Cast
Harry Shannon
Acting
Cast
Harry Shannon
Known for
Acting
Born
1890-06-12
From
Saginaw, Michigan, USA
Died
1964-07-27
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.
★8.0
MOVIE1941
Citizen Kane
as Jim Kane
★7.7
MOVIE1952
High Noon
as Cooper
★7.7
MOVIE1958
Touch of Evil
as Chief Gould
★7.3
MOVIE1947
The Lady from Shanghai
as Cab Driver
★7.0
MOVIE1956
Written on the Wind
as Hoak Wayne
★6.6
MOVIE1961
Summer and Smoke
as Dr. Burke (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1947
The Red House
as Dr. Jonathan Byrne
★7.2
MOVIE1950
Tarnished
as Kelsey Bunker
★6.2
MOVIE1943
In Old Oklahoma
as Charlie Witherspoon
★6.5
MOVIE1955
The Violent Men
as Purdue
★6.5
MOVIE1958
The Buccaneer
as Tom Carruthers - Captain of the Corinthian
★7.4
MOVIE1950
The Gunfighter
as Chuck (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1946
Canyon Passage
as Henry McLane (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1955
The Tall Men
as Sam
★7.1
MOVIE1954
Executive Suite
as Ed Benedeck
★6.3
MOVIE1962
Gypsy
as Grandpa
★7.0
MOVIE1942
This Gun for Hire
as Steve Finnerty
★6.2
MOVIE1947
Exposed
as Severance
★6.2
MOVIE1959
Yellowstone Kelly
as Captain of the Far West (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1949
Champion
as Lew
★6.2
MOVIE1961
Wild in the Country
as Sam Tyler (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1933
Wrongorilla
as Grogan
★4.0
MOVIE1929
Sympathy
as Larry
★6.6
MOVIE1952
Flesh and Fury
as Mike Callan
★5.6
MOVIE1944
The Mummy's Ghost
as Sheriff Elwood
★7.0
MOVIE1948
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Tesander
★10.0
MOVIE1929
Faint Heart
as Dynamite Dan
★5.8
MOVIE1942
The Big Street
as Florida Doctor (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1947
Nora Prentiss
as Police Lieutenant
★5.9
MOVIE1940
Young Tom Edison
as Army Captain Brackett
★5.3
MOVIE1942
In Old California
as Mr. Carlin
★10.0
MOVIE1934
No More West
as Bank Robber
★6.8
MOVIE1949
Mr. Soft Touch
as Police Sergeant Garrett
★6.4
MOVIE1950
Singing Guns
as Judge Waller
★6.4
MOVIE1950
Where Danger Lives
as Dr. Maynard
★6.7
MOVIE1941
Hold Back the Dawn
as American Immigration Official (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1954
Witness to Murder
as Captain Donnelly
★6.3
MOVIE1950
Hunt the Man Down
as Wallace Bennett
★6.1
MOVIE1953
Cry of the Hunted
as Sheriff Brown
★7.1
MOVIE1947
The Farmer's Daughter
as Mr. Holstrom
★7.3
MOVIE1948
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
as Chauncey
★4.8
MOVIE1945
Crime, Inc.
as Police Commissioner Collins
★6.3
MOVIE1950
Three Little Words
as Clanahan
★6.4
MOVIE1949
Tulsa
as Nelse Lansing
★5.8
MOVIE1951
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
as Fred Salter
★6.7
MOVIE1955
At Gunpoint
as Marshal Pete MacKay
★5.5
MOVIE1946
Night Editor
as Capt. Lawrence
★7.0
MOVIE1937
Alibi Mark
as Railroad Detective
★6.1
MOVIE1941
The Saint In Palm Springs
as Chief R.L. Graves
★6.3
MOVIE1942
The Falcon Takes Over
as Detective Grimes (Uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1950
The Killer That Stalked New York
as Police Officer Houlihan
★6.5
MOVIE1942
The Lady Is Willing
as Barnes
★5.6
MOVIE1940
City of Chance
as Passline
★6.3
MOVIE1950
The Jackie Robinson Story
as Charlie
★5.5
MOVIE1946
The Last Crooked Mile
as Police Lieutenant Blake
★7.5
MOVIE1948
Fighting Father Dunne
as Thomas Lee
★5.0
MOVIE1953
Kansas Pacific
as Smokestack the Train Engineer
