Joseph Michael Kerrigan (16 December 1884 – 29 April 1964) was an Irish actor.

Early life

Joseph Michael Kerrigan was born on 16 December 1884 in

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, which was part of the

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at that time. He studied at

Belvedere College Belvedere College Society of Jesus, S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a fee-paying voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. Formally established in 1832 at Hardwicke Street in north inner city Dublin, the school was ...

and worked as a newspaperman.

Career

In 1907, Kerrigan joined the Irish National Theatre, later known as the Abbey Players. There he became a stalwart, appearing in plays by

Lady Gregory Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (; 15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932) was an Anglo-Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager. With William Butler Yeats and Edward Martyn, she co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre and the Abbey Theatre, and wrot ...

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and

John Millington Synge Edmund John Millington Synge (; 16 April 1871 – 24 March 1909), popularly known as J. M. Synge, was an Irish playwright, poet, writer, essayist, and collector of folklores. As an important driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, Ir ...

(for whom he created the role of Shawn Keogh in ''

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''). He toured with the company to New York City in 1908 and again in 1911, when their American premiere of ''

'' met with riotous disapproval. By the 1920s he was appearing on

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, often in plays by

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, and Sheridan. In 1924, he and Abbey colleague

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appeared in

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's ''

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'', along with

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Leslie Howard Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 18931 June 1943) was an English actor, director, producer and writer.Obituary, '' Variety'', 9 June 1943. He wrote many stories and articles for ''The New York Times'', ''The New Yorker'', and '' Vanity Fair'' an ...

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, and

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. All in all, he played in 35 Broadway productions in his career. His first screen appearance was in ''Food of Love'', one of six silent films he did in 1916. He settled permanently in Hollywood in 1935, having been recruited along with several other Abbey performers to appear in

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's '' The Informer''. In this film and in Ford's ''

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'', he played similar roles, that of a

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who attaches himself to men until they run out of money. Perhaps his best-known role was in ''

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'', wherein he plays a character named Leach, a sinister thief who, holding a gun on Cooper, says: "I may be fat, but I'm agile." He had little screen time in films in which he had minor roles, such as the First Drayman in ''

Merely Mary Ann ''Merely Mary Ann'' a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy drama film starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. Gaynor and Farrell made almost a dozen films together, including Frank Borzage's classics '' 7th Heaven'' (1927), '' Street An ...

'' (1931) with

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. One of his more recognizable roles was in ''

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'' (1939), in which he played John Gallegher, the seemly jovial mill owner who whips his convict labor into "co-operation". He appeared in

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's ''

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'' (1954), the film version of Jules Verne's 1870 novel, in a minor role at the beginning of the film. In a 1946 attempt to reach Broadway, Kerrigan starred as the discombobulated

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Jackeen J. O'Malley in the show ''Barnaby and Mr. O'Malley'', based on the

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comic strip. The play was unsuccessful, completing only four performances. Kerrigan made his final Broadway appearance later that year, however, in Guthrie McClintic's revival of ''

'', this time playing Michael James Flaherty. Over his career, he had roles in 114 short and feature-length motion pictures, and between 1952 and 1960 he appeared in episodes of 15 different TV series. Kerrigan died in Hollywood on 29 April 1964, aged 79. He has a star on the

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at 6621 Hollywood Blvd.

Partial filmography

* '' Little Old New York'' (1923) – John O'Day (film debut) * '' Lucky in Love'' (1929) – Connors * ''

New Movietone Follies of 1930 ''New Movietone Follies of 1930'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical film released by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Benjamin Stoloff. The film stars El Brendel and Marjorie White who also costarred in Fox's '' Just Imagine'' in 1930. The f ...

'' (1930) – Gateman in Show (uncredited) * ''

Song o' My Heart ''Song o' My Heart'' is a 1930 Pre-Code American film directed by Frank Borzage and starring John McCormack, Alice Joyce, Maureen O'Sullivan, Effie Ellsler and John Garrick. It was O'Sullivan's second film role. The film was double-shot in ...

