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Frank Shannon is a Actor Irlandais born on 27 july 1874

Frank Shannon

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Birth name Francis Connolly Shannon
Nationality Irlande
Birth 27 july 1874
Death 1 february 1959 (at 84 years) at Hollywood (USA)

Francis Connolly Shannon (July 27, 1874 - February 1, 1959), better known as Frank Shannon, was an Irish actor and writer.

A stage actor and silent film pioneer, Shannon made his screen debut in 1913's The Artist's Joke. He later appeared in dozens of films through the mid-1920s, including The Prisoner of Zenda (1913) and Monsieur Beaucaire (1924). Shannon then returned to the stage until beckoned back to Hollywood in 1931 and played a few substantial supporting parts, including Captain McTavish in Warner Bros.' Torchy Blaine series from 1937 to 1939, but he is most fondly remembered as the brilliant scientist Dr. Alexis Zarkov in the three Flash Gordon serials starring Buster Crabbe between 1936 and 1940. He worked afterwards as a writer for the TV-series Tales of the Texas Rangers between 1955 and 1958.

Shannon died in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California at the age of 84. He is interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California.

Biography

Émigré aux États-Unis, Frank Shannon y joue notamment au théâtre à Broadway (New York), où il débute dans trois pièces produites par Charles Frohman en 1909-1910, dont l'adaptation par Arthur Conan Doyle de sa nouvelle Le Ruban moucheté (1910, avec Ivan F. Simpson). Ses deux dernières pièces à Broadway sont représentées en 1934.

Entretemps, mentionnons Anna Christie d'Eugene O'Neill (1921-1922, avec George F. Marion) et Trop vrai pour être beau de George Bernard Shaw (1932, avec Leo G. Carroll et Claude Rains).

Au cinéma, il contribue à soixante-dix films américains (comme second rôle ou dans des petits rôles non crédités), dont sept muets, le premier étant un court métrage sorti en 1912 ; le deuxième est Le Prisonnier de Zenda d'Edwin S. Porter et Hugh Ford (1913, avec James K. Hackett et David Torrence) ; ses deux derniers films muets sortent en 1924, dont Monsieur Beaucaire de Sidney Olcott (avec Rudolph Valentino dans le rôle-titre et Bebe Daniels).

Suivent soixante-trois films parlants sortis entre 1931 et 1949, dont le serial Flash Gordon de Frederick Stephani et Ray Taylor (1936) ; il y personnifie le docteur Zarkov, aux côtés de Buster Crabbe dans le rôle-titre et Charles Middleton interprétant l'empereur Ming ; tous trois reprennent leurs rôles respectifs dans deux suites (également des serials) sorties en 1938 puis 1940.

Parmi ses autres films notables, citons également Je n'ai pas tué Lincoln de John Ford (1936, avec Warner Baxter et Gloria Stuart), ainsi que les westerns La Légion des damnés de King Vidor (1936, avec Fred MacMurray et Jack Oakie) et Le Retour de Frank James de Fritz Lang (1940, avec Henry Fonda dans le rôle-titre et Gene Tierney).

Après un ultime rôle non crédité dans A Dangerous Profession de Ted Tetzlaff (1949, avec George Raft et Ella Raines), Frank Shannon se retire et meurt à Hollywood dix ans après en 1959, à 84 ans.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Frank Shannon (54 films)