★9.0
MOVIE1951
Pride of Maryland
as Walter Shannon
★7.0
MOVIE1943
The Powers Girl
as Mr. Hendricks
★6.5
MOVIE1951
The Lemon Drop Kid
as John (Policeman)
★6.8
MOVIE1945
Pride of the Marines
as Uncle Ralph
★6.0
MOVIE1952
Lure of the Wilderness
as Pat McGowan
★5.8
MOVIE1955
The Marauders
as John Rutherford
★5.3
MOVIE1949
Mary Ryan, Detective
as Sawyer
★8.0
MOVIE1943
True to Life
as Mr. Mason
★6.5
MOVIE1950
The Sound of Fury
as Mr. Yaeger
★6.5
MOVIE1954
Rails Into Laramie
as Judge Pierce
★5.9
MOVIE1940
Too Many Girls
as Mr. Casey
★5.8
MOVIE1946
Crack-Up
as Cop (Uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1947
The Invisible Wall
as Det. Capt. R.W. Davis
★6.2
MOVIE1947
Dangerous Years
as Judge Raymond
★5.3
MOVIE1940
Tear Gas Squad
as Lieutenant Sullivan
★6.5
MOVIE1940
Sailor's Lady
as Father McGann
★6.3
MOVIE1950
The Underworld Story
as George Parker
★6.3
MOVIE1942
Once Upon a Honeymoon
as Ed Cumberland
★5.7
MOVIE1951
The Scarf
as Asylum Warden Anderson
★5.3
MOVIE1950
The Flying Missile
as Vice Admiral Williams
★7.2
MOVIE1945
Captain Eddie
as Simmons
★4.0
MOVIE1958
Man or Gun
as Justin Corley
★6.3
MOVIE1946
San Quentin
as Warden Kelly
★5.3
MOVIE1948
Big Town Scandal
as Police Captain Henry (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1942
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Mr. Tim Wiggs
★5.5
MOVIE1984
The World of Tomorrow
as Pop Middleton (archive footage)
★5.5
MOVIE1950
Cow Town
as Sandy Reeves
★6.5
MOVIE1942
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
as Pinky Dolan
★6.0
MOVIE1944
When the Lights Go On Again
as Tom Cary
★6.3
MOVIE1943
Song of Texas
as Sam Bennett
★7.0
MOVIE1953
Jack Slade
as Tom Carter
★5.6
MOVIE1947
Time Out of Mind
as Capt. Rogers
★9.0
MOVIE1954
Phantom Stallion
as Michael Reilly
★5.6
MOVIE1957
Hell's Crossroads
as Clay Ford
★5.3
MOVIE1956
The Peacemaker
as Drunken Cowpuncher
★5.9
MOVIE1956
Come Next Spring
as Mr. Totter
★10.0
MOVIE1951
Blue Blood
as Mr. Buchanan
★6.0
MOVIE1940
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
as Capt. Mahoney
★5.7
MOVIE1940
Gambling on the High Seas
as Ed, Chief of Police
★5.0
MOVIE1940
Parole Fixer
as Randall
★6.3
MOVIE1943
Idaho
as Judge John Grey
★6.0
MOVIE1957
Duel at Apache Wells
as Wayne Shattuck
★9.0
MOVIE1948
My Girl Tisa
★7.5
MOVIE1942
The Mad Martindales
as Policeman
★8.0
MOVIE1953
Roar of the Crowd
as Sam 'Pop' Tracy
★6.4
MOVIE1950
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
as Clay
★7.7
MOVIE1943
Someone to Remember
as Tom Gibbons
★6.1
MOVIE1957
The Lonely Man
as Dr. Fisher
★7.0
MOVIE1930
Heads Up
as Capt. Denny
★6.3
MOVIE1943
Alaska Highway
as John 'Pop' Ormsby
★7.0
MOVIE1933
Close Relations
as Harry Wart
★6.6
MOVIE1947
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
as Detective Owens, San Diego Police
★8.0
MOVIE1943
Headin' for God's Country
as Albert Ness
★6.1
MOVIE1944
The Yellow Rose of Texas
as Sam Weston
★7.0
MOVIE1946
I Ring Doorbells
as Shannon
★5.5
MOVIE1933
Take a Chance
as Bartender
★5.5
MOVIE1940
One Crowded Night
as McDermott
★6.6
MOVIE1939
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair
as Father
★7.5
MOVIE1940
The Girl from Avenue A
as Timson
★6.3
MOVIE1949
Rustlers
as Sheriff Harmon
★8.0
MOVIE1934
A Peach of a Pair
★7.0
MOVIE1934
Smoked Hams
as The Landlord
★7.0
MOVIE1932
The Campus Mystery
as Police Sergeant
★6.5
MOVIE1936
Shake, Mr. Shakespeare
as Macbeth
★7.0
MOVIE1933