'' (1930) – Peter * ''

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'' (1930) – Traffic Policeman in 1980 (uncredited) * '' Lightnin''' (1930) – Judge Lemuel Townsend * '' Under Suspicion'' (1930) – Doyle * ''

Don't Bet on Women ''Don't Bet on Women'' is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by William K. Howard and starring Edmund Lowe, Jeanette MacDonald and Roland Young.Turk p.359 Plot On a whim, Herbert Blake proposes a wager with Roger Fallon that ...

'' (1931) – Chipley Duff * '' The Black Camel'' (1931) – Thomas MacMasters * ''

'' (1931) – First Drayman * '' The Rainbow Trail'' (1932) – Paddy Harrigan * ''

Careless Lady ''Careless Lady'' is a 1932 pre-Code American comedy film directed by Kenneth MacKenna and written by Guy Bolton. The film stars Joan Bennett, John Boles, Minna Gombell, Weldon Heyburn, Nora Lane and Raul Roulien. The film was released on Apr ...

'' (1932) – Trowbridge * ''

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'' (1932) – Coachman (uncredited) * ''

Vanity Street ''Vanity Street'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code crime drama film directed by Nick Grinde and starring Charles Bickford, Helen Chandler and Mayo Methot.Scott p.42 It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Plot A New York policeman assis ...

'' (1932) – Dan – Irish Cop (uncredited) * '' Rockabye'' (1932) – Fagin * ''

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'' (1933) – Cpl. O'Leary (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1933) – Pop Kearny * ''

A Study in Scarlet ''A Study in Scarlet'' is an 1887 Detective fiction, detective novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would go on to become one of the most well-known detective ...

'' (1933) – Jabez Wilson * '' Paddy the Next Best Thing'' (1933) – Collins * '' Lone Cowboy'' (1933) – Mr. Curran * '' The Lost Patrol'' (1934) – Quincannon * ''

A Modern Hero ''A Modern Hero'' is a 1934 American pre-Code romance drama film starring Richard Barthelmess and directed by G. W. Pabst. It is based on the novel with the same title by Louis Bromfield. It was Pabst's only American sound film, talking film an ...

'' (1934) – Mr. Ryan * '' The Key'' (1934) – O'Duffy * ''

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'' (1934) – Tom Morgan – Pirate (uncredited) * ''

The Fountain ''The Fountain'' is a 2006 American epic science fiction romantic drama film written and directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz. Blending elements of fantasy, history, spirituality, and science fiction, the f ...

'' (1934) – Shordley * '' Happiness Ahead'' (1934) – Window Washer Boss * ''

The Mystery of Edwin Drood ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'' is the final novel by English author Charles Dickens, originally published in 1870. Though the novel is named after the character Edwin Drood, it focuses more on Drood's uncle, John Jasper, a precentor, choirm ...

'' (1935) – Chief Verger Tope * '' Vanessa: Her Love Story'' (1935) – Perkins (uncredited) * '' The Informer'' (1935) – Terry * ''

Werewolf of London ''Werewolf of London'' is a 1935 horror film directed by Stuart Walker (director), Stuart Walker and starring Henry Hull as the titular werewolf. The supporting cast includes Warner Oland, Valerie Hobson, Lester Matthews, and Spring Byington. ...

'' (1935) – Hawkins * '' The Farmer Takes a Wife'' (1935) – Angus (uncredited) * ''

Hot Tip ''Hot Tip'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Ray McCarey and James Gleason from a screenplay by Hugh Cummings, Olive Cooper, and Louis Stevens, based on William Slavens McNutt's short story, "Leander Clicks", which had been publish ...

'' (1935) – Matt * ''

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'' (1935) – Judge Harper * ''

A Feather in Her Hat ''A Feather in Her Hat'' is a 1935 melodrama film starring Pauline Lord as a working-class woman with ambitions for her son. It is based on the 1934 novel of the same name by I. A. R. Wylie. Plot In 1925 London, middle-aged, widowed shopkeeper C ...

'' (1935) – Pobjoy * '' Timothy's Quest'' (1936) – Dr. Cudd * '' The Prisoner of Shark Island'' (1936) – Judge Maiben * '' Laughing Irish Eyes'' (1936) – Tim * '' Colleen'' (1936) – Pop Reilly * '' Special Investigator'' (1936) – Judge Plumgate * ''

Hearts in Bondage ''Hearts in Bondage'' is a 1936 American black-and-white war drama film directed by Lew Ayres for Republic Pictures. Set during the American Civil War, the film depicts the Union Navy's deliberate sinking of , the Confederate States Navy's sa ...

