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, 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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1890-06-12
Place of Birth: Saginaw, Michigan, USA
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Movies List of Harry Shannon

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Citizen Kane

1941 Movie
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High Noon

1952 Movie
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Touch of Evil

1958 Movie
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My Girl Tisa

1948 Movie
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Where Danger Lives

1950 Movie
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The Red House

1947 Movie
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The Lemon Drop Kid

1951 Movie
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Nora Prentiss

1947 Movie
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Cry of the Hunted

1953 Movie
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Night Editor

1946 Movie
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A Peach of a Pair

1934 Movie
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The Underworld Story

1950 Movie
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Crime, Inc.

1945 Movie
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The Scarf

1951 Movie
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The Lonely Man

1957 Movie
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The Farmer's Daughter

1947 Movie
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Witness to Murder

1954 Movie
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City of Chance

1940 Movie
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This Gun for Hire

1942 Movie
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Hunt the Man Down

1950 Movie
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The Invisible Wall

1947 Movie
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Gypsy

1962 Movie
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Kansas Pacific

1953 Movie
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Written on the Wind

1956 Movie
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Mr. Soft Touch

1949 Movie
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The Last Crooked Mile

1946 Movie
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Yellowstone Kelly

1959 Movie
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San Quentin

1946 Movie
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Man or Gun

1958 Movie
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Flesh and Fury

1952 Movie
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Tulsa

1949 Movie
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Exposed

1947 Movie
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At Gunpoint

1955 Movie
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Mary Ryan, Detective

1949 Movie
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Alibi Mark

1937 Movie
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Song of Texas

1943 Movie
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Singing Guns

1950 Movie
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Hell's Crossroads

1957 Movie
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Smoked Hams

1934 Movie
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Idaho

1943 Movie
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Duel at Apache Wells

1957 Movie
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The Marauders

1955 Movie
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Rails Into Laramie

1954 Movie
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Jack Slade

1953 Movie
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The Flying Missile

1950 Movie
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True to Life

1943 Movie
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The Violent Men

1955 Movie
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Come Next Spring

1956 Movie
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Three Little Words

1950 Movie
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Wild in the Country

1961 Movie
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Time Out of Mind

1947 Movie
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Fighting Father Dunne

1948 Movie
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Heads Up

1930 Movie
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The Powers Girl

1943 Movie
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Summer and Smoke

1961 Movie
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Dangerous Years

1947 Movie
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Once Upon a Honeymoon

1942 Movie
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Alaska Highway

1943 Movie
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Sailor's Lady

1940 Movie
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I Ring Doorbells

1946 Movie
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Phantom Stallion

1954 Movie
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Big Town Scandal

1948 Movie
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Parole Fixer

1940 Movie
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The World of Tomorrow

1984 Movie
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Young Tom Edison

1940 Movie
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Hold Back the Dawn

1941 Movie
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The Gunfighter

1950 Movie
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Rustlers

1949 Movie
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In Old California

1942 Movie
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Too Many Girls

1940 Movie
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Champion

1949 Movie
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Wrongorilla

1933 Movie
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Someone to Remember

1943 Movie
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Cow Town

1950 Movie
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Take a Chance

1933 Movie
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Sympathy

1929 Movie
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Close Relations

1933 Movie
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Faint Heart

1929 Movie
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The Mummy's Ghost

1944 Movie
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The Tall Men

1955 Movie
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The Peacemaker

1956 Movie
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No More West

1934 Movie
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Tear Gas Squad

1940 Movie
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One Crowded Night

1940 Movie
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In Old Oklahoma

1943 Movie
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The Falcon Takes Over

1942 Movie
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Blue Blood

1951 Movie
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Captain Eddie

1945 Movie
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The Lady Is Willing

1942 Movie
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The Sound of Fury

1950 Movie
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Roar of the Crowd

1953 Movie
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Tarnished

1950 Movie
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Executive Suite

1954 Movie
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The Big Street

1942 Movie
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Crack-Up

1946 Movie
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The Mad Martindales

1942 Movie
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The Buccaneer

1958 Movie
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Pride of the Marines

1945 Movie
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Canyon Passage

1946 Movie