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, 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.
Fotos
Películas (124)
The World of Tomorrow
1984 · Pop Middleton (archive footage)
Gypsy
1962 · Grandpa
Summer and Smoke
1961 · Dr. Burke (uncredited)
Wild in the Country
1961 · Sam Tyler (uncredited)
Yellowstone Kelly
1959 · Captain of the Far West (uncredited)
The Buccaneer
1958 · Tom Carruthers - Captain of the Corinthian
Man or Gun
1958 · Justin Corley
Touch of Evil
1958 · Chief Gould
The Lonely Man
1957 · Dr. Fisher
Hell's Crossroads
1957 · Clay Ford
Duel at Apache Wells
1957 · Wayne Shattuck
The Travellers
1957
The Peacemaker
1956 · Drunken Cowpuncher
Written on the Wind
1956 · Hoak Wayne
Come Next Spring
1956 · Mr. Totter
At Gunpoint
1955 · Marshal Pete MacKay
The Marauders
1955 · John Rutherford
The Tall Men
1955 · Sam
The Violent Men
1955 · Purdue
Executive Suite
1954 · Ed Benedeck
Witness to Murder
1954 · Captain Donnelly
Rails Into Laramie
1954 · Judge Pierce
Phantom Stallion
1954 · Michael Reilly
Jack Slade
1953 · Tom Carter
Roar of the Crowd
1953 · Sam 'Pop' Tracy
Cry of the Hunted
1953 · Sheriff Brown
Kansas Pacific
1953 · Smokestack the Train Engineer
Lure of the Wilderness
1952 · Pat McGowan
Flesh and Fury
1952 · Mike Callan
High Noon
1952 · Cooper
Boots Malone
1952 · Colonel Summers (uncredited)
The Scarf
1951 · Asylum Warden Anderson
The Lemon Drop Kid
1951 · John (Policeman)
Blue Blood
1951 · Mr. Buchanan
Pride of Maryland
1951 · Walter Shannon
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
1951 · Fred Salter
Hunt the Man Down
1950 · Wallace Bennett
The Flying Missile
1950 · Vice Admiral Williams
The Sound of Fury
1950 · Mr. Yaeger
Where Danger Lives
1950 · Dr. Maynard
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950 · Police Officer Houlihan
The Underworld Story
1950 · George Parker
Three Little Words
1950 · Clanahan
The Gunfighter
1950 · Chuck (uncredited)
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950 · Clay
Cow Town
1950 · Sandy Reeves
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950 · Charlie
Singing Guns
1950 · Judge Waller
Tarnished
1950 · Kelsey Bunker
Mary Ryan, Detective
1949 · Sawyer
Mr. Soft Touch
1949 · Police Sergeant Garrett
Tulsa
1949 · Nelse Lansing
Champion
1949 · Lew
Rustlers
1949 · Sheriff Harmon
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948 · Chauncey
Big Town Scandal
1948 · Police Captain Henry (uncredited)
Fighting Father Dunne
1948 · Thomas Lee
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948 · Tesander
My Girl Tisa
1948
The Lady from Shanghai
1947 · Cab Driver
Dangerous Years
1947 · Judge Raymond
The Invisible Wall
1947 · Det. Capt. R.W. Davis
Exposed
1947 · Severance
Time Out of Mind
1947 · Capt. Rogers
The Farmer's Daughter
1947 · Mr. Holstrom
Nora Prentiss
1947 · Police Lieutenant
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947 · Detective Owens, San Diego Police
The Red House
1947 · Dr. Jonathan Byrne
San Quentin
1946 · Warden Kelly
Crack-Up
1946 · Cop (Uncredited)
The Last Crooked Mile
1946 · Police Lieutenant Blake
Canyon Passage
1946 · Henry McLane (uncredited)
Night Editor
1946 · Capt. Lawrence
I Ring Doorbells
1946 · Shannon
Pride of the Marines
1945 · Uncle Ralph
Captain Eddie
1945 · Simmons
Crime, Inc.
1945 · Police Commissioner Collins
When the Lights Go On Again
1944 · Tom Cary
The Mummy's Ghost
1944 · Sheriff Elwood
The Yellow Rose of Texas
1944 · Sam Weston
True to Life
1943 · Mr. Mason
In Old Oklahoma
1943 · Charlie Witherspoon
Headin' for God's Country
1943 · Albert Ness
Someone to Remember
1943 · Tom Gibbons
Alaska Highway
1943 · John 'Pop' Ormsby
Song of Texas
1943 · Sam Bennett
Idaho
1943 · Judge John Grey
The Powers Girl
1943 · Mr. Hendricks
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942 · Ed Cumberland
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942 · Mr. Tim Wiggs
The Big Street
1942 · Florida Doctor (uncredited)
In Old California
1942 · Mr. Carlin
The Falcon Takes Over
1942 · Detective Grimes (Uncredited)
The Mad Martindales
1942 · Policeman
This Gun for Hire
1942 · Steve Finnerty
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942 · Pinky Dolan
The Lady Is Willing
1942 · Barnes
Hold Back the Dawn
1941 · American Immigration Official (uncredited)
Citizen Kane
1941 · Jim Kane
The Saint In Palm Springs
1941 · Chief R.L. Graves
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
1940 · Capt. Mahoney
Too Many Girls
1940 · Mr. Casey
One Crowded Night
1940 · McDermott
The Girl from Avenue A
1940 · Timson
Sailor's Lady
1940 · Father McGann
Gambling on the High Seas
1940 · Ed, Chief of Police
Tear Gas Squad
1940 · Lieutenant Sullivan
Young Tom Edison
1940 · Army Captain Brackett
Parole Fixer
1940 · Randall
City of Chance
1940 · Passline
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair
1939 · Father
Alibi Mark
1937 · Railroad Detective
Shake, Mr. Shakespeare
1936 · Macbeth
A Peach of a Pair
1934
Smoked Hams
1934 · The Landlord
No More West
1934 · Bank Robber
Take a Chance
1933 · Bartender
Close Relations
1933 · Harry Wart
20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang
1933
Wrongorilla
1933 · Grogan
The Campus Mystery
1932 · Police Sergeant
Heads Up
1930 · Capt. Denny
Faint Heart
1929 · Dynamite Dan
Sympathy
1929 · Larry
Series (27)
The Dakotas
1963
The Virginian
1962 · Uncle Josh
Angel
1960
The Untouchables
1959 · Michael Shaw
Lock-Up
1959
Rawhide
1959 · Claggert, Kilo, Sheriff Blanton, Jeffries
Bat Masterson
1958 · Jobe Crail
The Texan
1958 · Jayson Howell
26 Men
1957
The Real McCoys
1957
The Thin Man
1957
Sugarfoot
1957 · Henry Shipman
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Jesse
Wire Service
1956 · Harris Ellerby
State Trooper
1956
Crossroads
1955 · Detective Sergeant Dave Washburn
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Dr. Harner
Cheyenne
1955
Navy Log
1955
Gunsmoke
1955 · Bowers
The Millionaire
1955 · Judge William Jennings Westholme
Lassie
1954
The Man Behind the Badge
1953
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Tom
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Judge Varney
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Samuel Morse
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Big Jim Heywood