Harry Shannon
1890-06-12 ( 134 years old ) in Saginaw, Michigan, USA

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.

Movies

The World of Tomorrow 1984-12-31
Gypsy 1962-11-01
Summer and Smoke 1961-11-16
Wild in the Country 1961-06-15
Yellowstone Kelly 1959-11-11
The Buccaneer 1958-12-11
Man or Gun 1958-05-30
Touch of Evil 1958-03-30
The Lonely Man 1957-06-21
Hell's Crossroads 1957-03-08
Duel at Apache Wells 1957-01-25
The Peacemaker 1956-11-01
Written on the Wind 1956-10-04
Come Next Spring 1956-03-09
At Gunpoint 1955-12-25
The Marauders 1955-09-26
The Tall Men 1955-09-22
The Violent Men 1955-01-26
Executive Suite 1954-04-30
Witness to Murder 1954-04-15
Rails Into Laramie 1954-04-14
Phantom Stallion 1954-02-10
Jack Slade 1953-11-08
Roar of the Crowd 1953-05-31
Cry of the Hunted 1953-05-08
Kansas Pacific 1953-02-22
Lure of the Wilderness 1952-07-16
Flesh and Fury 1952-06-26
High Noon 1952-06-09
The Scarf 1951-04-06
The Lemon Drop Kid 1951-04-02
Blue Blood 1951-01-28
Al Jennings of Oklahoma 1951-01-17
Hunt the Man Down 1950-12-26
The Flying Missile 1950-12-24
The Sound of Fury 1950-12-12
Where Danger Lives 1950-11-16
The Killer That Stalked New York 1950-10-06
The Underworld Story 1950-07-26
Three Little Words 1950-07-12
The Gunfighter 1950-06-23
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek 1950-05-25
Cow Town 1950-05-19
The Jackie Robinson Story 1950-05-16
Singing Guns 1950-02-28
Tarnished 1950-02-28
Mary Ryan, Detective 1949-11-03
Mr. Soft Touch 1949-07-28
Tulsa 1949-04-13
Champion 1949-04-09
Rustlers 1949-03-03
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' 1948-06-01
Big Town Scandal 1948-05-27
Fighting Father Dunne 1948-05-12
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 1948-03-25
My Girl Tisa 1948-02-07
The Lady from Shanghai 1947-12-24
Dangerous Years 1947-12-07
The Invisible Wall 1947-10-15
Exposed 1947-09-08
Time Out of Mind 1947-05-03
The Farmer's Daughter 1947-03-26
Nora Prentiss 1947-02-22
The Devil Thumbs a Ride 1947-02-20
The Red House 1947-02-04
San Quentin 1946-12-16
Crack-Up 1946-09-06
The Last Crooked Mile 1946-08-09
Canyon Passage 1946-07-17
Night Editor 1946-03-29
I Ring Doorbells 1946-02-28
Pride of the Marines 1945-08-24
Captain Eddie 1945-06-18
Crime, Inc. 1945-04-15
When the Lights Go On Again 1944-10-22
The Mummy's Ghost 1944-07-07
The Yellow Rose of Texas 1944-06-24
True to Life 1943-12-24
In Old Oklahoma 1943-12-06
Headin' for God's Country 1943-08-26
Someone to Remember 1943-08-21
Alaska Highway 1943-06-24
Song of Texas 1943-06-14
Idaho 1943-03-10
The Powers Girl 1943-01-15
Once Upon a Honeymoon 1942-11-27
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch 1942-10-01
The Big Street 1942-08-13
In Old California 1942-05-31
The Falcon Takes Over 1942-05-29
The Mad Martindales 1942-05-15
This Gun for Hire 1942-04-24
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine 1942-03-27
The Lady Is Willing 1942-02-12
Hold Back the Dawn 1941-09-26
Citizen Kane 1941-04-17
The Saint In Palm Springs 1941-01-24
Tugboat Annie Sails Again 1940-10-26
Too Many Girls 1940-10-08
One Crowded Night 1940-08-09
The Girl from Avenue A 1940-08-09
Sailor's Lady 1940-07-05
Gambling on the High Seas 1940-06-22
Tear Gas Squad 1940-05-04
Young Tom Edison 1940-03-15
Parole Fixer 1940-02-02
City of Chance 1940-01-13
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair 1939-04-30
Alibi Mark 1937-12-25
Shake, Mr. Shakespeare 1936-08-21
A Peach of a Pair 1934-12-29
Smoked Hams 1934-10-20
No More West 1934-03-29
Take a Chance 1933-11-25
Close Relations 1933-09-30
20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang 1933-08-12
Wrongorilla 1933-03-04
Heads Up 1930-10-10
Faint Heart 1929-12-21
Sympathy 1929-08-29

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