Harry Shannon Net Worth

Harry Shannon was an Irish-American character actor born in 1890 in Saginaw, Michigan. He began his career in repertory and stock companies, and later developed his musical abilities in Broadway shows. He broke into films with the advent of sound and was featured in comedy shorts with Bert Lahr, Shemp Howard, and Leon Errol. Shannon established himself in feature-length films, usually playing sheriffs, dads, cops, and bartenders. He made a memorable impression as Kane's alcoholic father in Citizen Kane (1941) and his last role was as the grandfather in Gypsy (1962). He also had small parts in The Sullivans (1944), The Jolson Story (1946), High Noon (1952), Touch of Evil (1958), and The Buccaneer (1959). Shannon was a regular in 1950s TV westerns and died in 1964 at age 74.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor, Soundtrack
Birth Day December 04, 1948
Birth Place  Saginaw, Michigan, United States
Age 74 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Cancer
Occupation Novelist, songwriter, entertainer
Education Newport University
Genre Mystery, Horror
Notable awards Nominated for Prime Time Emmy; Nominated for Bram Stoker Award for short story "Night Nurse"; Best Dark Scribble from Dark Scribe Magazine for "Night Nurse"; Tombstone Award for Best Small Press Novel "Night of the Werewolf"; ASCAP Country Music Awards in 1976 "Cowboy" (Eddy Arnold) and 1978 for "So Good, So Rare, So Fine" (Freddy Hart)
Spouse Wendy Kramer
Children Paige Emerson Shannon

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

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Biography/Timeline

1950

Raised in Reno, Shannon moved to Pomona, California in the late 1950s, where he attended Ganesha High School. After graduation, he joined the singing group The Kids Next Door, touring colleges around the US, playing casino and show rooms and performing on variety television shows. He was also a member of The Back Porch Majority and did commercials for Ford Motor Company with The Going Thing.

1975

Shannon signed with ATV Music Group in 1975 and eventually became Executive Director of the company. He co-wrote a number of songs recorded by artists such as Eddy Arnold (Cowboy), Reba McEntire (Small Two Bedroom Starter), Engelbert Humperdinck (Love You Back To Sleep), and Glen Campbell (Why Don't We Just Sleep On It Tonight). During this period he collaborated extensively with Emmy winner Billy Goldenberg, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for his lyrics to the 1982 song "Just a Little More Love" from the CBS TV film "The Gift of Life." Shannon and Klee recorded six duet albums and performed at a number of concerts and on television shows in Switzerland from 1979 through 1995.

1988

Mr. Shannon was also Vice President, Music for Carolco Pictures, Inc. from 1988 to 1992, working on motion pictures such as Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Rambo III, Red Heat, Mountains of the Moon and several television films. After leaving Carolco, he was Music Supervisor on the hit films Basic Instinct and Universal Soldier. He left the entertainment Business and has a MA in Psychology from Newport University.

2001

Harry Shannon is now a counselor in private practice in Studio City, California. Many of his clients are entertainment professionals. He began writing fiction in 2001. His short stories have been published in Cemetery Dance and a number of other magazines.