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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JACK WARREX KERRIGAN 99 which I was favored with the role of Samson, is the biggest and most spectacular Motion Picture ever pro- duced in the United States. Such pic- tures as "The Magic Skin," "Dread Inheritance," "The Restless Spirit" and "Rory o' the Bogs," have fur- nished great opportunities for original and effective work. Unlike many of my professional associates, I have not had prolonged experience upon the stage. The fact is I haven't had time, for I am now twenty-five years old and have been in Motion Pictures for nearly five years. My pro- fessional career began when I set out from my home in Louis- ville, Ky., bound for New York, with unlimited ambitions, and experience in no line whatsoever. My mother had me checked for the ministry. Father had decided that I should be a law- yer, and one of my elder brothers (I am the eighth and the youngest son) h a. d in e picked for a prizefighter. II o w - ever, a number of' years previous to this I had decided that I should be an actor. This decision weighed so heavily upon my mind that I was use- less as a worker. My father was superin- tendent of a» large wholesale warehouse. Instead of doing the work which was allotted to me, I used to build dens and tunnels among the empty dry- goods boxes, where no one could find me, and there spent most of my time reading. When I was driven from ft I this stronghold, I would go upon the roof and close the skylight after me. I have always liked solitude. During fine weather, I often went into the woods and acted and declaimed to my heart's content, think- ing all along what a shame there was no one around to' hear and appreciate my talent. I have always gone in for sports, and can run, swim and ride horseback with the next person. My first stage experience was with Clay Clem- ent, my brother- in-law, in his production of "Sam Houston." I played the juvenile lead. I played a like part in "Brown of Harvard" and"TheMaster Key." Follow- ing these engagements, I was featured in "The Road to Yes- terday." I liked the work on the stage. I have never sown my wild oats, principally because the dizzy life has never and does not appeal to me. Time is too val- uable and accomplishment too difficult. I like a country life—dogs, chickens, horses, green fields and sunshine. I have the rainy days to myself, and those days I spend at home—I daresay the happiest home in Hollywood, because my mother, my sister Kathleen, my brother Wallace and myself, all of us bosom pals, live together in our bungalow.