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Harry Shannon (I)

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Overview

Date of Birth:
13 June 1890, Saginaw, Michigan, USA more
Date of Death:
27 July 1964, Hollywood, California, USA more
Mini Biography:
Character actor in US films of the 40's through early 60's.
Awards:
1 win more
Alternate Names:
Harry J. Shannon | Harry T. Shannon | Harry Shanon
US TV Schedule:
Tue. Aug. 1911:15 PMTCM Witness to Murder  

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Actor, Soundtrack, Archive Footage
Actor:
  1. "The Virginian" .... Uncle Josh (1 episode, 1963)
    ... aka The Men from Shiloh (USA: new title)
        - Man of Violence (1963) TV episode .... Uncle Josh
  2. "The Dakotas" .... Jim Painter (1 episode, 1963)
        - Justice at Eagle's Nest (1963) TV episode .... Jim Painter
  3. "Lassie" .... Joseph McCartney / ... (2 episodes, 1961-1962)
    ... aka Jeff's Collie (USA)
    ... aka Timmy and Lassie (USA: syndication title)
        - Fawn Patrol (1962) TV episode .... Trube Cato
        - The Winner (1961) TV episode .... Joseph McCartney
  4. Gypsy (1962) .... Grandpa
  5. "Rawhide" .... Claggert / ... (4 episodes, 1959-1962)
        - The House of the Hunter (1962) TV episode .... Kilo
        - The Long Count (1962) TV episode .... Sheriff Blanton
        - Incident of the Blackstorms (1961) TV episode .... Jeffries
        - Incident of the Widowed Dove (1959) TV episode .... Claggert
  6. "Cheyenne" .... Father Paul / ... (2 episodes, 1956-1961)
        - Storm Center (1961) TV episode .... Father Paul
        - Johnny Bravo (1956) TV episode .... Matt Crowley
  7. Summer and Smoke (1961) (uncredited) .... Dr. Burke
  8. "Maverick" .... Wilson, Ship's Engineer (1 episode, 1961)
        - The Golden Fleecing (1961) TV episode (uncredited) .... Wilson, Ship's Engineer
  9. Wild in the Country (1961) (uncredited) .... Sam Tyler (Glenn's father)
  10. "Bat Masterson" .... Jobe Crail (1 episode, 1961)
        - Meeting at Mimbers (1961) TV episode (as Harry Shanon) .... Jobe Crail
  11. "Gunsmoke" .... Emmett Bowers (1 episode, 1961)
    ... aka Gun Law (UK)
    ... aka Marshal Dillon (USA: rerun title)
        - About Chester (1961) TV episode .... Emmett Bowers
  12. "Death Valley Days" .... Horace Woodruff / ... (2 episodes, 1958-1961)
    ... aka Call of the West (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka The Pioneers (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka Trails West (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka Western Star Theater (USA: syndication title)
        - Deadline at Austin (1961) TV episode .... Horace Woodruff
        - Old Gabe (1958) TV episode .... Jim Bridger
  13. "The Untouchables" .... Joe Patterson / ... (2 episodes, 1959-1961)
        - The Masterpiece (1961) TV episode .... Michael Shaw
        - The George 'Bugs' Moran Story (1959) TV episode .... Joe Patterson
  14. "Lawman" .... Pa Jutes (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
    ... aka The Lawman (USA: alternative title)
        - The Second Son (1960) TV episode
        - 9:05 to North Platte (1959) TV episode .... Pa Jutes
  15. "Lock Up" (1 episode, 1960)
        - The Skid Row Story (1960) TV episode
  16. "Colt .45" .... Clay Cooper (1 episode, 1960)
        - Showdown at Goldtown (1960) TV episode .... Clay Cooper
  17. "Sugarfoot" .... Henry Shipman (1 episode, 1960)
    ... aka Tenderfoot (UK)
        - The Corsican (1960) TV episode .... Henry Shipman
  18. "U.S. Marshal" .... Lou, Alice's Hired Man (1 episode, 1960)
        - Kill or Be Killed (1960) TV episode .... Lou, Alice's Hired Man
  19. "Bronco" .... Pop Fuller (1 episode, 1960)
        - Volunteers from Aberdeen (1960) TV episode .... Pop Fuller
  20. "Letter to Loretta" .... Jim Morton / ... (2 episodes, 1954-1960)
    ... aka The Loretta Young Show (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Loretta Young Theatre (USA: rerun title)
        - The Hired Hand (1960) TV episode .... Tom
        - On Your Honor, Your Honor (1954) TV episode .... Jim Morton

