Harry Shannon
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Also Known As
Harry T Shannon,
Harry J. Shannon
Birth Place
Saginaw, Michigan, USA
Born
June 13, 1890
Died
July 27, 1964
Biography
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Harry Shannon was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Shannon started his acting career landing roles in such films as "Tear Gas Squad" (1940), "Gambling on the High Seas" (1940) and the comedy "Sailor's Lady" (1940) with Nancy Kelly. He also appeared in the George Bassman musical comedy "Too Many Girls" (1940), the Mickey Rooney dramatic biopic "Young Tom Edison" (1940)...
Biography
Harry Shannon was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Shannon started his acting career landing roles in such films as "Tear Gas Squad" (1940), "Gambling on the High Seas" (1940) and the comedy "Sailor's Lady" (1940) with Nancy Kelly. He also appeared in the George Bassman musical comedy "Too Many Girls" (1940), the Mickey Rooney dramatic biopic "Young Tom Edison" (1940) and "Parole Fixer" (1940). He kept working in film throughout the forties, starring in "San Quentin" (1946), the crime feature "Night Editor" (1946) with William Gargan and the mystery "Crack-Up" (1946) with Pat O'Brien. He also appeared in "Dangerous Years" (1947). In the latter half of his career, he continued to act in the Howard Duff action film "Roar of the Crowd" (1953), the Sterling Hayden western "Kansas Pacific" (1953) and the Vittorio Gassman action movie "Cry of the Hunted" (1953). He also appeared in the crime flick "Witness to Murder" (1954) with Barbara Stanwyck and the William Holden dramatic adaptation "Executive Suite" (1954). Shannon was most recently credited in "Wagons East!" (1994) with John Candy. Shannon was nominated for an Outstanding Achievement In Music and Lyrics Primetime Emmy Award for "The Gift of Life" in 1982. Shannon passed away in July 1964 at the age of 74.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Gypsy
(1962)
Grandpa
Summer and Smoke
(1961)
Wild in the Country
(1961)
Sam Tyler
Yellowstone Kelly
(1959)
Captain
The Buccaneer
(1959)
Tom Carruthers, captain of the <I>Corinthian</I>
Touch of Evil
(1958)
Gould
Man or Gun
(1958)
Justin Corley
The Lonely Man
(1957)
Dr. Fisher
Written on the Wind
(1957)
Hoak Wayne
Hell's Crossroads
(1957)
Clay Ford
Duel at Apache Wells
(1957)
Wayne Shattuck
The Peacemaker
(1956)
Cowpuncher
Come Next Spring
(1956)
Mr. Totter
Not As a Stranger
(1955)
Patient
The Marauders
(1955)
John Rutherford
The Road to Denver
(1955)
Editor Garrett
The Violent Men
(1955)
Purdue
At Gunpoint
(1955)
Marshal Pete MacKay
The Tall Men
(1955)
Sam, rancher
Executive Suite
(1954)
Editor BenEditoritoreck
Rails into Laramie
(1954)
Judge Pierce
Witness to Murder
(1954)
Captain Donnelly
Phantom Stallion
(1954)
Mike Reilly
Cry of the Hunted
(1953)
Sheriff Brown
Kansas Pacific
(1953)
Smokestack Clark
Jack Slade
(1953)
Tom Carter
The Roar of the Crowd
(1953)
Sam Tracy
Boots Malone
(1952)
Colonel Summers
Lure of the Wilderness
(1952)
Pat McGowan
Flesh and Fury
(1952)
Mike Callan
High Noon
(1952)
Cooper
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
(1952)
Bearded miner
Behave Yourself!
(1951)
O'Hara
The Flying Missile
(1951)
Vice-Admiral Williams
As Young As You Feel
(1951)
Kleinbaum
Hunt the Man Down
(1951)
Wallace Bennett
Pride of Maryland
(1951)
Walter Shannon
Try and Get Me!
