Harry Shannon (actor)
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Harry Shannon in 1950
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| Born |
June 13, 1890 Saginaw, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | July 27, 1964 (aged 74) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1929–1963 |
Harry Shannon (June 13, 1890 – July 27, 1964) was an American character actor. He often appeared in Western films.
Harry Shannon was born on a farm in Saginaw, Michigan. He began his career in live theatre and vaudeville, and switched to the film industry in the 1930s. Although he played most frequently in Westerns, his best-known film role was perhaps as Charles Foster Kane's rough father in Citizen Kane (1941). Among his other films were Someone to Remember (1943), Alaska Highway (1943), San Quentin (1946), and Witness to Murder (1954).
In 1960, he was cast as the outlaw Clay Hooper in the episode "Showdown at Goldtown" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western television series, Colt .45. The guest cast included Robert Colbert, Ruta Lee, and Dan Sheridan.
Shannon died at the age of seventy-four in Hollywood, California.
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