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…
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Touch of EvilChief Gould
High NoonCooper
Written on the WindHoak Wayne
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsDr. Harner
The GunfighterChuck (uncredited)1963The Dakotas1 episodeShow
1962The VirginianUncle Josh · 1 episodeShow
1960Angel1 episodeShow
1959The UntouchablesMichael Shaw · 1 episodeShow
1959Lock-Up1 episodeShow
1959RawhideClaggert, Kilo, Sheriff Blanton, Jeffries · 1 episodeShow
1958Bat MastersonJobe Crail · 1 episodeShow
1958The TexanJayson Howell · 1 episodeShow
195726 Men2 episodesShow
1957The Real McCoys1 episodeShow
1957The Thin Man1 episodeShow
1957SugarfootHenry Shipman · 1 episodeShow
1957Have Gun, Will TravelJesse · 2 episodesShow
1956Wire ServiceHarris Ellerby · 1 episodeShow
1956State Trooper1 episodeShow
1955CrossroadsDetective Sergeant Dave Washburn · 1 episodeShow
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsDr. Harner · 1 episodeShow
1955Cheyenne2 episodesShow
1955Navy Log1 episodeShow
1955GunsmokeBowers · 1 episodeShow
1955The MillionaireJudge William Jennings Westholme · 1 episodeShow
1953The Man Behind the Badge1 episodeShow
1953Letter to LorettaTom · 1 episodeShow
1952The Ford Television TheatreJudge Varney · 1 episodeShow
1952Cavalcade of AmericaSamuel Morse · 1 episodeShow
1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsBig Jim Heywood · 1 episodeShow
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