Harry Shannon
- Recitazione
- 12 giugno 1890 · Saginaw, Michigan, USA
- 27 luglio 1964
Biografia
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.
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Filmografia
- The World of Tomorrow · Pop Middleton (archive footage)
- The Dakotas
- La donna che inventò lo strip-tease · Grandpa
- Il virginiano · Uncle Josh
- Estate e fumo · Dr. Burke (uncredited)
- Paese selvaggio · Sam Tyler (uncredited)
- Angel
- La guida indiana · Captain of the Far West (uncredited)
- Gli intoccabili · Michael Shaw
- Lock-Up
- Gli uomini della prateria · Claggert, Kilo
- I bucanieri · Tom Carruthers - Captain of the Corinthian
- Bat Masterson · Jobe Crail
- The Texan · Jayson Howell
- Fuoco incrociato · Justin Corley
- L'infernale Quinlan · Chief Gould
- 26 Men
- The Real McCoys
- L'uomo ombra
- Sugarfoot · Henry Shipman
- Have Gun, Will Travel · Jesse
- L'uomo solitario · Dr. Fisher
- I quattro cavalieri del terrore · Clay Ford
- Duel at Apache Wells · Wayne Shattuck
- The Peacemaker · Drunken Cowpuncher
- Come le Foglie al Vento · Hoak Wayne
- Wire Service · Harris Ellerby
- State Trooper
- L'amore più grande del mondo · Mr. Totter
- Gunpoint - Terra che scotta · Marshal Pete MacKay
- Crossroads · Detective Sergeant Dave Washburn
- Alfred Hitchcock presenta · Dr. Harner
- I razziatori · John Rutherford
- Gli implacabili · Sam
- Cheyenne
- Navy Log
- Gunsmoke · Bowers
- Uomini violenti · Purdue
- The Millionaire · Judge William Jennings Westholme
- Lassie
- La sete del potere · Ed Benedeck
- Ti ho visto uccidere · Captain Donnelly
- Gli avvoltoi della strada ferrata · Judge Pierce
- Phantom Stallion · Michael Reilly
- Jack Slade · Tom Carter
- The Man Behind the Badge
- Letter to Loretta · Tom
- Roar of the Crowd · Sam 'Pop' Tracy
- L'urlo dell'inseguito · Sheriff Brown
- L'assalto al Kansas Pacific · Smokestack the Train Engineer
- The Ford Television Theatre · Judge Varney
- Cavalcade of America · Samuel Morse
- Prigionieri della palude · Pat McGowan
- Furia e passione · Mike Callan
- Mezzogiorno di Fuoco · Cooper
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · Big Jim Heywood
- The Scarf · Asylum Warden Anderson
- Il ratto delle zitelle · John (Policeman)
- Blue Blood · Mr. Buchanan
- Pride of Maryland · Walter Shannon
- I quattro cavalieri dell'Oklahoma · Fred Salter
- Hunt the Man Down · Wallace Bennett
- Il mistero del V.3 · Vice Admiral Williams
- L'urlo della folla · Mr. Yaeger
- Una rosa bianca per Giulia · Dr. Maynard
- La città del terrore · Police Officer Houlihan
- Delitto in prima pagina · George Parker
- Tre piccole parole · Clanahan
- Romantico avventuriero · Chuck (uncredited)
- Colpo di scena a Cactus Creek · Clay
- Cow Town · Sandy Reeves
- The Jackie Robinson Story · Charlie
- L'amante del bandito · Judge Waller
- Tarnished · Kelsey Bunker
- Mary Ryan, Detective · Sawyer
- Purificazione · Police Sergeant Garrett
- Tulsa · Nelse Lansing
- Il grande campione · Lew
- Rustlers · Sheriff Harmon
- Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' · Chauncey