(1951)
Mr. Yaeger
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
(1951)
Fred Salter
The Lemon Drop Kid
(1951)
Policeman John
Blue Blood
(1951)
Buchanan
The Scarf
(1951)
Warden Anderson
The Underworld Story
(1950)
George R. "Parkie" Parker
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
(1950)
Clay
Where Danger Lives
(1950)
Dr. Maynard
Three Little Words
(1950)
Clanahan
Singing Guns
(1950)
Judge Waller
The Jackie Robinson Story
(1950)
Charlie
The Killer That Stalked New York
(1950)
Officer Houlihan
Cow Town
(1950)
Sandy Reeves
Mary Ryan, Detective
(1950)
Sawyer
Tarnished
(1950)
Kelsey Bunker
Right Cross
(1950)
Haggerty
The Gunfighter
(1950)
Bartender
Tulsa
(1949)
Nelse Lansing
Mr. Soft Touch
(1949)
Sergeant Garrett
Champion
(1949)
Lew [Bryce]
The Devil's Henchman
(1949)
Captain
Rustlers
(1949)
Sheriff Harmon
Devil's Henchmen
(1949)
My Girl Tisa
(1948)
Judge
The Lady from Shanghai
(1948)
Cab driver
Dangerous Years
(1948)
Judge Raymond
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
(1948)
Tesander
Feudin', Fussin and A-Fightin'
(1948)
Chauncey
Fighting Father Dunne
(1948)
John [Tom] Lee
April Showers
(1948)
Cop
Return of the Bad Men
(1948)
Wade Templeton
The Farmer's Daughter
(1947)
Mr. Holstrom
Time Out of Mind
(1947)
Captain Rogers
The Invisible Wall
(1947)
Detective captain
Nora Prentiss
(1947)
Police lieutenant
Exposed
(1947)
Severance
The Red House
(1947)
Dr. Byrne
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
(1947)
Owens
The Jolson Story
(1947)
Policeman
Canyon Passage
(1946)
McLane
San Quentin
(1946)
Warden Kelly
Night Editor
(1946)
Capt. Lawrence
The Last Crooked Mile
(1946)
Lt. Blake
I Ring Doorbells
(1946)
Shannon
Crack-Up
(1946)
Policeman
Nob Hill
(1945)
Policeman
Within These Walls
(1945)
"Mac" McCafferty
Crime, Inc.
(1945)
Commissioner Collins
Captain Eddie
(1945)
Simmons
Incendiary Blonde
(1945)
George
The Mummy's Ghost
(1944)
Sheriff
When the Lights Go on Again
(1944)
Tom Cary
Babes on Swing Street
(1944)
Lt. Casey
Ladies of Washington
(1944)
Lt. Lake
The Yellow Rose of Texas
(1944)
Sam Weston
The Eve of St. Mark
(1944)
Chaplain
Government Girl
(1944)
Mr. Gibson
The Sullivans
(1944)
C.P.O.
Barbary Coast Gent
(1944)
Chief of police
In Old Oklahoma
(1943)
Charlie Witherspoon
The Powers Girl
(1943)
Mr. Hendricks
True to Life
(1943)
Mr. Mason
Doughboys in Ireland
(1943)
Michael Callahan
Alaska Highway
(1943)
Pop Ormsby
Someone to Remember
(1943)
Tom Gibbons
Headin' for God's Country
(1943)
Albert Ness
Song of Texas
(1943)
Sam Bennett
The Heat's On
(1943)
Police captain
Idaho
(1943)
Judge John Grey, previously known as Tom Allison
This Gun for Hire
(1942)
Steve Finnerty
The Lady Is Willing
(1942)
Detective Sergeant Barnes
Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
(1942)
Pinky
The Falcon Takes Over
(1942)
Grimes
Once Upon a Honeymoon
(1942)
Editor Cumberland
In Old California
(1942)
Mr. Carlin
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
(1942)
Mr. Wiggs
The Big Street
(1942)
Doctor
The Mad Martindales
(1942)
Policeman
Random Harvest
(1942)
Badgeley
Hold Back the Dawn
(1941)
American immigration official
The Saint in Palm Springs
(1941)
Chief R. L. Graves
Citizen Kane
(1941)
[Jim] Kane's father
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
(1940)
Captain [Mike] Mahoney
City of Chance
(1940)
Passline
Gambling on the High Seas
(1940)
Chief of police
Too Many Girls
(1940)
Mr. [Harvey] Casey
Tear Gas Squad
(1940)
Lieutenant Sullivan
Sailor's Lady
(1940)
Father McGann
The Girl from Avenue A
(1940)
Timson
Young As You Feel
(1940)
Gillespie
Young Tom Edison
(1940)
Captain Brackett
One Crowded Night
(1940)
McDermot
Parole Fixer
(1940)
Randall Porter
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair
(1939)
Father, Mr. Middleton
Heads Up
(1930)
Captain Denny
Music (Feature Film)
Wagons East!
(1994)
Music Supervisor
Universal Soldier
(1992)
Song
Aces: Iron Eagle III
(1992)
Song
Universal Soldier
(1992)
Music Supervisor
Aces: Iron Eagle III
(1992)
Song Performer
Basic Instinct
(1991)
Music Supervisor
Happy
(1983)
Song
The Gift of Life
(1982)
Song
The Domino Principle
(1977)
Song
Cast (Short)
Alibi Mark
(1937)
Smoked Hams
(1934)
20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang
(1933)
Sympathy
(1929)
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