![Peter Kerrigan](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/8C3KAA8tmTiiCQHTZ6A0ptCDYNC.jpg)
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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 16.267 |
Birthday | 1916-01-01 |
Place of Birth | Bootle, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK |
Also Known As |
![The Big Flame](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/kmoZW4fX1vengcQeTVmN9HqEtB8.jpg)
1969
![The Big Flame](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/kmoZW4fX1vengcQeTVmN9HqEtB8.jpg)
The Big Flame
5/2
After a prolonged industrial dispute in the Liverpool Docks, the striking workers reject management demands of a return to work and decide instead to...
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The Big Flame
![The Black Stuff](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/93h1s1gPORjQQrsrfzAD6t0wnac.jpg)
1980
![The Black Stuff](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/93h1s1gPORjQQrsrfzAD6t0wnac.jpg)
The Black Stuff
7.4/11
A Liverpool tarmac gang set off for a contract in Middlesborough. After a day of work, the group are approached by two gypsies who offer them a lucrat...
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![The Rank and File](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/vRTHLWojwSaCZvsIX0G3FNjZ43V.jpg)
1971
![The Rank and File](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/vRTHLWojwSaCZvsIX0G3FNjZ43V.jpg)
The Rank and File
5/2
Wilkinsons glass-works dominates a Staffordshire town. After a small walkout over pay discrepancies, the workers of the factory vote to go on strike,...
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The Rank and File
![The Spongers](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/A4BxN8u7ny2sPvoQUsrPqLKYgxG.jpg)
1978
![The Spongers](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/A4BxN8u7ny2sPvoQUsrPqLKYgxG.jpg)
The Spongers
0/0
In the days leading up the Queen's Silver Jubilee, Pauline, a recently separated single mother, receives a visit from a bailiff and is given 15 days t...
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The Spongers
![United Kingdom](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/naLJrpI24teGydwzy4dDBzOxZeR.jpg)
1981
![United Kingdom](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/naLJrpI24teGydwzy4dDBzOxZeR.jpg)
United Kingdom
0/0
Incendiary 1981 Play for Today, written by Jim Allen and directed by Roland Joffé that tells the story of a group of housing estate residents who atte...
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United Kingdom
![Bag of Yeast](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/le2WHsTbBbMTNVTTQFdxjKNjY7y.jpg)
1976
![Bag of Yeast](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/le2WHsTbBbMTNVTTQFdxjKNjY7y.jpg)
Bag of Yeast
0/0
When teacher Tony Scannell decides he wants to be ordained as a Catholic Priest his decision has wide ranging effects on his family and loved ones.
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Bag of Yeast
![After a Lifetime](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1971
![After a Lifetime](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
After a Lifetime
0/0
Ken Loach's first production for ITV, shown under the 'Sunday Night Theatre' strand (originally broadcast 18th July 1971). After a Lifetime is somethi...
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After a Lifetime
![Lucky](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1974
![Lucky](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
Lucky
0/0
“Set in Liverpool in the early 70s, the film tells the story of Samuel 'lucky' Ubooto, a half African, half Irish man in his 20s whose decidedly unluc...
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Lucky
![The Body](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/rN7OxZJNdQV972BHpvfmYMCc0oK.jpg)
1970
![The Body](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/rN7OxZJNdQV972BHpvfmYMCc0oK.jpg)
The Body
4.5/6
A psychedelic documentary of the body electric, with music by Pink Floyd. The film was directed and produced by Roy Battersby. The film's narrators,...
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The Body
![Coast to Coast](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1987
![Coast to Coast](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
Coast to Coast
6/2
Two guys meet, one American, a deserter from the US army, one Brit, and they are drawn together by their mutual love of Soul music. Neither being gain...
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Coast to Coast
![Talk About Work](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/egLytoENJPsyFOO9FSp00cTqWxq.jpg)
1971
![Talk About Work](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/egLytoENJPsyFOO9FSp00cTqWxq.jpg)
Talk About Work
0/0
Ken Loach's censored production for the Central Office of Information.
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