Harry Shannon

Personal Info

Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
June 12, 1890

Place of Birth:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA

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Harry Shannon

Biography

Born and raised on a farm in Michigan in 1890, Irish-American character actor Harry Shannon had the credentials for becoming a staple player in westerns. He started off his career traveling around with repertory and stock companies and developed his musical abilities in tent shows, burlesque houses and such tuneful Broadway shows as "Oh, Kay!" (1926), "Hold Everything" (1928), "Simple Simon" (1931), and "Pardon My English" (1933). A company member of Joseph Schildkraut's Hollywood Theater Guild, Shannon broke into films at the advent of sound and started things off in comedy film shorts opposite such celebrated players as Bert Lahr, Shemp Howard, and Leon Errol. In the 1940s Shannon established himself in feature-length movies and although he remained a minor, second-string player, he proved himself a durable presence in westerns usually remaining on the good side of the law as sheriffs and bucolic dads. In lighthearted entertainment he could be found as a friendly Irish cop or bartender. He made a slight but memorable impression as Kane's alcoholic father in the classic Citizen Kane (1941), while his last role would be as the grandfather in the musical Gypsy (1962). In between were small parts in such notable films as The Fighting Sullivans (1944), The Jolson Story (1946), High Noon (1952), Touch of Evil (1958), and The Buccaneer (1958). 1950s TV westerns such as Cheyenne (1955), Have Gun - Will Travel (1957), Rawhide (1959), and Gunsmoke (1955) made consistent use of his rustic demeanor. Shannon died in 1964 at age 74.

