1890Born, Saginaw
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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…
Known for
Touch of EvilChief Gould
High NoonCooper
Written on the WindHoak Wayne
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsDr. Harner
The GunfighterChuck (uncredited)1984The World of TomorrowPop Middleton (archive footage)Movie
1962GypsyGrandpaMovie
1961Summer and SmokeDr. Burke (uncredited)Movie
1961Wild in the CountrySam Tyler (uncredited)Movie
1959Yellowstone KellyCaptain of the Far West (uncredited)Movie
1958The BuccaneerTom Carruthers - Captain of the CorinthianMovie
1958Man or GunJustin CorleyMovie
1958Touch of EvilChief GouldMovie
1957The Lonely ManDr. FisherMovie
1957Hell's CrossroadsClay FordMovie
1957Duel at Apache WellsWayne ShattuckMovie
1957The TravellersMovie
1956The PeacemakerDrunken CowpuncherMovie
1956Written on the WindHoak WayneMovie
1956Come Next SpringMr. TotterMovie
1955At GunpointMarshal Pete MacKayMovie
1955The MaraudersJohn RutherfordMovie
1955The Tall MenSamMovie
1955The Violent MenPurdueMovie
1954Executive SuiteEd BenedeckMovie
1954Witness to MurderCaptain DonnellyMovie
1954Rails Into LaramieJudge PierceMovie
1954Phantom StallionMichael ReillyMovie
1953Jack SladeTom CarterMovie
1953Roar of the CrowdSam 'Pop' TracyMovie
1953Cry of the HuntedSheriff BrownMovie
1953Kansas PacificSmokestack the Train EngineerMovie
1952Lure of the WildernessPat McGowanMovie
1952Flesh and FuryMike CallanMovie
1952Boots MaloneColonel Summers (uncredited)Movie
1951The ScarfAsylum Warden AndersonMovie
1951The Lemon Drop KidJohn (Policeman)Movie
1951Blue BloodMr. BuchananMovie
1951Pride of MarylandWalter ShannonMovie
1951Al Jennings of OklahomaFred SalterMovie
1950Hunt the Man DownWallace BennettMovie
1950The Flying MissileVice Admiral WilliamsMovie
1950The Sound of FuryMr. YaegerMovie
1950Where Danger LivesDr. MaynardMovie
1950The Killer That Stalked New YorkPolice Officer HoulihanMovie
1950The Underworld StoryGeorge ParkerMovie
1950Three Little WordsClanahanMovie
1950The GunfighterChuck (uncredited)Movie
1950Curtain Call at Cactus CreekClayMovie
1950Cow TownSandy ReevesMovie
1950The Jackie Robinson StoryCharlieMovie
1950Singing GunsJudge WallerMovie
1950TarnishedKelsey BunkerMovie
1949Mary Ryan, DetectiveSawyerMovie
1949Mr. Soft TouchPolice Sergeant GarrettMovie
1949TulsaNelse LansingMovie
1949ChampionLewMovie
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