Citizen Kane1941
As Jim Kane
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Harry Shannon
Born
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.
Filmography (122)
High Noon1952
As Cooper
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Touch of Evil1958
As Chief Gould
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Witness to Murder1954
As Captain Donnelly
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Lady from Shanghai1947
As Cab Driver
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Buccaneer1958
As Tom Carruthers - Captain of the Corinthian
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Tall Men1955
As Sam
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Written on the Wind1956
As Hoak Wayne
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Gunfighter1950
As Chuck (uncredited)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Gypsy1962
As Grandpa
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House1948
As Tesander
TMDb 7.0 / 10
This Gun for Hire1942
As Steve Finnerty
TMDb 7.0 / 10
In Old Oklahoma1943
As Charlie Witherspoon
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Red House1947
As Dr. Jonathan Byrne
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Canyon Passage1946
As Henry McLane (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Yellowstone Kelly1959
As Captain of the Far West (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Farmer's Daughter1947
As Mr. Holstrom
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Executive Suite1954
As Ed Benedeck
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Exposed1947
As Severance
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Lonely Man1957
As Dr. Fisher
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Wild in the Country1961
As Sam Tyler (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Hold Back the Dawn1941
As American Immigration Official (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Flesh and Fury1952
As Mike Callan
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Nora Prentiss1947
As Police Lieutenant
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Tarnished1950
As Kelsey Bunker
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Summer and Smoke1961
As Dr. Burke (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Champion1949
As Lew
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Big Street1942
As Florida Doctor (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
At Gunpoint1955
As Marshal Pete MacKay
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Young Tom Edison1940
As Army Captain Brackett
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Once Upon a Honeymoon1942
As Ed Cumberland
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Violent Men1955
As Purdue
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Three Little Words1950
As Clanahan
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Duel at Apache Wells1957
As Wayne Shattuck
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Mummy's Ghost1944
As Sheriff Elwood
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Killer That Stalked New York1950
As Police Officer Houlihan
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Lady Is Willing1942
As Barnes
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Jackie Robinson Story1950
As Charlie
TMDb 6.3 / 10
In Old California1942
As Mr. Carlin
TMDb 5.3 / 10
My Girl Tisa1948
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Marauders1955
As John Rutherford
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Falcon Takes Over1942
As Detective Grimes (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Lemon Drop Kid1951
As John (Policeman)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Where Danger Lives1950
As Dr. Maynard
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Alibi Mark1937
As Railroad Detective
TMDb 7.0 / 10
True to Life1943
As Mr. Mason
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Lure of the Wilderness1952
As Pat McGowan
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Cry of the Hunted1953
As Sheriff Brown
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Too Many Girls1940
As Mr. Casey
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Mr. Soft Touch1949
As Police Sergeant Garrett
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Crack-Up1946
As Cop (Uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Faint Heart1929
As Dynamite Dan
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Time Out of Mind1947
As Capt. Rogers
TMDb 5.6 / 10
A Peach of a Pair1934
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Sound of Fury1950
As Mr. Yaeger
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Gambling on the High Seas1940
As Ed, Chief of Police
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Kansas Pacific1953
As Smokestack the Train Engineer
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Rails Into Laramie1954
As Judge Pierce
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Jack Slade1953
As Tom Carter
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Sympathy1929
As Larry
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Fighting Father Dunne1948
As Thomas Lee
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Pride of the Marines1945
As Uncle Ralph
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Tulsa1949
As Nelse Lansing
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Hell's Crossroads1957
As Clay Ford
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Crime, Inc.1945
As Police Commissioner Collins
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Singing Guns1950
As Judge Waller
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Last Crooked Mile1946
As Police Lieutenant Blake
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Scarf1951
As Asylum Warden Anderson
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Devil Thumbs a Ride1947
As Detective Owens, San Diego Police
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Wrongorilla
Wrongorilla1933
As Grogan
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Hunt the Man Down1950
As Wallace Bennett
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Alaska Highway1943
As John 'Pop' Ormsby
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Pride of Maryland1951
As Walter Shannon
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Underworld Story1950
As George Parker
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Yellow Rose of Texas1944
As Sam Weston
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Night Editor1946
As Capt. Lawrence
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Powers Girl1943
As Mr. Hendricks
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Flying Missile1950
As Vice Admiral Williams
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'1948
As Chauncey
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Al Jennings of Oklahoma1951
As Fred Salter
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Man or Gun1958
As Justin Corley
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Idaho1943
As Judge John Grey
TMDb 6.3 / 10
20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang1933
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Mad Martindales1942
As Policeman
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Captain Eddie1945
As Simmons
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Peacemaker1956
As Drunken Cowpuncher
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Heads Up1930
As Capt. Denny
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Come Next Spring1956
As Mr. Totter
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek1950
As Clay
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Parole Fixer1940
As Randall
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Tugboat Annie Sails Again1940
As Capt. Mahoney
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Take a Chance
Take a Chance1933
As Bartender
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Headin' for God's Country1943
As Albert Ness
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Girl from Avenue A1940
As Timson
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Tear Gas Squad1940
As Lieutenant Sullivan
TMDb 5.3 / 10
San Quentin1946
As Warden Kelly
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine1942
As Pinky Dolan
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Sailor's Lady1940
As Father McGann
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Mary Ryan, Detective1949
As Sawyer
TMDb 5.3 / 10
No More West1934
As Bank Robber
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Song of Texas1943
As Sam Bennett
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Someone to Remember1943
As Tom Gibbons
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Invisible Wall1947
As Det. Capt. R.W. Davis
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Big Town Scandal1948
As Police Captain Henry (uncredited)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Roar of the Crowd1953
As Sam 'Pop' Tracy
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Saint In Palm Springs1941
As Chief R.L. Graves
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Cow Town1950
As Sandy Reeves
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Dangerous Years1947
As Judge Raymond
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The World of Tomorrow1984
As Pop Middleton (archive footage)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Shake, Mr. Shakespeare1936
As Macbeth
TMDb 6.5 / 10
I Ring Doorbells1946
As Shannon
TMDb 7.0 / 10
City of Chance1940
As Passline
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Phantom Stallion1954
As Michael Reilly
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Blue Blood1951
As Mr. Buchanan
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Smoked Hams1934
As The Landlord
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch1942
As Mr. Tim Wiggs
TMDb 8.0 / 10
When the Lights Go On Again1944
As Tom Cary
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Rustlers1949
As Sheriff Harmon
TMDb 6.3 / 10
One Crowded Night1940
As McDermott
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Campus Mystery
The Campus Mystery1932
As Police Sergeant
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Close Relations1933
As Harry Wart
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair1939
As Father
TMDb 6.6 / 10
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