  21. "The Texan" .... Jay Howell (1 episode, 1959)
        - Dangerous Ground (1959) TV episode .... Jay Howell
  22. Yellowstone Kelly (1959) (uncredited) .... Captain of the Far West
  23. "26 Men" (1 episode, 1959)
        - Fighting Men (1959) TV episode
  24. "State Trooper" .... Drued (1 episode, 1959)
        - The Choker (1959) TV episode .... Drued
  25. "Tales of Wells Fargo" .... Tobey (1 episode, 1959)
        - The Tired Gun (1959) TV episode .... Tobey
  26. The Buccaneer (1958) .... Tom Carruthers - Captain of the Corinthian
  27. "Frontier Doctor" .... Hal Merrick, Savannah's Grandfather (1 episode, 1958)
    ... aka Man of the West (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka Unarmed (USA: syndication title)
        - The Crooked Circle (1958) TV episode .... Hal Merrick, Savannah's Grandfather
  28. Man or Gun (1958) .... Justin Corley
  29. "Have Gun - Will Travel" .... Jesse Reade / ... (2 episodes, 1957-1958)
        - Twenty-Four Hours at North Fork (1958) TV episode .... Marty Buchanan
        - Three Bells to Perdido (1957) TV episode .... Jesse Reade
  30. Touch of Evil (1958) .... Chief Gould
  31. "The Real McCoys" .... Uncle Dave (1 episode, 1958)
    ... aka The McCoys
        - My Favorite Uncle (1958) TV episode .... Uncle Dave
  32. "Man Without a Gun" (1 episode, 1958)
        - Reward (1958) TV episode
  33. "The Thin Man" .... Fullmer (1 episode, 1958)
        - The Scene Stealer (1958) TV episode .... Fullmer
  34. "The Restless Gun" .... Joe Kennedy (1 episode, 1957)
        - General Gilford's Widow (1957) TV episode .... Joe Kennedy
  35. "The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin" (1 episode, 1957)
        - Mother O'Hara's Marriage (1957) TV episode
  36. "Casey Jones" .... Sheriff Norton (1 episode, 1957)
        - The Gunslinger (1957) TV episode .... Sheriff Norton
  37. The Lonely Man (1957) .... Dr. Fisher
  38. "Sheriff of Cochise" .... Caleb / ... (3 episodes, 1956-1957)
        - Hold Up (1957) TV episode .... Pete
        - The Relatives (1957) TV episode .... Caleb
        - Caine and Abel (1956) TV episode .... Pop Haley
  39. "Wire Service" .... Harris Ellerby (1 episode, 1957)
    ... aka Deadline for Action (USA: rerun title)
        - The Oil Man (1957) TV episode .... Harris Ellerby
  40. Hell's Crossroads (1957) .... Clay Ford
  41. "Navy Log" .... Admiral Morrell (1 episode, 1957)
        - Cigar-Box John (1957) TV episode .... Admiral Morrell
  42. "The Millionaire" .... Judge William J. Westholme (1 episode, 1957)
    ... aka If You Had a Million
        - The Judge William Westholme Story (1957) TV episode .... Judge William J. Westholme
  43. Duel at Apache Wells (1957) .... Wayne Shattuck
  44. The Travellers (1957)
  45. "The New Adventures of Charlie Chan" .... Captain Conavan (1 episode, 1957)
    ... aka Charlie Chan
        - The Secret of the Sea (1957) TV episode .... Captain Conavan
  46. "Whirlybirds" .... Walt Harrison (1 episode, 1957)
    ... aka Copter Patrol (USA: syndication title)
        - The Rustlers (1957) TV episode .... Walt Harrison
  47. Written on the Wind (1956) .... Hoak Wayne
  48. The Peacemaker (1956) .... Drunken Cowpuncher
  49. "Cavalcade of America" .... Jeremiah 'Pop' Smith / ... (3 episodes, 1954-1956)
    ... aka DuPont Presents the Cavalcade Theatre (USA: fourth season title)
    ... aka DuPont Theater (USA: fifth season title)
        - Danger at Clover Ridge (1956) TV episode .... Jeremiah 'Pop' Smith
        - The Great Gamble (1954) TV episode .... Samuel Morse
        - Moonlight School (1954) TV episode
  50. Come Next Spring (1956) .... Mr. Totter
  51. "The Roy Rogers Show" .... Greg Payne / ... (2 episodes, 1956)
        - Smoking Guns (1956) TV episode .... Greg Payne
        - False Faces (1956) TV episode .... Mayor Ben Kelly
  52. "Disneyland" .... Mr. Wilson (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka Disney's Wonderful World (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Disney Sunday Movie (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Magical World of Disney (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Wonderful World of Disney (USA: new title)
    ... aka Walt Disney (USA: new title)
    ... aka Walt Disney Presents (USA: new title)
    ... aka Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (USA: new title)
