J. Warren Kerrigan

George Jack Warren Kerrigan (July 25, 1879 – June 9, 1947) was an American silent film actor and film director. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Kerrigan worked as a warehouse clerk in his teens until a chance arrived to appear in a vaudeville production. He continued to act in traveling stock productions, though he took a brief time away from the stage to attend the University of Illinois. By the time he was 30 years old, he had begun to make appearances in films for Essanay Studios. A contract with the American Film Corporation opened the door to leading roles, often as a modern man of the age. He starred in over 300 films up to 1924. In May 1917, Kerrigan was nearing the end of a four-month long personal appearance publicity tour that...