'' (1936) – Paddy Callahan * ''

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'' (1936) – Pop O'Connell * ''

'' (1936) – Leach * ''

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'' (1936) – Brook Watson * ''

Let's Make a Million ''Let's Make a Million'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Ray McCarey and written by Manuel Seff and Robert Yost. The film stars Charlotte Wynters, Edward Everett Horton, Porter Hall, J. M. Kerrigan, Margaret Seddon and Margaret McWad ...

'' (1936) – Sam Smith * ''

The Plough and the Stars ''The Plough and the Stars'' is a four-act play by the Irish writer Seán O'Casey that was first performed on 8 February 1926 at the Abbey Theatre. It is set in Dublin and addresses the 1916 Easter Rising. The play's title references the Sta ...

'' (1936) – Uncle Peter * ''

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'' (1937) – Sergeant Thomas * ''

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'' (1937) – Henry John 'Cap' McNeil * '' London by Night'' (1937) – Tims * ''

Vacation from Love ''Vacation from Love'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by George Fitzmaurice, written by Patterson McNutt and Harlan Ware, and starring Dennis O'Keefe, Florence Rice, Reginald Owen, June Knight, Edward Brophy and Truman Bradley. It wa ...

'' (1938) – Danny Dolan, Hansom Cabbie * ''

Spring Madness ''Spring Madness'' is a 1938 American romantic comedy film based on the play of the same title by Philip Barry. It was directed by S. Sylvan Simon for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and stars Maureen O'Sullivan, Lew Ayres, Ruth Hussey and Burgess Meredith ...

'' (1938) – Mr. Maloney (uncredited) * ''

Little Orphan Annie ''Little Orphan Annie'' was a daily American comic strip created by Harold Gray and print syndication#Comic strip syndication, syndicated by the Tribune Media Services. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie" by James ...

'' (1938) – Tom Jennings * '' Ride a Crooked Mile'' (1938) – Sgt. Flynn * ''

The Great Man Votes ''The Great Man Votes'' is a 1939 American drama film starring John Barrymore as a widowed professor turned drunkard who has the deciding vote in an election for mayor. It was based on the short story of the same name by Gordon Malherbe Hillman ...

'' (1939) – Hot Shot Gillings * ''

Boy Slaves ''Boy Slaves'' is a 1939 drama film starring Roger Daniel and Anne Shirley. The film was directed by P.J. Wolfson and based upon an Albert Bein story. ''Boy Slaves'' is an exposé of child labor. Plot Runaway boy Jesse Thompson, hoping to earn ...

'' (1939) – Brakeman (uncredited) * ''

The Flying Irishman ''The Flying Irishman'' (aka ''Born to Fly'') is a 1939 biographical drama film produced by RKO Pictures about Douglas Corrigan's unofficial transatlantic flight the previous year in a dilapidated Curtiss Robin light aircraft. The film was direc ...

'' (1939) – Mr. Clyde Corrigan Sr. * ''

The Kid from Texas ''The Kid from Texas'' is a 1950 American Western film that was Audie Murphy's first Technicolor Western and the first feature film on Murphy's Universal-International Pictures contract. It was directed by Kurt Neumann and featured Gale Storm ...

'' (1939) – Farr * ''

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'' (1939) – Tom 'Pop' Madison * ''

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'' (1939) – Monahan * ''

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'' (1939) – Lew Fisher * '' The Zero Hour'' (1939) – Timothy * '' 6,000 Enemies'' (1939) – Dan Barrett * '' Two Bright Boys'' (1939) – Mike Casey * ''

The Witness Vanishes ''The Witness Vanishes'' is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Otis Garrett and starring Edmund Lowe, Wendy Barrie, and Bruce Lester. Plot Cast Production In 1937, Universal Pictures made a deal with Crime Club, who were publishers of ...

'' (1939) – Flinters * ''

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'' (1939) – Mel * '' Two Thoroughbreds'' (1939) – Jack Lenihan * ''

'' (1939) – Johnny Gallagher * ''

Congo Maisie ''Congo Maisie'' is a 1940 comedy-drama film directed by H. C. Potter and starring Ann Sothern for the second time in the ten film Maisie series as showgirl Maisie Ravier. Plot Maisie hides aboard a West African steamer after she discovers th ...

