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Acting

Harry Shannon

Career: Active from 1929 to 1984, with a break from 1963 to 1983, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 4
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: The Tall Men
72/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 71 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Harry Shannon Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.3, average 5.4
Fantasy
0.3, average 1.7
Absurdist Humor
0.9, average 2.0
Cringe Humor
1.1, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Hollywood 4
Western 3
Historical Setting 3
Nostalgic Charm 3
Classic Comedy 2
Family-Friendly 2
Classic Western 2
Good vs Evil 2
Action-Adventure 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

146

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1980s

1 title

The World of Tomorrow

as Pop Middleton (archive footage)

1960s

6 titles · average score 65

The Dakotas

TV show

Gypsy

71

as Grandpa

The Virginian

70

TV show · as Uncle Josh

Wild in the Country

55

as Sam Tyler (uncredited)

Summer and Smoke

63

as Dr. Burke (uncredited)

Angel

TV show

1950s

67 titles · average score 66

Rawhide

50

TV show · as Sheriff Blanton / Claggert

Have Gun, Will Travel

78

TV show · as Jesse

The Tall Men

72

as Sam

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

86

TV show · as Dr. Harner

Witness to Murder

60

as Captain Donnelly

Lassie

64

TV show

Rails Into Laramie

63

as Judge Pierce

Cry of the Hunted

55

as Sheriff Brown

Flesh and Fury

68

as Mike Callan

High Noon

86

as Cooper

The Jackie Robinson Story

61

as Charlie

Tarnished

as Kelsey Bunker

1940s

60 titles · average score 63

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'

as Chauncey

Exposed

60

as Severance

The Devil Thumbs a Ride

66

as Detective Owens, San Diego Police

The Lady from Shanghai

81

as Cab Driver

San Quentin

46

as Warden Kelly

Night Editor

52

as Capt. Lawrence

Crime, Inc.

51

as Police Commissioner Collins

The Yellow Rose of Texas

53

as Sam Weston

Idaho

61

as Judge John Grey

Once Upon a Honeymoon

62

as Ed Cumberland

Citizen Kane

91

as Jim Kane

The Saint In Palm Springs

49

as Chief R.L. Graves

1930s

10 titles · average score 59

The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair

59

as Father

Alibi Mark

as Railroad Detective

Shake, Mr. Shakespeare

as Macbeth

No More West

as Bank Robber

Smoked Hams

as The Landlord

as Grogan

Close Relations

as Harry Wart

as Bartender

The Campus Mystery

as Police Sergeant

Heads Up

as Capt. Denny

1920s

2 titles

Faint Heart

as Dynamite Dan

Sympathy

as Larry