Harry Shannon
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"...
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"...
Known For
Cast Credits
Gypsy
as Grandpa
Summer and Smoke
as Dr. Burke (uncredited)
Wild in the Country
as Sam Tyler (uncredited)
Yellowstone Kelly
as Captain of the Far West (uncredited)
The Buccaneer
as Tom Carruthers - Captain of the Corinthian
Man or Gun
as Justin Corley
Touch of Evil
as Chief Gould
The Lonely Man
as Dr. Fisher
Hell's Crossroads
as Clay Ford
Duel at Apache Wells
as Wayne Shattuck
The Peacemaker
as Drunken Cowpuncher
Written on the Wind
as Hoak Wayne
Come Next Spring
as Mr. Totter
At Gunpoint
as Marshal Pete MacKay
The Marauders
as John Rutherford
The Tall Men
as Sam
The Violent Men
as Purdue
Executive Suite
as Ed Benedeck
Witness to Murder
as Captain Donnelly
Rails Into Laramie
as Judge Pierce
Phantom Stallion
as Michael Reilly
Jack Slade
as Tom Carter
Roar of the Crowd
as Sam 'Pop' Tracy
Cry of the Hunted
as Sheriff Brown
Kansas Pacific
as Smokestack the Train Engineer
Lure of the Wilderness
as Pat McGowan
Flesh and Fury
as Mike Callan
High Noon
as Cooper
The Scarf
as Asylum Warden Anderson
The Lemon Drop Kid
as John (Policeman)