Harry Shannon
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1890-06-12 (74 years old)
Deathday
1964-07-27
Place of Birth
Saginaw, Michigan, USA
Also known As
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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 Ho...
Acting
1941
as Jim Kane
1952
as Cooper
1958
as Chief Gould
1948
1947
as Cab Driver
1950
as Dr. Maynard
1947
as Dr. Jonathan Byrne
1951
as John (Policeman)
1950
as Police Officer Houlihan
1948
as Tesander
1947
as Police Lieutenant
1953
as Sheriff Brown
1946
as Capt. Lawrence
1950
as George Parker
1945
as Police Commissioner Collins
1951
as Asylum Warden Anderson
1947
as Detective Owens, San Diego Police
1957
as Dr. Fisher
1950
as Charlie
1947
as Mr. Holstrom
1954
as Captain Donnelly
1940
as Passline
1942
as Steve Finnerty
1950
as Wallace Bennett
1947
as Det. Capt. R.W. Davis
1962
as Grandpa
1953
as Smokestack the Train Engineer
1956
as Hoak Wayne
1949
as Police Sergeant Garrett
1946
as Police Lieutenant Blake
1959
as Captain of the Far West (uncredited)
1946
as Warden Kelly
1941
as Chief R.L. Graves
1958
as Justin Corley
1952
as Mike Callan
1949
as Nelse Lansing
1947
as Severance
1955
as Marshal Pete MacKay
1949
as Sawyer
1937
as Railroad Detective
1944
as Tom Cary
1944
as Sam Weston
1943
as Sam Bennett
1950
as Judge Waller
1957
as Clay Ford
1934
as The Landlord
1943
as Judge John Grey
1957
as Wayne Shattuck
1955
as John Rutherford
1950
as Clay
1940
as Capt. Mahoney
1954
as Judge Pierce
1942
as Pinky Dolan
1953
as Tom Carter
1950
as Vice Admiral Williams
1943
as Mr. Mason
1952
as Pat McGowan
1955
as Purdue
1956
as Mr. Totter
1951
as Fred Salter
1950
as Clanahan
1961
as Sam Tyler (uncredited)
1942
as Mr. Tim Wiggs
1947
as Capt. Rogers
1948
as Thomas Lee
1930
as Capt. Denny
1943
as Mr. Hendricks
1961
as Dr. Burke (uncredited)
1947
as Judge Raymond
1942
as Ed Cumberland
1943
as John 'Pop' Ormsby
1940
as Father McGann
1939
1946
as Shannon
1936
as Macbeth
1954
as Michael Reilly
1948
as Police Captain Henry (uncredited)
1940
as Randall
1984
as Pop Middleton (archive footage)
1940
as Army Captain Brackett
1941
as American Immigration Official (uncredited)
1948
as Chauncey
1950
as Chuck (uncredited)
1949
as Sheriff Harmon
1942
as Mr. Carlin
1940
as Mr. Casey
1949
as Lew
1933
as Grogan
1943
as Tom Gibbons
1950
as Sandy Reeves
1933
as Bartender
1929
as Larry
1933
as Harry Wart
1929
as Dynamite Dan
1944
as Sheriff Elwood
1955
as Sam
1956
as Drunken Cowpuncher
1940
as Ed, Chief of Police
1934
as Bank Robber
1940
as Lieutenant Sullivan
1940
as McDermott
1943
as Charlie Witherspoon
1943
as Albert Ness
1942
as Detective Grimes (Uncredited)
1951
as Mr. Buchanan
1945
as Simmons
1942
as Barnes
1950
as Mr. Yaeger
1953
as Sam 'Pop' Tracy
1950
as Kelsey Bunker
1954
as Ed Benedeck
1942
as Florida Doctor (Uncredited)
1946
as Cop (Uncredited)
1942
as Policeman
1940
as Timson
1958
as Tom Carruthers - Captain of the Corinthian
1945
as Uncle Ralph
1946
as Henry McLane (uncredited)
1932
as Police Sergeant
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