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Birthday: Jan 01, 1916
Place of Birth: Bootle, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Peter Kerrigan

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
The Spongers Peter 1978
Talk About Work Self (uncredited) 1971
The Big Flame Peter Conner 1969
The Black Stuff George Malone 1980
The Rank and File Eddie 1971
Bag of Yeast James Scannell 1976
United Kingdom Peter Connor 1981
After a Lifetime Uncle John 1971
Lucky Det. Sgt. Williams 1974
The Body Self 1970
Coast to Coast British Rail Inspector 1987
Series Cast Year
The Sweeney Bowyer 1975
Scully Old Man 1984
Boys from the Blackstuff George Malone 1982
The Gathering Seed Fred Rowsey 1983
Days of Hope Peter 1975
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