Harry Shannon (actor)

Harry Shannon
Harry Shannon
	Shannon in The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Born	June 13, 1890; Saginaw, Michigan, U.S.
Died	July 27, 1964 (aged 74); Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1930–1963

Harry Shannon (June 13, 1890 – July 27, 1964) was an American character actor. He often appeared in Western films.

Biography

Shannon was born on a farm in Saginaw, Michigan. After beginning his career in live theater and vaudeville, be switched to the film industry in the 1930s.

His Broadway credits included Mrs. O'Brien Entertains (1939), Washington Jitters (1938), Under Glass (1933), Pardon My English (1933), Free For All (1931), Simple Simon (1931), Jonica (1930), Hold Everything (1928), and Oh, Kay! (1926).^[1]

Although he appeared most frequently in Westerns in the last decade of his career, his best-known film role was perhaps as Charles Foster Kane's rough father in Citizen Kane (1941).^[2] Among his other films were Someone to Remember (1943), Alaska Highway (1943), San Quentin (1946), Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) and Witness to Murder (1954).

In 1956 he appeared as Matt Crowley in the "Johnny Bravo" episode of the TV Western Cheyenne. In 1960, he was cast as outlaw Clay Hooper in the "Showdown at Goldtown" episode of the ABC/Warner Brothers Western television series, Colt .45.^{[citation needed]} He appeared as the villain cowboy Dad "Jobe Craig" in S3E27's "Meeting at Mimbres" in the 1961 Western Bat Masterson. He appeared in several other TV Westerns in the late 1950s and early 1960s: Sheriff of Cochise, Have Gun - Will Travel, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Texan and Laramie.

Shannon died in Hollywood on July 27, 1964, at age 74.^[3]