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Actor

Purple Death from Outer Space
Directed by Ray Taylor, Ford Beebe
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Superhero films, Space opera
Actors Buster Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Donald Curtis, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon, Lee Powell
Roles Dr. Zarkov
Rating46% 2.346672.346672.346672.346672.34667
When the Earth is attack by a mysterious substance causing death and leaving the victim purple, Dr Zarkov, Flash Gordon and Dale Arden discover the deaths are caused by one of Ming's spaceships from the planet Mongo. The trio go to the planet to bring an antidote back to the Earth and thwart Ming's schemes.
A Dangerous Profession, 1h19
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors George Raft, Ella Raines, Pat O'Brien, Bill Williams, Jim Backus, Roland Winters
Rating59% 2.998582.998582.998582.998582.99858
The story begins as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone (Jim Backus) explains what bail bonds-men do and tells the viewers the setting is Los Angeles, California. One such man is Vince Kane (George Raft), a former cop. When one of his customers, Claude Brackett (Bill Williams), is murdered, Kane decides to investigate. He has two reasons for investigating: the curiosity of a former cop and it seems that he has fallen in love with Brackett's widow Lucy, an old flame.
Crack-Up
Crack-Up (1946)
, 1h33
Directed by Irving Reis, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall, Ray Collins, Wallace Ford, Erskine Sanford
Roles Train Station Gateman (Uncredited)
Rating64% 3.2422653.2422653.2422653.2422653.242265
Art critic and forgery expert George Steele (O'Brien) is stopped by a policeman as he breaks into the Manhattan Museum. He claims that he was in a train wreck. Police Lieutenant Cochrane (Wallace Ford), however, finds that there has been no recent wreck. Steele, unsure himself what happened, relates the bizarre events leading up to the present. A flashback ensues:
Batman
Batman (1943)
, 4h20
Directed by Lambert Hillyer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, War, Thriller, Fantastic, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about children, Spy films, Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Batman films, Superhero films, Zombie films, Political films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, J. Carrol Naish, Shirley Patterson, Knox Manning, William Austin
Roles Dr. Hayden
Rating61% 3.0530753.0530753.0530753.0530753.053075
Batman and Robin struggle against Dr. Daka, a Japanese scientist and agent of Hirohito who has invented a device that turns people into pseudo-zombies and has a base in a funhouse of horrors in a Japanese area of the city. Daka makes several attempts to defeat the Dynamic Duo before finally falling to his death when Robin hits the wrong switch, opening a trapdoor to a pit of crocodiles.
The Phantom, 4h59
Directed by B. Reeves Eason
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Superhero films
Actors Tom Tyler, Jeanne Bates, Kenneth MacDonald, Ernie Adams, Anthony Caruso, Frank Shannon
Roles Prof. Davidson (uncredited)
Rating69% 3.4832453.4832453.4832453.4832453.483245
Professor Davidson plans an expedition to find the Lost City of Zoloz. The location of the city is contained on seven pieces of ivory, three of which Davidson already possesses. Doctor Bremmer, however, intends to find the lost city and use it as a secret airbase for his unnamed country. To remove him as an obstacle, he kills The Phantom, only for his recently returned son, Geoffrey Prescott, to inherit the family identity and take over the mantle of The Phantom.
Reap the Wild Wind, 2h3
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, Arthur Rosson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Ray Milland, John Wayne, Paulette Goddard, Robert Preston, Susan Hayward, Charles Bickford
Roles Un capitaine au café
Rating65% 3.298113.298113.298113.298113.29811
Au milieu du XIX siècle, seuls les grands voiliers ont la possibilité, avant l'arrivée du chemin de fer, d'assurer la liaison entre le Nord-Est des États-Unis et la vallée du Mississippi. Mais il faut tenir compte des récifs de Floride, où s'échouent les navires. Pilleurs d'épaves et sauveteurs s'affrontent...
The Secret Code
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Paul Kelly, Anne Nagel, Trevor Bardette, Clancy Cooper, Gregory Gaye, Ludwig Donath
Roles Police Commissioner
Rating73% 3.676993.676993.676993.676993.67699
This serial introduces the World War II scenario when a masked hero tries to prevent Nazi agents from crippling the US's war effort. The spy ring is led by fifth columnist Jensen, who, with his lieutenant Rudy Thyssen and a network of Nazi saboteurs, is trying to get possession of a top-secret formula the United States had developed for manufacturing synthetic rubber while creating explosive gases and radio-controlled bombs to sabotage the exhausting war effort. Then Police Lieutenant Dan Barton stages a public dismissal from the police department, in order to join the saboteurs ring and learn the secret code they have been using. To further assist his efforts (especially after his superior, the only person to know that Barton is working undercover, is murdered), Barton assumes the secret identity of the Black Commando, a masked man who is wanted both by the villains (who want the secret formula they think he has) and police (who are also searching for Barton for murder). Finally, Barton steals the formula and is captured by Thyssen and put under the protection of the sabotage ring. Joining the gang, he learns of their plans, which he immediately leaks to his best friend and former partner Pat Flanagan and news reporter girlfriend Jean Ashley and, as "The Black Commando", continually frustrates the Nazi plots. After innumerable dangers and lost efforts in trying to decipher the enemy's secret codes, Barton and Flanagan discover the key to the Nazi code, capture the Nazi ring and make sure that the Nazi U-boat which has been waiting to help the Nazis escape is depth-bombed and destroyed.
