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Harry Shannon

Harry Shannon

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

Born

Jun 12, 1890

Saginaw, Michigan, USA

Died

Jul 27, 1964

Known For

Acting

Movies

122 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.0

movie

Known For

Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

1941

as Jim Kane
High Noon

High Noon

1952

as Cooper
Touch of Evil

Touch of Evil

1958

as Chief Gould
The Lady from Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai

1947

as Cab Driver
The Gunfighter

The Gunfighter

1950

as Chuck (uncredited)
This Gun for Hire

This Gun for Hire

1942

as Steve Finnerty
Written on the Wind

Written on the Wind

1956

as Hoak Wayne
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

1948

as Tesander
The Buccaneer
The Buccaneer
1958 • as Tom Carruthers - Captain of the Corinthian
★ 6.5
Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane
1941 • as Jim Kane
★ 8.0
High Noon
High Noon
1952 • as Cooper
★ 7.7
Touch of Evil
Touch of Evil
1958 • as Chief Gould
★ 7.7
The Lady from Shanghai
The Lady from Shanghai
1947 • as Cab Driver
★ 7.4
Gypsy
Gypsy
1962 • as Grandpa
★ 6.3
Crime, Inc.
Crime, Inc.
1945 • as Police Commissioner Collins
★ 4.8
The Gunfighter
The Gunfighter
1950 • as Chuck (uncredited)
★ 7.4
The Tall Men
The Tall Men
1955 • as Sam
★ 6.4
This Gun for Hire
This Gun for Hire
1942 • as Steve Finnerty
★ 7.0
The Violent Men
The Violent Men
1955 • as Purdue
★ 6.4
Champion
Champion
1949 • as Lew
★ 6.7
Crack-Up
Crack-Up
1946 • as Cop (Uncredited)
★ 5.7
Written on the Wind
Written on the Wind
1956 • as Hoak Wayne
★ 6.9
Yellowstone Kelly
Yellowstone Kelly
1959 • as Captain of the Far West (uncredited)
★ 6.1
Canyon Passage
Canyon Passage
1946 • as Henry McLane (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Executive Suite
Executive Suite
1954 • as Ed Benedeck
★ 7.1
Nora Prentiss
Nora Prentiss
1947 • as Police Lieutenant
★ 6.2
True to Life
True to Life
1943 • as Mr. Mason
★ 8.0
The Red House
The Red House
1947 • as Dr. Jonathan Byrne
★ 6.3
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948 • as Tesander
★ 7.0
Tulsa
Tulsa
1949 • as Nelse Lansing
★ 6.4
Parole Fixer
Parole Fixer
1940 • as Randall
★ 5.0
At Gunpoint
At Gunpoint
1955 • as Marshal Pete MacKay
★ 6.7
In Old California
In Old California
1942 • as Mr. Carlin
★ 5.3
Wild in the Country
Wild in the Country
1961 • as Sam Tyler (uncredited)
★ 6.3
In Old Oklahoma
In Old Oklahoma
1943 • as Charlie Witherspoon
★ 6.2
Where Danger Lives
Where Danger Lives
1950 • as Dr. Maynard
★ 6.4
The Lonely Man
The Lonely Man
1957 • as Dr. Fisher
★ 6.1
The Mummy's Ghost
The Mummy's Ghost
1944 • as Sheriff Elwood
★ 5.6
Three Little Words
Three Little Words
1950 • as Clanahan
★ 6.3
Singing Guns
Singing Guns
1950 • as Judge Waller
★ 6.4
Idaho
Idaho
1943 • as Judge John Grey
★ 6.3
Witness to Murder
Witness to Murder
1954 • as Captain Donnelly
★ 6.3
The Last Crooked Mile
The Last Crooked Mile
1946 • as Police Lieutenant Blake
★ 5.5
Hold Back the Dawn
Hold Back the Dawn
1941 • as American Immigration Official (uncredited)
★ 6.7
The Scarf
The Scarf
1951 • as Asylum Warden Anderson
★ 5.7
Captain Eddie
Captain Eddie
1945 • as Simmons
★ 7.3
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942 • as Ed Cumberland
★ 6.3
The Jackie Robinson Story
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950 • as Charlie
★ 6.4
San Quentin
San Quentin
1946 • as Warden Kelly
★ 6.3
Flesh and Fury
Flesh and Fury
1952 • as Mike Callan
★ 6.6
The Lemon Drop Kid
The Lemon Drop Kid
1951 • as John (Policeman)
★ 6.6
Summer and Smoke
Summer and Smoke
1961 • as Dr. Burke (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Close Relations
Close Relations
1933 • as Harry Wart
★ 7.0
The Big Street
The Big Street
1942 • as Florida Doctor (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Tear Gas Squad
Tear Gas Squad
1940 • as Lieutenant Sullivan
★ 5.3
The Yellow Rose of Texas
The Yellow Rose of Texas
1944 • as Sam Weston
★ 6.1
Young Tom Edison
Young Tom Edison
1940 • as Army Captain Brackett
★ 5.9
The Marauders
The Marauders
1955 • as John Rutherford
★ 5.8
Night Editor
Night Editor
1946 • as Capt. Lawrence
★ 5.5
Mary Ryan, Detective
Mary Ryan, Detective
1949 • as Sawyer
★ 5.3
Kansas Pacific
Kansas Pacific
1953 • as Smokestack the Train Engineer
★ 5.0
Fighting Father Dunne
Fighting Father Dunne
1948 • as Thomas Lee
★ 7.3
Pride of the Marines
Pride of the Marines
