Personal Info
Known Credits
120
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1890-06-12 (135 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Saginaw, Michigan, USA
Also Known For
Harry Shannon
Biography
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 ...
Acting
1984 --
The World of Tomorrow
| Pop Middleton (archive footage)
1962 --
Gypsy
| Grandpa
1961 --
Summer and Smoke
| Dr. Burke (uncredited)
1961 --
Wild in the Country
| Sam Tyler (uncredited)
1959 --
Yellowstone Kelly
| Captain of the Far West (uncredited)
1958 --
The Buccaneer
| Tom Carruthers - Captain of the Corinthian
1958 --
Man or Gun
| Justin Corley
1958 --
Touch of Evil
| Chief Gould
1957 --
The Lonely Man
| Dr. Fisher
1957 --
Hell's Crossroads
| Clay Ford
1957 --
Duel at Apache Wells
| Wayne Shattuck
1956 --
The Peacemaker
| Drunken Cowpuncher
1956 --
Written on the Wind
| Hoak Wayne
1956 --
Come Next Spring
| Mr. Totter
1955 --
At Gunpoint
| Marshal Pete MacKay
1955 --
The Marauders
| John Rutherford
1955 --
The Tall Men
| Sam
1955 --
The Violent Men
| Purdue
1954 --
Executive Suite
| Ed Benedeck
1954 --
Witness to Murder
| Captain Donnelly
1954 --
Rails Into Laramie
| Judge Pierce
1954 --
Phantom Stallion
| Michael Reilly
1953 --
Jack Slade
| Tom Carter
1953 --
Roar of the Crowd
| Sam 'Pop' Tracy
1953 --
Cry of the Hunted
| Sheriff Brown
1953 --
Kansas Pacific
| Smokestack the Train Engineer
1952 --
Lure of the Wilderness
| Pat McGowan
1952 --
Flesh and Fury
| Mike Callan
1952 --
High Noon
| Cooper
1951 --
The Scarf
| Asylum Warden Anderson
1951 --
The Lemon Drop Kid
| John (Policeman)
1951 --
Blue Blood
| Mr. Buchanan
1951 --
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
| Fred Salter
1950 --
Hunt the Man Down
| Wallace Bennett
1950 --
The Flying Missile
| Vice Admiral Williams
1950 --
The Sound of Fury
| Mr. Yaeger
1950 --
Where Danger Lives
| Dr. Maynard
1950 --
The Killer That Stalked New York
| Police Officer Houlihan
1950 --
The Underworld Story
| George Parker
1950 --
Three Little Words
| Clanahan
1950 --
The Gunfighter
| Chuck (uncredited)
1950 --
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
| Clay
1950 --
Cow Town
| Sandy Reeves
1950 --
The Jackie Robinson Story
| Charlie
1950 --
Tarnished
| Kelsey Bunker
1950 --
Singing Guns
| Judge Waller
1949 --
Mary Ryan, Detective
| Sawyer
1949 --
Mr. Soft Touch
| Police Sergeant Garrett
1949 --
Tulsa
| Nelse Lansing
1949 --
Champion
| Lew
1949 --
Rustlers
| Sheriff Harmon
1948 --
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
| Chauncey
1948 --
Big Town Scandal
| Police Captain Henry (uncredited)
1948 --
Fighting Father Dunne
| Thomas Lee
1948 --
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
| Tesander
1948 --
My Girl Tisa
|
1947 --
The Lady from Shanghai
| Cab Driver
1947 --
Dangerous Years
| Judge Raymond
1947 --
The Invisible Wall
| Det. Capt. R.W. Davis
1947 --
Exposed
| Severance
1947 --
Time Out of Mind
| Capt. Rogers
1947 --
The Farmer's Daughter
| Mr. Holstrom
1947 --
Nora Prentiss
| Police Lieutenant
1947 --
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
| Detective Owens, San Diego Police
1947 --
The Red House
| Dr. Jonathan Byrne
1946 --
San Quentin
| Warden Kelly
1946 --
Crack-Up
| Cop (Uncredited)
1946 --
The Last Crooked Mile
| Police Lieutenant Blake
1946 --
Canyon Passage
| Henry McLane (uncredited)
1946 --
Night Editor
| Capt. Lawrence
1946 --
I Ring Doorbells
| Shannon
1945 --
Pride of the Marines
| Uncle Ralph
1945 --
Captain Eddie
| Simmons
1945 --
Crime, Inc.
| Police Commissioner Collins
1944 --
When the Lights Go On Again
| Tom Cary
1944 --
The Mummy's Ghost
| Sheriff Elwood
1944 --
The Yellow Rose of Texas
| Sam Weston
1943 --
True to Life
| Mr. Mason
1943 --
In Old Oklahoma
| Charlie Witherspoon
1943 --
Headin' for God's Country
| Albert Ness
1943 --
Someone to Remember
| Tom Gibbons
1943 --
Alaska Highway
| John 'Pop' Ormsby
1943 --
Song of Texas
| Sam Bennett
1943 --
Idaho
| Judge John Grey
1943 --
The Powers Girl
| Mr. Hendricks
1942 --
Once Upon a Honeymoon
| Ed Cumberland
1942 --
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
| Mr. Tim Wiggs
1942 --
The Big Street
| Florida Doctor (Uncredited)
1942 --
In Old California
| Mr. Carlin
1942 --
The Falcon Takes Over
| Detective Grimes (Uncredited)
1942 --
The Mad Martindales
| Policeman
1942 --
This Gun for Hire
| Steve Finnerty
1942 --
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
| Pinky Dolan
1942 --
The Lady Is Willing
| Barnes
1941 --
Hold Back the Dawn
| American Immigration Official (uncredited)
1941 --
Citizen Kane
| Jim Kane
1941 --
The Saint In Palm Springs
| Chief R.L. Graves
1940 --
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
| Capt. Mahoney
1940 --
Too Many Girls
| Mr. Casey
1940 --
The Girl from Avenue A
| Timson
1940 --
One Crowded Night
| McDermott
1940 --
Sailor's Lady
| Father McGann
1940 --
Gambling on the High Seas
| Ed, Chief of Police
1940 --
Tear Gas Squad
| Lieutenant Sullivan
1940 --
Young Tom Edison
| Army Captain Brackett
1940 --
Parole Fixer
| Randall
1940 --
City of Chance
| Passline
1939 --
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair
| Father
1937 --
Alibi Mark
| Railroad Detective
1936 --
Shake, Mr. Shakespeare
| Macbeth
1934 --
A Peach of a Pair
|
1934 --
Smoked Hams
| The Landlord
1934 --
No More West
| Bank Robber
1933 --
Take a Chance
| Bartender
1933 --
Close Relations
| Harry Wart
1933 --
20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang
|
1933 --
Wrongorilla
| Grogan
1930 --
Heads Up
| Capt. Denny
1929 --
Faint Heart
| Dynamite Dan
1929 --
Sympathy
| Larry