J. Warren Kerrigan(1879-1947)

According to family members, as chronicled by author/biographer William J, Mann in "Behind The Screen" (2001), it was far more than Kerrigan's stance on The Big War and who should have to be drafted that put a damper on his career, but his refusal to marry, his dedication to his mother and to his lover, James Vincent, all of whom were ensconced in one home, that also contributed to the end of his career in Hollywood. In the changing times of the early studios, without the "protection" of a business manager and publicist, Kerrigan was at the mercy of a ruthless public.

[San Pedro (CA) News Pilot, Monday, February 14, 1938, on his retirement from films and offers for new roles from studios] Let me alone. I'm having too swell a time in my own garden to go back to the nerve-strain of being famous.