        - A Tribute to Joel Chandler Harris (1956) TV episode .... Mr. Wilson
  53. At Gunpoint (1955) .... Marshal MacKay
    ... aka Gunpoint! (UK)
  54. "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" .... Dr. Harner (1 episode, 1955)
        - Breakdown (1955) TV episode .... Dr. Harner
  55. The Tall Men (1955) .... Sam, Cattleman robbed by Jayhawkers
  56. The Marauders (1955) .... John Rutherford
  57. "Stage 7" .... Fox Durkin (1 episode, 1955)
        - The Fox Hunt (1955) TV episode .... Fox Durkin
  58. "The Adventures of Ellery Queen" .... Harve Miller (1 episode, 1955)
    ... aka Mystery Is My Business (USA: new title)
        - Mission for Murder (1955) TV episode .... Harve Miller
  59. Not as a Stranger (1955) (uncredited) .... Ed
    ... aka Morton Thompson's Not as a Stranger (USA: complete title)
  60. The Road to Denver (1955) (uncredited) .... Ed Garrett
  61. "The Man Behind the Badge" .... Clyde Warren (1 episode, 1955)
        - The Case of the Dying Past (1955) TV episode .... Clyde Warren
  62. The Violent Men (1955) .... Purdue
    ... aka Rough Company (UK)
    ... aka The Bandits (USA)
  63. Executive Suite (1954) .... Ed Benedeck
  64. "Topper" .... Foreman (2 episodes, 1954)
        - Topper Goes West (1954) TV episode .... Foreman
        - The Diamond Ring (1954) TV episode
  65. Rails Into Laramie (1954) .... Judge Pierce
    ... aka Fort Laramie (USA)
    ... aka Rails End at Laramie (USA)
  66. Witness to Murder (1954) .... Police Capt. Donnelly
  67. Phantom Stallion (1954) .... Michael Reilly
  68. Jack Slade (1953) .... Tom Carter
    ... aka Jack Slade, Desperado
    ... aka Slade (UK)
  69. Roar of the Crowd (1953/I) .... Pop Tracy
  70. Cry of the Hunted (1953) .... Sheriff Brown
  71. "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1 episode, 1953)
    ... aka Herald Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka Schlitz Playhouse (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
        - Big Jim's Boy (1953) TV episode
  72. Kansas Pacific (1953) .... Smokestack, Train Engineer
  73. "The Ford Television Theatre" (1 episode, 1953)
    ... aka Ford Theatre (USA: short title)
        - Margin for Fear (1953) TV episode
  74. Lure of the Wilderness (1952) .... Pat McGowan
  75. High Noon (1952) .... Cooper
  76. The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952) (uncredited) .... Bearded miner
  77. Flesh and Fury (1952) .... Mike Callan (father)
  78. Boots Malone (1952) (uncredited) .... Colonel Summers
  79. "I Love Lucy" .... Jim White, the photographer (1 episode, 1951)
    ... aka Lucy in Connecticut (USA: rerun title)
    ... aka The Sunday Lucy Show (USA: rerun title)
    ... aka The Top Ten Lucy Show (USA: rerun title)
        - Men Are Messy (1951) TV episode .... Jim White, the photographer
  80. Behave Yourself! (1951) (uncredited) .... Police Officer O'Hara
  81. As Young as You Feel (1951) (uncredited) .... Detective Kleinbaum
  82. The Scarf (1951) .... Asylum Warden Anderson
    ... aka The Dungeon
  83. The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) .... John (policeman)
  84. Blue Blood (1951) .... Mr. Buchanan
  85. The Pride of Maryland (1951) .... Walter Shannon
  86. Al Jennings of Oklahoma (1951) .... Fred Salter
  87. Hunt the Man Down (1950) .... Wallace Bennett
    ... aka Seven Witnesses (USA)
  88. The Flying Missile (1950) .... Vice-Adm. Williams
    ... aka The Flying Fish (USA)
  89. The Sound of Fury (1950) .... Mr. Yaeger
    ... aka Try and Get Me (USA: reissue title)
  90. The Killer That Stalked New York (1950) .... Police Officer Houlihan
    ... aka Frightened City (Philippines: English title) (UK) (USA: copyright title)
  91. Right Cross (1950) (uncredited) .... Haggerty
  92. The Underworld Story (1950) .... George 'Parky' Parker
  93. Where Danger Lives (1950) .... Dr. Maynard
  94. Three Little Words (1950) .... Clanahan, owner of Clanahan's Paradise
  95. The Gunfighter (1950) (uncredited) .... Chuck
  96. Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950) .... U.S. Marshal Clay
    ... aka Take the Stage (UK)
  97. Cow Town (1950) .... Sandy Reeves
    ... aka Barbed Wire (UK)
  98. The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) .... Frank Shaughnessy, Dodger Executive
  99. Singing Guns (1950) .... Judge Waller
  100. Tarnished (1950) .... Kelsey Bunker

