Harry Shannon

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Citizen Kane1941
Touch of Evil1958
High Noon1952
The Lady from Shanghai1947

About Harry Shannon

Known for: Acting
Born: June 12, 1890
Died: July 27, 1964 (age 74)
Birthplace: Saginaw, Michigan, USA

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,…

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The World of Tomorrow1984as Pop Middleton (archive footage)

Gypsy1962as Grandpa
Summer and Smoke1961as Dr. Burke (uncredited)
Wild in the Country1961as Sam Tyler (uncredited)
Yellowstone Kelly1959as Captain of the Far West (uncredited)
The Buccaneer1958as Tom Carruthers - Captain of the Corinthian
Man or Gun1958as Justin Corley
Touch of Evil1958as Chief Gould
The Lonely Man1957as Dr. Fisher
Hell's Crossroads1957as Clay Ford
Duel at Apache Wells1957as Wayne Shattuck
The Peacemaker1956as Drunken Cowpuncher
Written on the Wind1956as Hoak Wayne
Come Next Spring1956as Mr. Totter
At Gunpoint1955as Marshal Pete MacKay
The Marauders1955as John Rutherford
The Tall Men1955as Sam
The Violent Men1955as Purdue
Executive Suite1954as Ed Benedeck
Witness to Murder1954as Captain Donnelly
Rails Into Laramie1954as Judge Pierce
Phantom Stallion1954as Michael Reilly
Jack Slade1953as Tom Carter
Roar of the Crowd1953as Sam 'Pop' Tracy
Cry of the Hunted1953as Sheriff Brown
Kansas Pacific1953as Smokestack the Train Engineer
Lure of the Wilderness1952as Pat McGowan
Flesh and Fury1952as Mike Callan
High Noon1952as Cooper
The Scarf1951as Asylum Warden Anderson
The Lemon Drop Kid1951as John (Policeman)
Blue Blood1951as Mr. Buchanan
Pride of Maryland1951as Walter Shannon
Al Jennings of Oklahoma1951as Fred Salter
Hunt the Man Down1950as Wallace Bennett
The Flying Missile1950as Vice Admiral Williams
The Sound of Fury1950as Mr. Yaeger
Where Danger Lives1950as Dr. Maynard
The Killer That Stalked New York1950as Police Officer Houlihan
The Underworld Story1950as George Parker
Three Little Words1950as Clanahan
The Gunfighter1950as Chuck (uncredited)
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek1950as Clay
Cow Town1950as Sandy Reeves
The Jackie Robinson Story1950as Charlie
Singing Guns1950as Judge Waller
Tarnished1950as Kelsey Bunker
Mary Ryan, Detective1949as Sawyer
Mr. Soft Touch1949as Police Sergeant Garrett
Tulsa1949as Nelse Lansing
Champion1949as Lew
Rustlers1949as Sheriff Harmon
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'1948as Chauncey
Big Town Scandal1948as Police Captain Henry (uncredited)
Fighting Father Dunne1948as Thomas Lee
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House1948as Tesander
My Girl Tisa1948
The Lady from Shanghai1947as Cab Driver
Dangerous Years1947as Judge Raymond
The Invisible Wall1947as Det. Capt. R.W. Davis
Exposed1947as Severance
Time Out of Mind1947as Capt. Rogers
The Farmer's Daughter1947as Mr. Holstrom
Nora Prentiss1947as Police Lieutenant
The Devil Thumbs a Ride1947as Detective Owens, San Diego Police
The Red House1947as Dr. Jonathan Byrne
San Quentin1946as Warden Kelly
Crack-Up1946as Cop (Uncredited)
The Last Crooked Mile1946as Police Lieutenant Blake
Canyon Passage1946as Henry McLane (uncredited)
Night Editor1946as Capt. Lawrence
I Ring Doorbells1946as Shannon
Pride of the Marines1945as Uncle Ralph
Captain Eddie1945as Simmons
Crime, Inc.1945as Police Commissioner Collins
When the Lights Go On Again1944as Tom Cary
The Mummy's Ghost1944as Sheriff Elwood
The Yellow Rose of Texas1944as Sam Weston
True to Life1943as Mr. Mason
In Old Oklahoma1943as Charlie Witherspoon
Headin' for God's Country1943as Albert Ness
Someone to Remember1943as Tom Gibbons
Alaska Highway1943as John 'Pop' Ormsby
Song of Texas1943as Sam Bennett
Idaho1943as Judge John Grey
The Powers Girl1943as Mr. Hendricks
Once Upon a Honeymoon1942as Ed Cumberland
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch1942as Mr. Tim Wiggs
The Big Street1942as Florida Doctor (uncredited)
In Old California1942as Mr. Carlin
The Falcon Takes Over1942as Detective Grimes (Uncredited)
The Mad Martindales1942as Policeman
This Gun for Hire1942as Steve Finnerty
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine1942as Pinky Dolan
The Lady Is Willing1942as Barnes
Hold Back the Dawn1941as American Immigration Official (uncredited)
Citizen Kane1941as Jim Kane
The Saint In Palm Springs1941as Chief R.L. Graves
Tugboat Annie Sails Again1940as Capt. Mahoney
Too Many Girls1940as Mr. Casey
One Crowded Night1940as McDermott
The Girl from Avenue A1940as Timson
Sailor's Lady1940as Father McGann
Gambling on the High Seas1940as Ed, Chief of Police
Tear Gas Squad1940as Lieutenant Sullivan
Young Tom Edison1940as Army Captain Brackett
Parole Fixer1940as Randall
City of Chance1940as Passline
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair1939as Father
Alibi Mark1937as Railroad Detective
Shake, Mr. Shakespeare1936as Macbeth
A Peach of a Pair1934
Smoked Hams1934as The Landlord
No More West1934as Bank Robber
Take a Chance1933as Bartender
Close Relations1933as Harry Wart
20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang1933
Wrongorilla1933as Grogan
The Campus Mystery1932as Police Sergeant
Heads Up1930as Capt. Denny
Faint Heart1929as Dynamite Dan
Sympathy1929as Larry

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