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