George Jack Warren Kerrigan (July 25, 1879 â€" June 9, 1947) was an
American silent film actor and film director.In May 1917, Kerrigan was
nearing the end of a four-month-long personal appearance publicity
tour that had taken him across the United States and into Canada. At
one of the final stops, a reporter for The Denver Times asked Kerrigan
if he would be joining the war. Kerrigan replied:Picked up and
reprinted in newspapers across the country, this statement stunned his
fans and his popularity plummeted, never to fully recover. Family
members later reported in Behind the Screen (2001) by William J. Mann
that his slump in popularity was more due to his living with his
mother and partner James Vincent in the same house, and not having a
business manager to overcome the negative publicity.In the spring of
1924, after John Barrymore bowed out, Kerrigan was assigned the
starring role in Captain Blood. While the film was a moderate success,
critics were unmoved and Kerrigan found himself working less and less
and in smaller roles. In December 1924, Kerrigan was injured in an
automobile accident in Illinois. According to the Des Moines Tribune
(page 1, Monday, December 8, 1924) his face was badly scarred and it
was stated that "he may never star in films again.
American silent film actor and film director.In May 1917, Kerrigan was
nearing the end of a four-month-long personal appearance publicity
tour that had taken him across the United States and into Canada. At
one of the final stops, a reporter for The Denver Times asked Kerrigan
if he would be joining the war. Kerrigan replied:Picked up and
reprinted in newspapers across the country, this statement stunned his
fans and his popularity plummeted, never to fully recover. Family
members later reported in Behind the Screen (2001) by William J. Mann
that his slump in popularity was more due to his living with his
mother and partner James Vincent in the same house, and not having a
business manager to overcome the negative publicity.In the spring of
1924, after John Barrymore bowed out, Kerrigan was assigned the
starring role in Captain Blood. While the film was a moderate success,
critics were unmoved and Kerrigan found himself working less and less
and in smaller roles. In December 1924, Kerrigan was injured in an
automobile accident in Illinois. According to the Des Moines Tribune
(page 1, Monday, December 8, 1924) his face was badly scarred and it
was stated that "he may never star in films again.
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