Harry Shannon

Actor Jun 12 (died age 74) Saginaw, Michigan, USA 1929–1984 (55 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Citizen Kane

Jim Kane

Film

Touch of Evil

Chief Gould

Film

High Noon

Cooper

Film

The Lady from Shanghai

Cab Driver

Film

The Gunfighter

Chuck (uncredited)

Film

Written on the Wind

Hoak Wayne

Film

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Tesander

Film

This Gun for Hire

Steve Finnerty

Filmography

Acting (148)

Movies (122)

The World of Tomorrow

1984

as Pop Middleton (archive footage)

Gypsy

as Grandpa

Wild in the Country

as Sam Tyler (uncredited)

6.2

Summer and Smoke

1961

as Dr. Burke (uncredited)

6.5

Yellowstone Kelly

1959

as Captain of the Far West (uncredited)

Touch of Evil

as Chief Gould

The Buccaneer

as Tom Carruthers - Captain of the Corinthian

Man or Gun

as Justin Corley

The Lonely Man

as Dr. Fisher

Hell's Crossroads

as Clay Ford

Duel at Apache Wells

as Wayne Shattuck

Written on the Wind

as Hoak Wayne

Come Next Spring

as Mr. Totter

The Peacemaker

as Drunken Cowpuncher

The Tall Men

as Sam

The Violent Men

as Purdue

The Marauders

as John Rutherford

At Gunpoint

as Marshal Pete MacKay

Rails Into Laramie

as Judge Pierce

Executive Suite

as Ed Benedeck

Phantom Stallion

as Michael Reilly

Witness to Murder

as Captain Donnelly

Jack Slade

as Tom Carter

Cry of the Hunted

as Sheriff Brown

Kansas Pacific

as Smokestack the Train Engineer

4.8

Roar of the Crowd

1953

as Sam 'Pop' Tracy

High Noon

as Cooper

Flesh and Fury

as Mike Callan

Lure of the Wilderness

1952

as Pat McGowan

6.0

Pride of Maryland

1951

as Walter Shannon

The Scarf

1951

as Asylum Warden Anderson

5.6

Al Jennings of Oklahoma

as Fred Salter

The Lemon Drop Kid

as John (Policeman)

Blue Blood

as Mr. Buchanan

The Underworld Story

1950

as George Parker

6.1

The Jackie Robinson Story

as Charlie

Three Little Words

as Clanahan

The Gunfighter

as Chuck (uncredited)

7.3

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

as Clay

Tarnished

as Kelsey Bunker

Cow Town

as Sandy Reeves

Singing Guns

as Judge Waller

The Flying Missile

as Vice Admiral Williams

Where Danger Lives

as Dr. Maynard

Hunt the Man Down

as Wallace Bennett

The Killer That Stalked New York

1950

as Police Officer Houlihan

The Sound of Fury

as Mr. Yaeger

Tulsa

as Nelse Lansing

Champion

as Lew

Rustlers

as Sheriff Harmon

Mr. Soft Touch

as Police Sergeant Garrett

6.8

Mary Ryan, Detective

1949

as Sawyer

4.9

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

1948

as Tesander

7.0

Fighting Father Dunne

1948

as Thomas Lee

6.0

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'

as Chauncey

My Girl Tisa

Big Town Scandal

as Police Captain Henry (uncredited)

5.0

The Devil Thumbs a Ride

1947

as Detective Owens, San Diego Police

6.5

The Lady from Shanghai

1947

as Cab Driver

7.3

The Red House

1947

as Dr. Jonathan Byrne

Exposed

as Severance

Nora Prentiss

as Police Lieutenant

Dangerous Years

as Judge Raymond

Time Out of Mind

as Capt. Rogers

The Farmer's Daughter

1947

as Mr. Holstrom

6.9

The Invisible Wall

1947

as Det. Capt. R.W. Davis

5.4

The Last Crooked Mile

1946

as Police Lieutenant Blake

5.1

Canyon Passage

1946

as Henry McLane (uncredited)

San Quentin

as Warden Kelly

Crack-Up

as Cop (Uncredited)

Night Editor

as Capt. Lawrence

I Ring Doorbells

as Shannon

Crime, Inc.

1945

as Police Commissioner Collins

Captain Eddie

as Simmons

Pride of the Marines

as Uncle Ralph

The Yellow Rose of Texas

as Sam Weston

The Mummy's Ghost

as Sheriff Elwood

When the Lights Go On Again

1944

as Tom Cary

5.5

In Old Oklahoma

1943

as Charlie Witherspoon

Idaho

as Judge John Grey

True to Life

as Mr. Mason

The Powers Girl

as Mr. Hendricks

Someone to Remember

as Tom Gibbons

Alaska Highway

as John 'Pop' Ormsby

Song of Texas

as Sam Bennett

Headin' for God's Country

1943

as Albert Ness

This Gun for Hire

as Steve Finnerty

The Lady Is Willing

as Barnes

The Falcon Takes Over

1942

as Detective Grimes (Uncredited)

6.2

The Big Street

1942

as Florida Doctor (Uncredited)

5.6

Once Upon a Honeymoon

as Ed Cumberland

In Old California

as Mr. Carlin

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

as Pinky Dolan

The Mad Martindales

as Policeman

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

1942

as Mr. Tim Wiggs

Citizen Kane

1941

as Jim Kane

8.0

Hold Back the Dawn

1941

as American Immigration Official (uncredited)

6.7

The Saint In Palm Springs

as Chief R.L. Graves

City of Chance

as Passline

Young Tom Edison

as Army Captain Brackett

Sailor's Lady

as Father McGann

One Crowded Night

as McDermott

Parole Fixer

as Randall

Gambling on the High Seas

1940

as Ed, Chief of Police

5.0

The Girl from Avenue A

1940

as Timson

Too Many Girls

1940

as Mr. Casey

5.6

Tear Gas Squad

1940

as Lieutenant Sullivan

4.8

Tugboat Annie Sails Again

1940

as Capt. Mahoney

5.5

The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair

1939

as Father

6.5

Alibi Mark

1937

as Railroad Detective

Shake, Mr. Shakespeare

as Macbeth

A Peach of a Pair

No More West

as Bank Robber

Smoked Hams

1934

as The Landlord

7.0

20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang

1933

7.0

Wrongorilla

1933

as Grogan

Close Relations

1933

as Harry Wart

Take a Chance

1933

as Bartender

4.0

The Campus Mystery

1932

as Police Sergeant

Heads Up

1930

as Capt. Denny

Sympathy

1929

as Larry

1.0

Faint Heart

1929

as Dynamite Dan

Television (26)

The Dakotas

The Virginian

as Uncle Josh

Angel

Rawhide

as Claggert

The Untouchables

as Michael Shaw

Lock-Up

Bat Masterson

as Jobe Crail

The Texan

Have Gun, Will Travel

as Jesse

The Real McCoys

The Thin Man

Sugarfoot

as Henry Shipman

26 Men

State Trooper

Wire Service

as Harris Ellerby

Cheyenne

1955

6.0

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Dr. Harner

7.8

The Millionaire

1955

as Judge William Jennings Westholme

Gunsmoke

as Bowers

Navy Log

Lassie

The Man Behind the Badge

Letter to Loretta

as Tom

The Ford Television Theatre

as Judge Varney

Cavalcade of America

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

as Big Jim Heywood

7.2