  101. Mary Ryan, Detective (1949) .... Sawyer
  102. The Devil's Henchman (1949) .... Captain
  103. Mr. Soft Touch (1949) .... Police Sergeant Garrett
    ... aka House of Settlement (UK)
  104. Tulsa (1949) (uncredited) .... Nelse Lansing
  105. Champion (1949) .... Lew Bryce
  106. Rustlers (1949) .... Sheriff Harmon
  107. Northwest Stampede (1948) (uncredited) .... Sam Bennett
  108. Return of the Bad Men (1948) (uncredited) .... Wade Templeton
    ... aka Return of the Badmen (International: English title)
  109. Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' (1948) .... Chauncey
  110. Big Town Scandal (1948) (uncredited) .... Police Captain Henry
    ... aka Underworld Scandal (USA: TV title)
  111. Fighting Father Dunne (1948) .... Thomas Lee, Lawyer
  112. April Showers (1948) (uncredited) .... Policeman
  113. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) .... Tesander
  114. My Girl Tisa (1948) (uncredited) .... Judge
  115. The Lady from Shanghai (1947) .... Cab Driver
  116. Dangerous Years (1947) .... Judge Raymond
  117. The Invisible Wall (1947) .... Det. Capt. R.W. Davis
  118. Exposed (1947) .... Severance
  119. Time Out of Mind (1947) .... Captain Rogers
  120. The Farmer's Daughter (1947) .... Mr. Holstrom
  121. The Red House (1947) .... Dr. Johnathan Byrne
    ... aka No Trespassing
  122. Nora Prentiss (1947) .... San Francisco Homicide Lieutenant
  123. The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947) .... Detective Owens, San Diego Police
  124. San Quentin (1946) .... Warden Kelly
  125. The Jolson Story (1946) (uncredited) .... Policeman Reilly
  126. Crack-Up (1946) (uncredited) .... First cop
  127. The Last Crooked Mile (1946) .... Police Lieutenant Blake
  128. Canyon Passage (1946) (uncredited) .... McLane
  129. Night Editor (1946) .... Capt. Lawrence
    ... aka The Trespasser (UK)
  130. I Ring Doorbells (1946) .... Shannon
  131. Pride of the Marines (1945) (uncredited) .... Uncle Ralph
    ... aka Forever in Love (UK)
  132. Incendiary Blonde (1945) (uncredited) .... George (cop)
  133. Within These Walls (1945) .... McCaffrey
  134. Captain Eddie (1945) .... Simmons
  135. Nob Hill (1945) (uncredited) .... Policeman in China Town
  136. Crime, Inc. (1945) .... Police Commissioner Collins
    ... aka Crime Incorporated
  137. When the Lights Go on Again (1944) .... Tom Cary
  138. Barbary Coast Gent (1944) (uncredited) .... San Francisco Police Chief
    ... aka Gold Town
    ... aka The Honest Thief
  139. Babes on Swing Street (1944) (uncredited) .... Lt. Casey
  140. The Mummy's Ghost (1944) .... Sheriff Elwood
  141. The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944) .... Sam Weston
  142. Ladies of Washington (1944) (uncredited) .... Lt. Lake
    ... aka Ladies in Washington
  143. The Eve of St. Mark (1944) (uncredited) .... Chaplain
    ... aka Maxwell Anderson's The Eve of St. Mark (USA: complete title)
  144. The Sullivans (1944) (uncredited) .... Chief Petty Officer
    ... aka The Fighting Sullivans (USA: reissue title)
  145. True to Life (1943) .... Mr. Mason
  146. In Old Oklahoma (1943) (uncredited) .... Charlie Witherspoon
    ... aka War of the Wildcats (USA: reissue title)
  147. The Heat's On (1943) (uncredited) .... Police Captain
    ... aka Tropicana (UK)
  148. Government Girl (1943) (uncredited) .... Mr. Gibon
  149. Doughboys in Ireland (1943) .... Michael Callahan
  150. Headin' for God's Country (1943) .... Albert Ness
  151. Someone to Remember (1943) .... Tom Gibbons
    ... aka Gallant Thoroughbred (USA: reissue title)
  152. Alaska Highway (1943) .... John 'Pop' Ormsby
  153. Song of Texas (1943) .... Sam Bennett
  154. Idaho (1943) (as Harry J. Shannon) .... Judge John Grey aka Tom Allison
  155. The Powers Girl (1943) .... Mr. Hendricks
    ... aka Hello Beautiful
  156. Random Harvest (1942) (uncredited) .... Badgeley
  157. Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942) .... Ed Cumberland, O'Toole's radio chief
  158. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942) (uncredited) .... Mr. Wiggs
  159. The Big Street (1942) (uncredited) .... Florida Doctor
  160. In Old California (1942) .... Mr. Carlin
  161. The Falcon Takes Over (1942) (uncredited) .... Detective Grimes
  162. The Mad Martindales (1942) .... Policeman
  163. This Gun for Hire (1942) .... Steve Finnerty
  164. The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942) .... Pinky
    ... aka Unforgotten Crime (USA: TV title)
  165. The Lady Is Willing (1942) .... Detective Sergeant Barnes
  166. Hold Back the Dawn (1941) (uncredited) .... American Immigration Official
  167. Citizen Kane (1941) .... Kane's Father
  168. The Saint in Palm Springs (1941) .... Chief R.L. Graves
  169. Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940) .... Capt. Mike Mahoney
  170. Too Many Girls (1940) .... Mr. Harvey Casey
  171. One Crowded Night (1940) .... Detective Lt. McDermott
  172. Girl from Avenue A (1940) .... Timson
  173. Sailor's Lady (1940) .... Father McGann
  174. Gambling on the High Seas (1940) .... Ed - Police Chief
  175. Tear Gas Squad (1940) .... Lieutenant Timothy Sullivan
    ... aka State Cop
  176. Young as You Feel (1940) .... Gillespie
  177. Young Tom Edison (1940) .... Army Captain Brackett
  178. Parole Fixer (1940) .... Randall
  179. City of Chance (1940) .... Passline

