Harry Shannon
Acting
153
Acting Credits
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
Filmography
The World of Tomorrow
1984
as Pop Middleton (archive footage)
The Dakotas
1963
Gypsy
1962
as Grandpa
The Virginian
1962
as Uncle Josh
Wild in the Country
1961
as Sam Tyler (uncredited)
Summer and Smoke
1961
as Dr. Burke (uncredited)
Angel
1960
Yellowstone Kelly
1959
as Captain of the Far West (uncredited)
Rawhide
1959
as Claggert
Lock-Up
1959
Rawhide
1959
as Kilo
Rawhide
1959
as Sheriff Blanton
The Untouchables
1959
as Michael Shaw
Rawhide
1959
as Jeffries
Touch of Evil
1958
as Chief Gould
Man or Gun
1958
as Justin Corley
The Buccaneer
1958
as Tom Carruthers - Captain of the Corinthian
Bat Masterson
1958
as Jobe Crail
The Texan
1958
as Jayson Howell
The Lonely Man
1957
as Dr. Fisher
Hell's Crossroads
1957
as Clay Ford
Duel at Apache Wells
1957
as Wayne Shattuck
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Jesse
The Thin Man
1957
The Real McCoys
1957
Sugarfoot
1957
as Henry Shipman
26 Men
1957
Written on the Wind
1956
as Hoak Wayne
Come Next Spring
1956
as Mr. Totter
The Peacemaker
1956
as Drunken Cowpuncher
Wire Service
1956
as Harris Ellerby
State Trooper
1956
At Gunpoint
1955
as Marshal Pete MacKay
The Marauders
1955
as John Rutherford
The Violent Men
1955
as Purdue
The Tall Men
1955
as Sam
Cheyenne
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
as Bowers
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Dr. Harner
The Millionaire
1955
as Judge William Jennings Westholme
Navy Log
1955
Crossroads
1955
as Detective Sergeant Dave Washburn
Witness to Murder
1954
as Captain Donnelly
Rails Into Laramie
1954
as Judge Pierce
Phantom Stallion
1954
as Michael Reilly
Executive Suite
1954
as Ed Benedeck
Lassie
1954
Cry of the Hunted
1953
as Sheriff Brown
Kansas Pacific
1953
as Smokestack the Train Engineer
Jack Slade
1953
as Tom Carter
Roar of the Crowd
1953
as Sam 'Pop' Tracy
The Man Behind the Badge
1953
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Tom
High Noon
1952
as Cooper
Flesh and Fury
1952
as Mike Callan
Lure of the Wilderness
1952
as Pat McGowan
Cavalcade of America
1952
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Samuel Morse
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Judge Varney
The Lemon Drop Kid
1951
as John (Policeman)
The Scarf
1951
as Asylum Warden Anderson
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
1951
as Fred Salter
Blue Blood
1951
as Mr. Buchanan
Pride of Maryland
1951
as Walter Shannon
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Big Jim Heywood
Where Danger Lives
1950
as Dr. Maynard
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
as Police Officer Houlihan
The Underworld Story
1950
as George Parker
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950
as Charlie
Hunt the Man Down
1950
as Wallace Bennett
Singing Guns
1950
as Judge Waller
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950
as Clay
The Flying Missile
1950
as Vice Admiral Williams
Three Little Words
1950
as Clanahan
The Gunfighter
1950
as Chuck (uncredited)
Cow Town
1950
as Sandy Reeves
The Sound of Fury
1950
as Mr. Yaeger
Tarnished
1950
as Kelsey Bunker
Mr. Soft Touch
1949
as Police Sergeant Garrett
Tulsa
1949
as Nelse Lansing
Mary Ryan, Detective
1949
as Sawyer
Rustlers
1949
as Sheriff Harmon
Champion
1949
as Lew
My Girl Tisa
1948
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
as Tesander
Fighting Father Dunne
1948
as Thomas Lee
Big Town Scandal
1948
as Police Captain Henry (uncredited)
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948
as Chauncey
The Lady from Shanghai
1947
as Cab Driver
The Red House
1947
as Dr. Jonathan Byrne
Nora Prentiss
1947
as Police Lieutenant
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947
as Detective Owens, San Diego Police
The Farmer's Daughter
1947
as Mr. Holstrom
The Invisible Wall
1947
as Det. Capt. R.W. Davis
Exposed
1947
as Severance
Time Out of Mind
1947
as Capt. Rogers
Dangerous Years
1947
as Judge Raymond
Night Editor
1946
as Capt. Lawrence
The Last Crooked Mile
1946
as Police Lieutenant Blake
San Quentin
1946
as Warden Kelly
I Ring Doorbells
1946
as Shannon
Crack-Up
1946
as Cop (Uncredited)
Canyon Passage
1946
as Henry McLane (uncredited)
Crime, Inc.
1945
as Police Commissioner Collins
Captain Eddie
1945
as Simmons
Pride of the Marines
1945
as Uncle Ralph
When the Lights Go On Again
1944
as Tom Cary
The Yellow Rose of Texas
1944
as Sam Weston
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
as Sheriff Elwood
Song of Texas
1943
as Sam Bennett
Idaho
1943
as Judge John Grey
True to Life
1943
as Mr. Mason
The Powers Girl
1943
as Mr. Hendricks
Alaska Highway
1943
as John 'Pop' Ormsby
Someone to Remember
1943
as Tom Gibbons
In Old Oklahoma
1943
as Charlie Witherspoon
Headin' for God's Country
1943
as Albert Ness
This Gun for Hire
1942
as Steve Finnerty
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942
as Pinky Dolan
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942
as Mr. Tim Wiggs
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942
as Ed Cumberland
In Old California
1942
as Mr. Carlin
The Falcon Takes Over
1942
as Detective Grimes (Uncredited)
The Lady Is Willing
1942
as Barnes
The Big Street
1942
as Florida Doctor (uncredited)
The Mad Martindales
1942
as Policeman
Citizen Kane
1941
as Jim Kane
The Saint In Palm Springs
1941
as Chief R.L. Graves
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
as American Immigration Official (uncredited)
City of Chance
1940
as Passline
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
1940
as Capt. Mahoney
Sailor's Lady
1940
as Father McGann
Parole Fixer
1940
as Randall
Young Tom Edison
1940
as Army Captain Brackett
Too Many Girls
1940
as Mr. Casey
Gambling on the High Seas
1940
as Ed, Chief of Police
Tear Gas Squad
1940
as Lieutenant Sullivan
One Crowded Night
1940
as McDermott
The Girl from Avenue A
1940
as Timson
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair
1939
as Father
Alibi Mark
1937
as Railroad Detective
Shake, Mr. Shakespeare
1936
as Macbeth
A Peach of a Pair
1934
Smoked Hams
1934
as The Landlord
No More West
1934
as Bank Robber
20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang
1933
Wrongorilla
1933
as Grogan
Take a Chance
1933
as Bartender
Close Relations
1933
as Harry Wart
The Campus Mystery
1932
as Police Sergeant
Heads Up
1930
as Capt. Denny
Sympathy
1929
as Larry
Faint Heart
1929
as Dynamite Dan