Rage in Heaven, 1h25
Directed by Richard Thorpe, W. S. Van Dyke, Robert B. Sinclair
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Robert Montgomery, Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders, Lucile Watson, Oskar Homolka, Philip Merivale
Roles Délégué des ouvriers
Rating62% 3.148293.148293.148293.148293.14829
The film opens with the following quote: "Heaven hath no rage like love to hatred turned." which is incorrectly attributed to Milton (quote is from William Congreve's The Mourning Bride).
Federal Fugitives, 1h6
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Neil Hamilton, William Beaudine, Victor Varconi, Charles C. Wilson, Doris Day, Frank Shannon
Roles Hammond
Rating51% 2.5820752.5820752.5820752.5820752.582075
Government agent Captain James Madison (Neil Hamilton) spots a man in Washington D.C. that he thinks is Otto Lieberman (Victor Varconi), a fugitive that caused an aircraft crash that killed eight people. Without Lieberman's knowledge, Madison manages to identify him by his fingerprints on a water glass. He then learns his address after having his regular cab driver, Chuck (Lyle Latell), follow him. Lieberman has now assumed the identity of Dr. Frederic Haskell and is working with Bruce Lane (Charles C. Wilson), a wealthy lobbyist suspected of dealing with foreign agents.
Brigham Young, 1h53
Directed by Otto Brower, Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance, Western
Themes Films about religion, Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger, Brian Donlevy, Jane Darwell, John Carradine
Roles Second Man with California Gold News
Rating62% 3.140973.140973.140973.140973.14097
The story begins in frontier-town Nauvoo, Illinois in 1844. It follows the main body of the Church as they are forced to leave Illinois, choosing to settle temporarily in Nebraska and then to travel by wagon train to the Great Basin. Much of the story's plot revolves around two of the group, Jonathan Kent and Zina Webb.
The Return of Frank James, 1h32
Directed by Fritz Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Western
Themes Jesse James, Children's films
Actors Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Jackie Cooper, Henry Hull, John Carradine, Donald Meek
Roles Sheriff
Rating65% 3.2943253.2943253.2943253.2943253.294325
After the death of his outlaw brother, Jesse (played in the earlier film by Tyrone Power), Frank James (Henry Fonda) seeks revenge on his killers, Bob and Charlie Ford (John Carradine and Charles Tannen).
A Dispatch from Reuters, 1h30
Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Edna Best, Eddie Albert, Albert Bassermann, Gene Lockhart, Otto Kruger
Roles Mr. O'Malley - Captain of the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
Rating68% 3.4353553.4353553.4353553.4353553.435355
Paul Julius Reuter (Edward G. Robinson) starts a messenger service using homing pigeons to fill a gap in the telegraph network spanning Europe, but has difficulty convincing anyone to subscribe. When poison is sent to a hospital by mistake, Reuter's message saves the day (and many lives). However, he is persuaded by Ida Magnus (Edna Best), the pretty daughter of Dr. Magnus (Otto Kruger), to keep it quiet, as a scandal would undo all the good work the doctors are doing.
Emergency Squad, 58minutes
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors William Henry, Richard Denning, Robert Paige, Anthony Quinn, John Miljan, Joseph Crehan
Roles Construction Supervisor at Elevator
Rating58% 2.9248252.9248252.9248252.9248252.924825
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Directed by Ray Taylor, Ford Beebe
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Superhero films, Space opera
Actors Buster Crabbe, Charles Middleton, Carol Hughes, Frank Shannon, Roland Drew, Herbert Rawlinson
Roles Dr. Zarkov
Rating65% 3.2932953.2932953.2932953.2932953.293295
A deadly plague is ravaging the Earth, known as the Purple Death because of the spot left on victims' foreheads. Ming the Merciless is suspected to be behind the plague and it is discovered that his spaceships have been dropping "Death Dust" in the Earth's atmosphere. Flash Gordon, along with Dr. Alexis Zarkov and Dale Arden, is sent to the planet Mongo to find a possible cure for the plague. They eventually find an antidote, called polarite in the Kingdom of Frigia. Flash and Zarkov distribute the antidote the same way the original Death Dust was spread. Ming sends an army of robot bombs after the three and he succeeds in capturing Zarkov for a short time before Flash frees him.