and Days of Hope, as well as the Play For Today's The Spongers and United Kingdom, and the drama The Gathering Seed - all of which were again written by Allen. He also appeared in Z Cars, The Sweeney, Family at War, Strumpet City, Crown Court, Brookside and Scully. But he'll perhaps be best remembered as George Malone in The Blackstuff and its subsequent spin off series, Boys from The Blackstuff, in which he played a blacklisted former docker and trade unionist.

Movie Credits

The Spongers

The Spongers‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Talk About Work

Talk About Work‌
star0.0
calendar 1971

The Big Flame

The Big Flame‌
star5.0
calendar 1969

The Black Stuff

The Black Stuff‌
star7.4
calendar 1980

The Rank and File

The Rank and File‌
star5.0
calendar 1971

Bag of Yeast

Bag of Yeast‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

United Kingdom

United Kingdom‌
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calendar 1981

After a Lifetime

After a Lifetime‌
star0.0
calendar 1971

Lucky

Lucky‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

The Body

The Body‌
star4.5
calendar 1970

Coast to Coast

Coast to Coast‌
star6.0
calendar 1987

Tv Credits

The Sweeney

The Sweeney‌
star7.7
calendar 1975

Scully

Scully‌
star4.5
calendar 1984

Boys from the Blackstuff

Boys from the Blackstuff‌
star7.8
calendar 1982

The Gathering Seed

The Gathering Seed‌
star0.0
calendar 1983

Days of Hope

Days of Hope‌
star6.2
calendar 1975