Harry Shannon

Acting · 0.9 popularity

Age

136

Movies

122

Born: June 12, 1890 – July 27, 1964
From: Saginaw, Michigan, USA

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.

Works

122 films

Citizen Kane

19418.0

High Noon

19527.7

Touch of Evil

19587.7

The Tall Men

19556.5

The Lady from Shanghai

19477.3

The Red House

19476.3

Gypsy

19626.3

The Buccaneer

19586.5

The Gunfighter

19507.4

Canyon Passage

19466.7

Crime, Inc.

19454.8

In Old California

19425.3

Written on the Wind

19567.0

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

19487.0

Al Jennings of Oklahoma

19515.8

In Old Oklahoma

19436.2

Champion

19496.7

Executive Suite

19547.1

Summer and Smoke

19616.6

The Violent Men

19556.5

The Lonely Man

19576.1

Man or Gun

19584.0

Nora Prentiss

19476.2

Wild in the Country

19616.3

Yellowstone Kelly

19596.2

This Gun for Hire

19427.0

The Big Street

19425.8

Tarnished

19507.2

The Mummy's Ghost

19445.6

Sailor's Lady

19406.5

The Farmer's Daughter

19477.1

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

19426.4

Once Upon a Honeymoon

19426.3

Young Tom Edison

19405.9

The Killer That Stalked New York

19506.2

Witness to Murder

19546.3

Where Danger Lives

19506.4

Tulsa

19496.4

Three Little Words

19506.3

Exposed

19476.2

Rails Into Laramie

19546.5

Flesh and Fury

19526.6

Singing Guns

19506.4

Mr. Soft Touch

19496.8

At Gunpoint

19556.7

Sympathy

19294.0

The Lady Is Willing

19426.5

The Falcon Takes Over

19426.3

Alibi Mark

19377.0

Lure of the Wilderness

19526.0

Kansas Pacific

19535.0

Hold Back the Dawn

19416.7

The Underworld Story

19506.3

Idaho

19436.3

Cry of the Hunted

19536.1

Faint Heart

192910.0

Crack-Up

19465.8

The Saint In Palm Springs

19416.1

Pride of the Marines

19456.8

The Marauders

19555.8

The Lemon Drop Kid

19516.5

Gambling on the High Seas

19405.7

The Last Crooked Mile

19465.5

Rustlers

19496.3

The Jackie Robinson Story

19506.3

My Girl Tisa

19489.0

Fighting Father Dunne

19487.5

No More West

193410.0

One Crowded Night

19405.5

True to Life

19438.0

Hell's Crossroads

19575.6

The Powers Girl

19437.0

Too Many Girls

19405.9

Duel at Apache Wells

19576.0

The Flying Missile

19505.3

Parole Fixer

19405.0

The Sound of Fury

19506.5

The Girl from Avenue A

19407.5

Tugboat Annie Sails Again

19406.0

Hunt the Man Down

19506.3

San Quentin

19466.3

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

19428.0

Time Out of Mind

19475.6

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'

19487.3

The Scarf

19515.7

Pride of Maryland

19519.0

When the Lights Go On Again

19446.0

The Devil Thumbs a Ride

19476.6

A Peach of a Pair

19348.0

Wrongorilla

19339.0

The Invisible Wall

19476.0

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

19506.4

Come Next Spring

19565.9

Song of Texas

19436.3

City of Chance

19405.6

Jack Slade

19537.0

Headin' for God's Country

19438.0

Captain Eddie

19457.2

Tear Gas Squad

19405.3

Big Town Scandal

19485.3

Mary Ryan, Detective

19495.3

Night Editor

19465.5

The Peacemaker

19565.3

Blue Blood

195110.0

The Yellow Rose of Texas

19446.1

Dangerous Years

19476.2

The Mad Martindales

19427.5

The World of Tomorrow

19845.5

Cow Town

19505.5

Shake, Mr. Shakespeare

19366.5

Alaska Highway

19436.3

Smoked Hams

19347.0

Roar of the Crowd

19538.0

Phantom Stallion

19549.0

The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair

19396.6

Take a Chance

19335.5

Close Relations

19337.0

Heads Up

19307.0

Someone to Remember

19437.7

I Ring Doorbells

19467.0

20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang

19337.0

The Campus Mystery

19327.0