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