Harry Shannon?
Harry Shannon
🎂 Jun 12, 1890 — 🕯️ Jul 27, 1964 (74 years)
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).
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Harry Shannon?
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74 R.I.P.
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Oscars
111
Movies
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Citizen Kane
1941
High Noon
1952
The Lady from Shanghai
1947
Touch of Evil
1958
The Gunfighter
1950
Crime, Inc.
1945
Gypsy
1962
Fighting Father Dunne
1948
The Buccaneer
1958
In Old California
1942
The Tall Men
1955
The Falcon Takes Over
1942
Crack-Up
1946
True to Life
1943
Wild in the Country
1961
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
Nora Prentiss
1947
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
Executive Suite
1954
Tulsa
1949
The Big Street
1942
The Violent Men
1955
Champion
1949
The Lonely Man
1957
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
The Farmer's Daughter
1947
The Red House
1947
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942
Where Danger Lives
1950
Witness to Murder
1954
At Gunpoint
1955
The Flying Missile
1950
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
1951
Written on the Wind
1956
Hunt the Man Down
1950
Summer and Smoke
1961
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950
Kansas Pacific
1953
The Invisible Wall
1947
The Lemon Drop Kid
1951
City of Chance
1940
The Saint In Palm Springs
1941
Night Editor
1946
Too Many Girls
1940
In Old Oklahoma
1943
Flesh and Fury
1952
Pride of the Marines
1945
Gambling on the High Seas
1940
The Lady Is Willing
1942
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Harry Shannon
1890-06-12 · 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.