  180. The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair (1939) .... Father
  181. Alibi Mark (1937)
  182. Shake, Mr. Shakespeare (1936) (uncredited) .... Macbeth
  183. A Peach of a Pair (1934)
  184. Smoked Hams (1934) .... The Landlord
  185. Take a Chance (1933) .... Bartender
  186. Close Relations (1933) .... Harry Wart
    ... aka Big V Comedies (USA: series title)
  187. 20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang (1933) (uncredited)
  188. The Poor Fish (1933)
  189. Wrongorilla (1933)
  190. The Campus Mystery (1932) (uncredited) .... Police sergeant
  191. Heads Up (1930) .... Capt. Denny
  192. The Three Sailors (1930)

  193. Faint Heart (1929)
    ... aka Bert Lahr in Faint Heart (USA: copyright title)
  194. Sympathy (1929)
Soundtrack:
  1. Universal Soldier (1992) (writer: "Life's Too Confusin' Anyway", "The Worst Always Happens", "Breakin' Up, Breakin' Down", "It's Almost Time To Put The Bottle Down", "Waking Up And Walking Out The Door") ("Goin'Out On The Town Tonight")
  2. Aces: Iron Eagle III (1992) (writer: "LOVE LETTERS") (performer: "LOVE LETTERS")

  3. Country Gold (1982) (TV) (lyrics: "Yesterday's News", "You Make It So Easy To Believe", "Fallin' Forever")

  4. The Domino Principle (1977) ("Some Day Soon")
    ... aka The Domino Killings (UK)

  5. Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940) ("A Life on the Ocean Wave" (1838))
  6. Too Many Girls (1940) (performer: "Potawatomine")
Archive Footage:
  1. Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed (1999) (V) .... Sheriff Elwood
  2. The Mummy's Ghost (1966) .... The Sheriff

Additional Details

Other Works:
In 1960, he co-starred in an unsold pilot titled, "Mountain Man" about a Rocky Mountain fur trading station in the 1840s. more
Genres:
Drama | Western | Comedy | Crime more
Plot Keywords:
Character Name In Title | Based On Novel | Murder | Police more
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