Harry Shannon
Born in Saginaw, Michigan, USA — Jun 12 1890• Died Jul 27 1964
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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 starte…
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Harry Shannon's Credits
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Have Gun, Will Travel
Jesse
Lassie
The Virginian
Uncle Josh
The Untouchables
Michael Shaw
Rawhide
Claggert
Cheyenne
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Dr. Harner
Bat Masterson
Jobe Crail
The Ford Television Theatre
Judge Varney
Gunsmoke
Bowers
The Texan
State Trooper
Cavalcade of America
Sugarfoot
Henry Shipman
Lock-Up
The Real McCoys
The Millionaire
Judge William Jennings Westholme
Navy Log
The Thin Man
26 Men
Wire Service
Harris Ellerby
The Dakotas
The Lady from Shanghai
Cab Driver
Letter to Loretta
Tom
The Man Behind the Badge
Citizen Kane
Jim Kane
High Noon
Cooper
Angel
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Big Jim Heywood
Touch of Evil
Chief Gould
Crime, Inc.
Police Commissioner Collins
Gypsy
Grandpa
The Gunfighter
Chuck (uncredited)
The Tall Men
Sam
The Jackie Robinson Story
Charlie
The Violent Men
Purdue
Tulsa
Nelse Lansing
Wild in the Country
Sam Tyler (uncredited)
Nora Prentiss
Police Lieutenant
Executive Suite
Ed Benedeck
The Killer That Stalked New York
Police Officer Houlihan
The Buccaneer
Tom Carruthers - Captain of the Corinthian
Sailor's Lady
Father McGann
The Red House
Dr. Jonathan Byrne
In Old California
Mr. Carlin
The Big Street
Florida Doctor (uncredited)
Crack-Up
Cop (Uncredited)
In Old Oklahoma
Charlie Witherspoon
True to Life
Mr. Mason
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Tesander
Witness to Murder
Captain Donnelly
Champion
Lew
Mr. Soft Touch
Police Sergeant Garrett
Flesh and Fury
Mike Callan
Idaho
Judge John Grey
Singing Guns
Judge Waller
Too Many Girls
Mr. Casey
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Fred Salter
City of Chance
Passline
The Flying Missile
Vice Admiral Williams
Summer and Smoke
Dr. Burke (uncredited)
The Lady Is Willing
Barnes
The Lemon Drop Kid
John (Policeman)
Roar of the Crowd
Sam 'Pop' Tracy
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Pinky Dolan
The Lonely Man
Dr. Fisher
The Last Crooked Mile
Police Lieutenant Blake
Written on the Wind
Hoak Wayne
The Mummy's Ghost
Sheriff Elwood
Time Out of Mind
Capt. Rogers
At Gunpoint
Marshal Pete MacKay
Three Little Words
Clanahan
Pride of the Marines
Uncle Ralph
Hold Back the Dawn
American Immigration Official (uncredited)
Kansas Pacific
Smokestack the Train Engineer
Where Danger Lives
Dr. Maynard
Rails Into Laramie
Judge Pierce
The Falcon Takes Over
Detective Grimes (Uncredited)
The Peacemaker
Drunken Cowpuncher
The Farmer's Daughter
Mr. Holstrom
Yellowstone Kelly
Captain of the Far West (uncredited)
The Invisible Wall
Det. Capt. R.W. Davis
The Underworld Story
George Parker
The Scarf
Asylum Warden Anderson
Night Editor
Capt. Lawrence
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Chauncey
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Ed Cumberland
Hunt the Man Down
Wallace Bennett
Rustlers
Sheriff Harmon
Captain Eddie
Simmons
This Gun for Hire
Steve Finnerty
Alibi Mark
Railroad Detective
Blue Blood
Mr. Buchanan
Mary Ryan, Detective
Sawyer
Canyon Passage
Henry McLane (uncredited)
Tear Gas Squad
Lieutenant Sullivan
Phantom Stallion
Michael Reilly
Lure of the Wilderness
Pat McGowan
Parole Fixer
Randall
Man or Gun
Justin Corley
Heads Up
Capt. Denny
Jack Slade
Tom Carter
Song of Texas
Sam Bennett
Young Tom Edison
Army Captain Brackett
My Girl Tisa
Someone to Remember
Tom Gibbons
Gambling on the High Seas
Ed, Chief of Police
The Marauders
John Rutherford
The Saint In Palm Springs
Chief R.L. Graves
Exposed
Severance
Hell's Crossroads
Clay Ford
Take a Chance
Bartender
Tarnished
Kelsey Bunker
Cry of the Hunted
Sheriff Brown
Pride of Maryland
Walter Shannon
Headin' for God's Country
Albert Ness
The World of Tomorrow
Pop Middleton (archive footage)
The Yellow Rose of Texas
Sam Weston
Come Next Spring
Mr. Totter
The Mad Martindales
Policeman
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
Detective Owens, San Diego Police
Alaska Highway
John 'Pop' Ormsby
San Quentin
Warden Kelly
20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang
One Crowded Night
McDermott
Duel at Apache Wells
Wayne Shattuck
Dangerous Years
Judge Raymond
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Mr. Tim Wiggs
The Powers Girl
Mr. Hendricks
I Ring Doorbells
Shannon
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
Capt. Mahoney
Wrongorilla
Grogan
The Girl from Avenue A
Timson
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Clay
The Sound of Fury
Mr. Yaeger
Cow Town
Sandy Reeves
No More West
Bank Robber
Sympathy
Larry
Big Town Scandal
Police Captain Henry (uncredited)
Fighting Father Dunne
Thomas Lee
Close Relations
Harry Wart
Shake, Mr. Shakespeare
Macbeth
Faint Heart
Dynamite Dan
A Peach of a Pair
When the Lights Go On Again
Tom Cary
Smoked Hams
The Landlord
The Campus Mystery
Police Sergeant
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair
Father