Known For

Filmography

Year Movie Role
1984 The World of Tomorrow Pop Middleton (archive footage)
1962 Gypsy Grandpa
1961 Wild in the Country Sam Tyler (uncredited)
1961 Summer and Smoke Dr. Burke (uncredited)
1959 Yellowstone Kelly Captain of the Far West (uncredited)
1958 Touch of Evil Chief Gould
1958 Man or Gun Justin Corley
1958 The Buccaneer Tom Carruthers - Captain of the Corinthian
1957 The Lonely Man Dr. Fisher
1957 Hell's Crossroads Clay Ford
1957 Duel at Apache Wells Wayne Shattuck
1956 Written on the Wind Hoak Wayne
1956 Come Next Spring Mr. Totter
1956 The Peacemaker Drunken Cowpuncher
1955 At Gunpoint Marshal Pete MacKay
1955 The Marauders John Rutherford
1955 The Violent Men Purdue
1955 The Tall Men Sam
1954 Witness to Murder Captain Donnelly
1954 Rails Into Laramie Judge Pierce
1954 Phantom Stallion Michael Reilly
1954 Executive Suite Ed Benedeck
1953 Cry of the Hunted Sheriff Brown
1953 Kansas Pacific Smokestack the Train Engineer
1953 Jack Slade Tom Carter
1953 Roar of the Crowd Sam 'Pop' Tracy
1952 High Noon Cooper
1952 Flesh and Fury Mike Callan
1952 Lure of the Wilderness Pat McGowan
1951 The Lemon Drop Kid John (Policeman)
1951 The Scarf Asylum Warden Anderson
1951 Al Jennings of Oklahoma Fred Salter
1951 Blue Blood Mr. Buchanan
1950 Where Danger Lives Dr. Maynard
1950 The Killer That Stalked New York Police Officer Houlihan
1950 The Underworld Story George Parker
1950 The Jackie Robinson Story Charlie
1950 Hunt the Man Down Wallace Bennett
1950 Singing Guns Judge Waller
1950 Curtain Call at Cactus Creek Clay
1950 The Flying Missile Vice Admiral Williams
1950 Three Little Words Clanahan
1950 The Gunfighter Chuck (uncredited)
1950 Cow Town Sandy Reeves
1950 The Sound of Fury Mr. Yaeger
1950 Tarnished Kelsey Bunker
1949 Mr. Soft Touch Police Sergeant Garrett
1949 Tulsa Nelse Lansing
1949 Mary Ryan, Detective Sawyer
1949 Rustlers Sheriff Harmon
1949 Champion Lew
1948 My Girl Tisa
1948 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Tesander
1948 Fighting Father Dunne Thomas Lee
1948 Big Town Scandal Police Captain Henry (uncredited)
1948 Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' Chauncey
1947 The Lady from Shanghai Cab Driver
1947 The Red House Dr. Jonathan Byrne
1947 Nora Prentiss Police Lieutenant
1947 The Devil Thumbs a Ride Detective Owens, San Diego Police
1947 The Farmer's Daughter Mr. Holstrom
1947 The Invisible Wall Det. Capt. R.W. Davis
1947 Exposed Severance
1947 Time Out of Mind Capt. Rogers
1947 Dangerous Years Judge Raymond
1946 Night Editor Capt. Lawrence
1946 The Last Crooked Mile Police Lieutenant Blake
1946 San Quentin Warden Kelly
1946 I Ring Doorbells Shannon
1946 Crack-Up Cop (Uncredited)
1946 Canyon Passage Henry McLane (uncredited)
1945 Crime, Inc. Police Commissioner Collins
1945 Captain Eddie Simmons
1945 Pride of the Marines Uncle Ralph
1944 When the Lights Go On Again Tom Cary
1944 The Yellow Rose of Texas Sam Weston
1944 The Mummy's Ghost Sheriff Elwood
1943 Song of Texas Sam Bennett
1943 Idaho Judge John Grey
1943 True to Life Mr. Mason
1943 The Powers Girl Mr. Hendricks
1943 Alaska Highway John 'Pop' Ormsby
1943 Someone to Remember Tom Gibbons
1943 In Old Oklahoma Charlie Witherspoon
1943 Headin' for God's Country Albert Ness
1942 This Gun for Hire Steve Finnerty
1942 The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine Pinky Dolan
1942 Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch Mr. Tim Wiggs
1942 Once Upon a Honeymoon Ed Cumberland
1942 In Old California Mr. Carlin
1942 The Falcon Takes Over Detective Grimes (Uncredited)
1942 The Lady Is Willing Barnes
1942 The Big Street Florida Doctor (Uncredited)
1942 The Mad Martindales Policeman
1941 Citizen Kane Jim Kane
1941 The Saint In Palm Springs Chief R.L. Graves
1941 Hold Back the Dawn American Immigration Official (uncredited)
1940 City of Chance Passline
1940 Tugboat Annie Sails Again Capt. Mahoney
1940 Sailor's Lady Father McGann
1940 Parole Fixer Randall
1940 Young Tom Edison Army Captain Brackett
1940 Too Many Girls Mr. Casey
1940 Gambling on the High Seas Ed, Chief of Police
1940 Tear Gas Squad Lieutenant Sullivan
1940 One Crowded Night McDermott
1940 The Girl from Avenue A Timson
1939 The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair Father
1937 Alibi Mark Railroad Detective
1936 Shake, Mr. Shakespeare Macbeth
1934 A Peach of a Pair
1934 Smoked Hams The Landlord
1934 No More West Bank Robber
1933 20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang
1933 Wrongorilla Grogan
1933 Take a Chance Bartender
1933 Close Relations Harry Wart
1932 The Campus Mystery Police Sergeant
1930 Heads Up Capt. Denny
1929 Sympathy Larry
1929 Faint Heart Dynamite Dan
Year TV Show Role
1963 The Dakotas
1962 The Virginian Uncle Josh
1960 Angel
1959 Rawhide Claggert
1959 Lock-Up
1959 Rawhide Kilo
1959 Rawhide Sheriff Blanton
1958 Bat Masterson Jobe Crail
1958 The Texan
1957 Have Gun, Will Travel Jesse
1957 The Thin Man
1957 The Real McCoys
1957 Sugarfoot Henry Shipman
1957 26 Men
1956 Wire Service Harris Ellerby
1956 State Trooper
1955 Cheyenne
1955 Gunsmoke Bowers
1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Dr. Harner
1955 The Millionaire Judge William Jennings Westholme
1955 Navy Log
1954 Lassie
1953 The Man Behind the Badge
1953 Letter to Loretta Tom
1952 Cavalcade of America
1952 Cavalcade of America Samuel Morse
1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Big Jim Heywood
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