Harry Shannon
Acting
- Naissance:
- 1890-06-12
- Décès:
- 1964-07-27
- Lieu de naissance:
- Saginaw, Michigan, USA
Biographie
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.
Connu pour
Filmographie
The World of Tomorrow
The Dakotas
Gypsy, vénus de Broadway
Le Virginien
Summer and Smoke
Amour sauvage
Angel
Le Géant du Grand Nord
Les Incorruptibles
Lock-Up
Rawhide
Les boucaniers
Bat Masterson
The Texan
Man or Gun
La soif du Mal
26 Men
The Real McCoys
The Thin Man
Sugarfoot
Have Gun, Will Travel
Jicop le proscrit
La Carrefour de la vengeance
Duel at Apache Wells
The Peacemaker
Écrit sur du vent
Wire Service
State Trooper
Come Next Spring
Le Doigt sur la gachette
Crossroads
Alfred Hitchcock présente
The Marauders
Les implacables
Cheyenne
Navy Log
Gunsmoke Police Des Plaines
Le souffle de la violence
The Millionaire
Lassie
La Tour des ambitieux
Témoin de ce meurtre
Seul contre tous
Phantom Stallion
Jack Slade
The Man Behind the Badge
Letter to Loretta
Roar of the Crowd
Cry of the Hunted
Kansas Pacific
The Ford Television Theatre
Cavalcade of America
Lure of the Wilderness
Flesh and Fury
Le train sifflera trois fois
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Scarf
The Lemon Drop Kid
Blue Blood
Pride of Maryland
La Loi du Colt
Hunt the Man Down
L'Engin fantastique
Fureur sur la ville
Voyage sans retour
The Killer That Stalked New York
L'histoire Underworld
Trois petits mots
La Cible humaine
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Cow Town
L'Histoire de Jackie Robinson
Singing Guns
Tarnished
Mary Ryan, Detective
Mr. Soft Touch
Tulsa
Le Champion
Rustlers
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Big Town Scandal
Fighting Father Dunne
Un Million clé en main
My Girl Tisa
La Dame de Shanghai
Dangerous Years
The Invisible Wall
Exposed
Time Out of Mind
Ma femme est un grand homme
Nora Prentiss
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
La maison rouge
San Quentin
Crack-Up
The Last Crooked Mile
Le Passage du canyon
Night Editor
I Ring Doorbells
La route des ténèbres
Captain Eddie
Crime, Inc.
When the Lights Go On Again
Le fantôme de la momie
The Yellow Rose of Texas
True to Life
La Ruée sanglante
Headin' for God's Country
Someone to Remember
Alaska Highway
Song of Texas
Idaho
The Powers Girl
Lune de miel mouvementée
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
The Big Street
Sacramento
The Falcon Takes Over
The Mad Martindales
Tueur à gages
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Madame veut un bébé
La Porte d'or
Citizen Kane
Le Saint à Palm Springs
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
Too Many Girls
Un Crowded Nuit
The Girl from Avenue A
Sailor's Lady
Gambling on the High Seas
Tear Gas Squad
Jeune Tom Edison
Parole Fixer
City of Chance
The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair
Alibi Mark
Shake, Mr. Shakespeare
A Peach of a Pair
Smoked Hams
No More West
Take a Chance
Close Relations
20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang
Wrongorilla
The Campus Mystery
Heads Up
Faint Heart
Sympathy