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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1890-06-12
Place of birth
Saginaw, Michigan, USA
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Cast
Citizen Kane
1941
7.98
High Noon
1952
7.70
Touch of Evil
1958
7.75
My Girl Tisa
1948
0.00
The Lady from Shanghai
1947
7.34
Where Danger Lives
1950
6.42
The Red House
1947
6.27
The Lemon Drop Kid
1951
6.50
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
6.20
Nora Prentiss
1947
6.10
Cry of the Hunted
1953
5.70
Night Editor
1946
5.39
A Peach of a Pair
1934
7.00
The Underworld Story
1950
6.13
Crime, Inc.
1945
4.20
The Scarf
1951
5.63
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947
6.50
The Lonely Man
1957
5.92
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950
6.30
The Farmer's Daughter
1947
7.10
Witness to Murder
1954
6.30
City of Chance
1940
5.20
This Gun for Hire
1942
6.97
Hunt the Man Down
1950
6.20
The Invisible Wall
1947
5.40
Gypsy
1962
6.30
Kansas Pacific
1953
4.80
Written on the Wind
1956
6.90
Mr. Soft Touch
1949
6.80
The Last Crooked Mile
1946
5.10
Yellowstone Kelly
1959
6.10
San Quentin
1946
6.30
The Saint In Palm Springs
1941
5.80
Man or Gun
1958
2.50
Flesh and Fury
1952
6.10
Tulsa
1949
6.30
Exposed
1947
5.80
At Gunpoint
1955
6.30
Mary Ryan, Detective
1949
5.10
20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang
1933
7.00
Alibi Mark
1937
0.00
When the Lights Go On Again
1944
5.50
The Yellow Rose of Texas
1944
5.50
Song of Texas
1943
5.00
Singing Guns
1950
6.00
Hell's Crossroads
1957
5.40
Smoked Hams
1934
7.00
Idaho
1943
5.70
Duel at Apache Wells
1957
4.00
The Marauders
1955
5.30
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950
6.25
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
1940
5.50
Rails Into Laramie
1954
6.30
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942
6.00
Jack Slade
1953
6.40
The Flying Missile
1950
4.90
True to Life
1943
7.00
Lure of the Wilderness
1952
6.00
The Violent Men
1955
6.40
Come Next Spring
1956
5.57
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
1951
5.00
Three Little Words
1950
6.10
Wild in the Country
1961
6.20
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942
0.00
Time Out of Mind
1947
5.00
Fighting Father Dunne
1948
6.00
Heads Up
1930
0.00
The Powers Girl
1943
6.50
Summer and Smoke
1961
6.50
Dangerous Years
1947
6.17
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942
6.20
Alaska Highway
1943
5.00
Sailor's Lady
1940
4.00
I Ring Doorbells
1946
0.00
Shake, Mr. Shakespeare
1936
5.00
Phantom Stallion
1954
0.00
Big Town Scandal
1948
5.00
Parole Fixer
1940
6.00
The World of Tomorrow
1984
1.00
Young Tom Edison
1940
5.78
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
6.70
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948
6.50
The Gunfighter
1950
7.35
Rustlers
1949
5.30
In Old California
1942
5.10
Too Many Girls
1940
5.60
Champion
1949
6.60
Wrongorilla
1933
0.00
Someone to Remember
1943
7.00
Cow Town
1950
4.00
Take a Chance
1933
4.00
Sympathy
1929
1.00
Close Relations
1933
0.00
Faint Heart
1929
0.00
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
5.50
The Tall Men
1955
6.40
The Peacemaker
1956
3.70
Gambling on the High Seas
1940
5.00
No More West
1934
0.00
Tear Gas Squad
1940
4.86
One Crowded Night
1940
4.00
In Old Oklahoma
1943
6.24
Headin' for God's Country
1943
0.00
The Falcon Takes Over
1942
6.20
Blue Blood
1951
0.00
Captain Eddie
1945
6.00
The Lady Is Willing
1942
6.40
The Sound of Fury
1950
6.40
Roar of the Crowd
1953
0.00
Tarnished
1950
5.80
Executive Suite
1954
7.04
The Big Street
1942
5.60
Crack-Up
1946
5.64
The Girl from Avenue A
1940
0.00
The Mad Martindales
1942
5.00
The Buccaneer
1958
6.40
Pride of the Marines
1945
6.50
Canyon Passage
1946
6.60
The Campus Mystery
1932
0.00
Pride of Maryland
1951
0.00