Selected filmography

Heads Up (1930) – Captain Denny
Take a Chance (1933) – Bartender
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair (1939) – Father
City of Chance (1940) – Passline
Parole Fixer (1940) – Randall
Young Tom Edison (1940) – Army Captain Brackett
Young as You Feel (1940) – Gillespie
Tear Gas Squad (1940) – Lieutenant Sullivan
Gambling on the High Seas (1940) – Chief of Police
Sailor's Lady (1940) – Father McGann
One Crowded Night (1940) – McDermott
Girl from Avenue A (1940) – Timson
Too Many Girls (1940) – Mr. Casey
Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940) – Captain Mahoney
The Saint in Palm Springs (1941) – Chief R.L. Graves
Citizen Kane (1941) – Jim Kane, Kane's Father
Hold Back the Dawn (1941) – American Immigration Official (uncredited)
The Lady Is Willing (1942) – Detective Sergeant Barnes
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942) – Pinky
This Gun for Hire (1942) – Steve Finnerty
The Mad Martindales (1942) – Policeman
The Falcon Takes Over (1942) – Detective Grimes (uncredited)
In Old California (1942) – Mr. Carlin
The Big Street (1942) – Florida Doctor (uncredited)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942) – Mr. Wiggs (uncredited)
Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942) – Ed Cumberland
Random Harvest (1942) – Badgeley – Melbridge Works (uncredited)
The Powers Girl (1943) – Mr. Hendricks
Idaho (1943) – Judge John Grey – aka Tom Allison
Song of Texas (1943) – Sam Bennett
Alaska Highway (1943) – John 'Pop' Ormsby
Someone to Remember (1943) – Tom Gibbons
Headin' for God's Country (1943) – Albert Ness
Doughboys in Ireland (1943) – Michael Callahan
Government Girl (1943) – Mr. Gibon (uncredited)
The Heat's On (1943) – Police Captain (uncredited)
In Old Oklahoma (1943) – Charlie Witherspoon (uncredited)
True to Life (1943) – Mr. Mason
The Fighting Sullivans (1944) – Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
The Eve of St. Mark (1944) – Chaplain (uncredited)
Ladies of Washington (1944) – Police Lieutenant Lake (uncredited)
The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944) – Sam Weston
The Mummy's Ghost (1944) – Sheriff
Babes on Swing Street (1944) – Lieutenant Casey (uncredited)
Barbary Coast Gent (1944) – San Francisco Police Chief (uncredited)
When the Lights Go On Again (1944) – Tom Cary
Crime, Inc. (1945) – Commissioner Collins
Nob Hill (1945) – Policeman in China Town (uncredited)
Captain Eddie (1945) – Simmons
Within These Walls (1945) – Head Guard 'Mac' McCafferty
Incendiary Blonde (1945) – George – Police Detective (uncredited)
Pride of the Marines (1945) – Uncle Ralph (uncredited)
I Ring Doorbells (1946) – Shannon
Night Editor (1946) – Police Captain Lawrence
Canyon Passage (1946) – Henry McLane (uncredited)
The Last Crooked Mile (1946) – Police Lieutenant Blake
Crack-Up (1946) – First Cop (uncredited)
The Jolson Story (1946) – Policeman Reilly (uncredited)
San Quentin (1946) – Warden Kelly
Nora Prentiss (1947) – San Francisco Homicide Lieutenant
The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947) – Detective Owens, San Diego Police
The Red House (1947) – Dr. Byrne
The Farmer's Daughter (1947) – Mr. Holstrom
Time Out of Mind (1947) – Captain Rogers
Exposed (1947) – Severance
The Invisible Wall (1947) – Detective Captain R.W. Davis
Dangerous Years (1947) – Judge Raymond
The Lady from Shanghai (1947) – Cab Driver
My Girl Tisa (1948) – Judge (uncredited)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) – Tesander
April Showers (1948) – Policeman (uncredited)
Fighting Father Dunne (1948) – Thomas Lee, Lawyer
Big Town Scandal (1948) – Police Captain Henry (uncredited)
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' (1948) – Chauncey
Return of the Bad Men (1948) – Wade Templeton (uncredited)
Northwest Stampede (1948) – Sam Bennett (uncredited)
Rustlers (1949) – Sheriff Harmon
Champion (1949) – Lew
Tulsa (1949) – Nelse Lansing
Mr. Soft Touch (1949) – Police Sergeant Garrett
The Devil's Henchman (1949) – Captain
Mary Ryan, Detective (1949) – Sawyer
Tarnished (1950) – Kelsey Bunker
Singing Guns (1950) – Judge Waller
The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) – Frank Shaughnessy
Cow Town (1950) – Sandy Reeves
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950) – U.S. Marshal Clay
The Gunfighter (1950) – Chuck (uncredited)
Three Little Words (1950) – Clanahan
The Underworld Story (1950) – George 'Parky' Parker
The Killer That Stalked New York (1950) – Police Officer Houlihan
Right Cross (1950) – Haggerty (uncredited)
Where Danger Lives (1950) – Dr. Maynard
The Sound of Fury (1950) – Mr. Yaeger
The Flying Missile (1950) – Vice-Admiral Williams
Hunt the Man Down (1950) – Wallace Bennett
Al Jennings of Oklahoma (1951) – Fred Salter
Pride of Maryland (1951) – Walter Shannon
Blue Blood (1951) – Mr. Buchanan
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) – John (policeman)
The Scarf (1951) – Warden Anderson (uncredited)
As Young as You Feel (1951) – Detective Kleinbaum (uncredited)
Behave Yourself! (1951) – Police Officer O'Hara (uncredited)
Boots Malone (1952) – Colonel Summers (uncredited)
Flesh and Fury (1952) – Mike Callan – Paul's Father
High Noon (1952) – Cooper
The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952) – Bearded Miner (uncredited)
Lure of the Wilderness (1952) – Pat McGowan
Kansas Pacific (1953) – Smokestack
Cry of the Hunted (1953) – Sheriff Brown
Roar of the Crowd (1953) – Sam 'Pop' Tracy
Jack Slade (1953) – Tom Carter
Phantom Stallion (1954) – Michael Reilly
Executive Suite (1954) – Ed Benedeck
Rails Into Laramie (1954) – Judge Pierce
Witness to Murder (1954) – Captain Donnelly
The Violent Men (1955) – Purdue
Not as a Stranger (1955) – Ed – 67 Year Old Patient (uncredited)
The Tall Men (1955) – Sam
The Marauders (1955) – John Rutherford
At Gunpoint (1955) – Marshal MacKay
Come Next Spring (1956) – Mr. Totter
The Peacemaker (1956) – Drunken Cowpuncher
Written on the Wind (1956) – Hoak Wayne
Duel at Apache Wells (1957) – Wayne Shattuck
Hell's Crossroads (1957) – Clay Ford
The Lonely Man (1957) – Dr. Fisher
The Travellers (1957)
Touch of Evil (1958) – Chief Gould
Man or Gun (1958) – Justin Corley
The Buccaneer (1958) – Tom Carruthers – Captain of the Corinthian
The Real McCoys (1958) – My Favorite Uncle – Uncle Dave
Yellowstone Kelly (1959) – Captain of the Far West (uncredited)
Wild in the Country (1961) – Sam Tyler (uncredited)
Summer and Smoke (1961) – Dr. Burke (uncredited)
Gypsy (1962) – Grandpa

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Dr. Harner	Season 1 Episode 7: "Breakdown"
1961	Rawhide	Jeffries	Season 3 Episode 28: "Incident of the Blackstorms"
1961	Gunsmoke	Bowers	Season 6 Episode 23: "About Chester"

References

^ "Harry Shannon". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
^ Hal Erickson (2014). "Harry Shannon biography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 15, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
^ Ellenberger, Allan R. (2001). Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory. McFarland. p. 149. ISBN 9780786409839. Retrieved October 6, 2018.