1945 • as Uncle Ralph
★ 6.7
Sailor's Lady
Sailor's Lady
1940 • as Father McGann
★ 6.5
The Killer That Stalked New York
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950 • as Police Officer Houlihan
★ 6.2
The Farmer's Daughter
The Farmer's Daughter
1947 • as Mr. Holstrom
★ 7.1
Cry of the Hunted
Cry of the Hunted
1953 • as Sheriff Brown
★ 6.1
Phantom Stallion
Phantom Stallion
1954 • as Michael Reilly
★ 9.0
Mr. Soft Touch
Mr. Soft Touch
1949 • as Police Sergeant Garrett
★ 6.8
The Underworld Story
The Underworld Story
1950 • as George Parker
★ 6.3
Rails Into Laramie
Rails Into Laramie
1954 • as Judge Pierce
★ 6.5
The Invisible Wall
The Invisible Wall
1947 • as Det. Capt. R.W. Davis
★ 6.0
Too Many Girls
Too Many Girls
1940 • as Mr. Casey
★ 5.9
Song of Texas
Song of Texas
1943 • as Sam Bennett
★ 6.3
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942 • as Pinky Dolan
★ 6.5
The Falcon Takes Over
The Falcon Takes Over
1942 • as Detective Grimes (Uncredited)
★ 6.3
The Sound of Fury
The Sound of Fury
1950 • as Mr. Yaeger
★ 6.5
The Mad Martindales
The Mad Martindales
1942 • as Policeman
★ 7.5
Time Out of Mind
Time Out of Mind
1947 • as Capt. Rogers
★ 5.6
The Flying Missile
The Flying Missile
1950 • as Vice Admiral Williams
★ 5.3
Exposed
Exposed
1947 • as Severance
★ 6.2
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
1940 • as Capt. Mahoney
★ 6.0
Roar of the Crowd
Roar of the Crowd
1953 • as Sam 'Pop' Tracy
★ 8.0
Gambling on the High Seas
Gambling on the High Seas
1940 • as Ed, Chief of Police
★ 5.6
My Girl Tisa
My Girl Tisa
1948
★ 9.0
Hunt the Man Down
Hunt the Man Down
1950 • as Wallace Bennett
★ 6.3
Come Next Spring
Come Next Spring
1956 • as Mr. Totter
★ 5.9
The Saint In Palm Springs
The Saint In Palm Springs
1941 • as Chief R.L. Graves
★ 6.0
Dangerous Years
Dangerous Years
1947 • as Judge Raymond
★ 6.2
Hell's Crossroads
Hell's Crossroads
1957 • as Clay Ford
★ 5.6
When the Lights Go On Again
When the Lights Go On Again
1944 • as Tom Cary
★ 6.0
Blue Blood
Blue Blood
1951 • as Mr. Buchanan
★ 10.0
Lure of the Wilderness
Lure of the Wilderness
1952 • as Pat McGowan
★ 6.0
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950 • as Clay
★ 6.4
City of Chance
City of Chance
1940 • as Passline
★ 5.6
Rustlers
Rustlers
1949 • as Sheriff Harmon
★ 6.3
The Lady Is Willing
The Lady Is Willing
1942 • as Barnes
★ 6.6
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947 • as Detective Owens, San Diego Police
★ 6.6
Duel at Apache Wells
Duel at Apache Wells
1957 • as Wayne Shattuck
★ 6.0
Tarnished
Tarnished
1950 • as Kelsey Bunker
★ 7.2
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
1951 • as Fred Salter
★ 5.8
Alaska Highway
Alaska Highway
1943 • as John 'Pop' Ormsby
★ 6.3
The Peacemaker
The Peacemaker
1956 • as Drunken Cowpuncher
★ 5.3
The Girl from Avenue A
The Girl from Avenue A
1940 • as Timson
★ 10.0
Someone to Remember
Someone to Remember
1943 • as Tom Gibbons
★ 7.7
The Powers Girl
The Powers Girl
1943 • as Mr. Hendricks
★ 7.0
Man or Gun
Man or Gun
1958 • as Justin Corley
★ 4.0
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948 • as Chauncey
★ 7.3
Heads Up
Heads Up
1930 • as Capt. Denny
★ 7.0
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942 • as Mr. Tim Wiggs
★ 8.0
One Crowded Night
One Crowded Night
1940 • as McDermott
★ 5.5
Headin' for God's Country
Headin' for God's Country
1943 • as Albert Ness
★ 8.0
Jack Slade
Jack Slade
1953 • as Tom Carter
★ 7.0
Smoked Hams
Smoked Hams
1934 • as The Landlord
★ 8.0
A Peach of a Pair
A Peach of a Pair
1934
★ 8.0
Alibi Mark
Alibi Mark
1937 • as Railroad Detective
★ 8.0
I Ring Doorbells
I Ring Doorbells
1946 • as Shannon
★ 7.0
Big Town Scandal
Big Town Scandal
1948 • as Police Captain Henry (uncredited)
★ 5.3
movie
Take a Chance
1933 • as Bartender
★ 5.5
Cow Town
Cow Town
1950 • as Sandy Reeves
★ 5.5
movie
Wrongorilla
1933 • as Grogan
★ 9.0
Pride of Maryland
Pride of Maryland
1951 • as Walter Shannon
★ 9.0
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair
1939 • as Father
★ 6.6
No More West
No More West
1934 • as Bank Robber
★ 10.0
The World of Tomorrow
The World of Tomorrow
1984 • as Pop Middleton (archive footage)
★ 5.5
movie
The Campus Mystery
1932 • as Police Sergeant
★ 7.0
Sympathy
Sympathy
1929 • as Larry
★ 4.0
Shake, Mr. Shakespeare
Shake, Mr. Shakespeare
1936 • as Macbeth
★ 6.5
Faint Heart
Faint Heart
1929 • as Dynamite Dan
★ 10.0
movie
20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang
1933
★ 7.0