'' (1940) – Captain Finch * ''

Young Tom Edison ''Young Tom Edison'' is a 1940 biographical film about the early life of inventor Thomas Edison directed by Norman Taurog and starring Mickey Rooney. The film was the first of a complementary pair of Edison biopics that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer releas ...

'' (1940) – Mr. McCarney * '' Three Cheers for the Irish'' (1940) – Scanlon * ''

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'' (1940) – Mr. Middleton * '' The Sea Hawk'' (1940) – Eli Matson * '' Untamed'' (1940) – Angus McGavity * ''

One Crowded Night ''One Crowded Night'' is a 1940 drama film directed by Irving Reis. Plot In a motor court in the Mojave Desert we are introduced to the Matthews consisting of Mae, the wife of a convict, Annie, her sister, Ma and Pa, their parents, and Mae's yo ...

'' (1940) – Joseph * ''

No Time for Comedy ''No Time for Comedy'' is a 1940 American comedy-drama film based on the play of the same name by S. N. Behrman, starring James Stewart, Rosalind Russell, Genevieve Tobin and Charlie Ruggles. Plot Gaylord Esterbrook, a reporter from Redfield, Mi ...

'' (1940) – Jim * ''

'' (1940) – Crimp * ''

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'' (1941) – Jim O'Brien * ''

Appointment for Love ''Appointment for Love'' is a 1941 American romantic comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Charles Boyer, Margaret Sullavan and Rita Johnson.Rinella p.166 It was made and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was nominated f ...

'' (1941) – Timothy * '' The Wolf Man'' (1941) – Charles Conliffe * ''

The Vanishing Virginian ''The Vanishing Virginian'' is a 1942 American drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Frank Morgan and Kathryn Grayson. It is based on the memoirs of Rebecca Yancey Williams and set in Lynchburg, Virginia, from 1913 to 1929. Synopsis B ...

'' (1942) – John Phelps * ''

Captains of the Clouds ''Captains of the Clouds'' ( ''Shadows of Their Wings'') is a 1942 American war film in Technicolor, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring James Cagney. It was produced by William Cagney (Cagney's brother), with Hal B. Wallis as executive pro ...

'' (1942) – Foster * ''

Action in the North Atlantic ''Action in the North Atlantic'' is a 1943 American war film from Warner Bros. Pictures. It was produced by Jerry Wald, directed by Lloyd Bacon, and adapted by John Howard Lawson from a story by Guy Gilpatric. The film stars Humphrey Bogart and R ...

'' (1943) – Caviar Jinks (uncredited) * '' Mr. Lucky'' (1943) – Mr. McDougal (uncredited) * ''

The Fighting Seabees ''The Fighting Seabees'' is a 1944 American war film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring John Wayne and Susan Hayward. The supporting cast includes Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley, Leonid Kinsky, Addison Richards and Grant Withers. ''The Fighti ...

'' (1944) – Sawyer Collins * '' Wilson'' (1944) – Edward Sullivan * '' An American Romance'' (1944) – Charlie O'Rourke – Steam Shovel Operator (uncredited) * ''

The Big Bonanza ''The Big Bonanza'' is a 1944 American Western film starring Jane Frazee, Richard Arlen, Gabby Hayes, Robert Livingston and Lynne Roberts. Plot Escaping from jail after being falsely accused of cowardice, Army captain Jed Kilton ends up at o ...

'' (1944) – Judge Jasper Kincaid * ''

Tarzan and the Amazons ''Tarzan and the Amazons'' a 1945 American adventure film starring Johnny Weissmuller in his ninth outing as Tarzan. Brenda Joyce plays Jane, in the first of her five appearances in the role, and Johnny Sheffield makes his sixth appearance a ...

'' (1945) – Splivens * ''

The Great John L. ''The Great John L.'' is a 1945 American biographical drama film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by James Edward Grant. The film stars Linda Darnell, Barbara Britton, Greg McClure, Otto Kruger, Wallace Ford and George Mathews. The film wa ...

'' (1945) – Father O'Malley * '' Crime Doctor's Warning'' (1945) – Robert MacPherson (uncredited) * ''

The Spanish Main ''The Spanish Main'' is a 1945 American adventure film starring Paul Henreid, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak and Binnie Barnes, and directed by Frank Borzage. It was RKO's first all-Technicolor film since '' Becky Sharp'' ten years before. ...

'' (1945) – Pillery Gow * '' She Went to the Races'' (1945) – Jeff Habbard * ''

Black Beauty ''Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions, the Autobiography of a Horse'' is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was written from a horse as main character's perspective. She wrote it in the last years of her life, during which s ...

'' (1946) – John * ''

Abie's Irish Rose ''Abie's Irish Rose'' is a popular comedy by Anne Nichols, which premiered in 1922. Initially a Broadway theatre, Broadway Play (theatre), play, it has become familiar through repeated stage productions, films and radio programs. The basic premi ...

'' (1946) – Patrick Murphy * ''

Call Northside 777 ''Call Northside 777'' is a 1948 American drama film directed by Henry Hathaway. The film parallels the true story of a Chicago newspaper reporter who proved that a man jailed for murder 11 years previously was wrongly convicted. James Stewart ...

'' (1948) – Sullivan – Court Bailiff (uncredited) * '' The Luck of the Irish'' (1948) – Tatie the Innkeeper * ''

The Fighting O'Flynn ''The Fighting O'Flynn'' is a 1949 American adventure film directed by Arthur Pierson. The film's screenplay by Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is based on the novel of the same name by Justin Huntly McCarthy. Fairbanks stars, along with Helena Carter. ...

'' (1949) – Timothy * '' Mrs. Mike'' (1949) – Uncle John * ''

Double Crossbones ''Double Crossbones'' is a 1951 American comedy adventure film distributed by Universal International, produced by Leonard Goldstein, directed by Charles Barton, and stars Donald O'Connor and Helena Carter. It was shot in Technicolor and was rele ...

'' (1951) – Debtor (uncredited) * '' Sealed Cargo'' (1951) – Skipper Ben * '' Two of a Kind'' (1951) – Father Lanahan (uncredited) * ''

The Wild North ''The Wild North'' (also known as ''The Big North'', ''Constable Pedley'', ''The Constable Pedley Story'', ''The Wild North Country'' and ''North Country'') is a 1952 American Western film directed by Andrew Marton and starring Stewart Granger ...

'' (1952) – Callahan * '' Park Row'' (1952) – Dan O'Rourke * ''

My Cousin Rachel ''My Cousin Rachel'' is a Gothic novel written by English author Daphne du Maurier, published in 1951. Bearing thematic similarities to her earlier and more famous novel ''Rebecca'', it is a mystery-romance, set primarily on a large estate i ...

'' (1952) – Reverend Pascoe * '' The Silver Whip'' (1953) – Riley * ''

'' (1954) – Old Billy * '' It's a Dog's Life'' (1955) – Paddy Corbin * '' The Fastest Gun Alive'' (1956) – Kevin McGovern (final film) * ''

Shirley Temple's Storybook ''Shirley Temple's Storybook'' is a 1958–61 American children's anthology series hosted and narrated by actress Shirley Temple. The series features adaptations of fairy tales like Mother Goose and other family-oriented stories performed by we ...

'' (1958, TV) – The Magic Fishbone * ''

Tales of Wells Fargo ''Tales of Wells Fargo'' is an American Westerns on television, Western television series starring Dale Robertson in 201 episodes that aired from 1957 to 1962 on NBC. Produced by Revue Productions, the series aired in a half-hour format until i ...

'' (1959, TV) – Smalley * ''

Wagon Train ''Wagon Train'' is an American Western television series that aired for eight seasons, first on the NBC television network (1957–1962) and then on ABC (1962–1965). ''Wagon Train'' debuted on September 18, 1957, and reached the top of the ...

'' (1959, TV) – John Reed * ''

The Loretta Young Show ''The Loretta Young Show'' (originally known as ''Letter to Loretta'') is an American anthology drama television series broadcast on Sunday nights from September 2, 1953, to June 4, 1961, on NBC for a total of 165 episodes. The series was hoste ...

'' (1960, TV) – Mr. Thomas J. Flaherty * '' Lock-Up'' (1960, TV) – Professor Caldwell (last appearance)

References

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