Frank Shannon
Frank Shannon was an Irish-born stage and screen performer. He had his film debut in The Prisoner of Zenda (1913). He is most fondly remembered as the brilliant Dr. Zarkov in the three Flash Gordon serials.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 3.76 |
Birthday | 1874-07-27 |
Place of Birth | Ireland |
Also Known As | Frank Connolly Shannon, Francis Shannon, |
1936
Flash Gordon
6.3/40
Disaster seems imminent when scientists discover that the planet Mongo is about to crash into Earth. Luckily, heroic young Flash Gordon is on hand to...
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Flash Gordon
1938
Mannequin
6.1/19
Jessie, a young working class woman, seeks to improve her life by marrying her boyfriend, only to find out that he is no better than what she left beh...
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Mannequin
1940
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
5.6/18
A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his spaceship, finds a ship from planet Mongo seeding the atmos...
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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1936
The Texas Rangers
6.3/13
Two down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned to bring in an old friend, now a notorious outlaw.
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The Texas Rangers
1936
The Prisoner of Shark Island
6.9/49
After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, perpetrated on April 14, 1865...
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The Prisoner of Shark Island
1938
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
5.9/11
When a deadly Nitron ray strikes Earth, Flash Gordon and his friends travel to Mars to battle Ming the Merciless and his new ally Queen Azura.
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Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
1966
Purple Death from Outer Space
5.8/4
Edited version of the 1940 Universal serial "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe", released in a syndication package to TV in 1966.
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Purple Death from Outer Space
1938
Blondes at Work
6.1/8
When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in...
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Blondes at Work
1939
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
6/4
Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.
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Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
1939
Torchy Runs for Mayor
5.8/5
Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.
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Torchy Runs for Mayor
1940
Wildcat Bus
4.6/4
A broke playboy signs on to help a young beauty save her ailing bus line.
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Wildcat Bus
1934
Woman in the Dark
5.786/14
A recently released prisoner lives alone in his cabin so that his bad temper won't get him back in any more trouble, but his peaceful existence is dis...
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Woman in the Dark
1936
Black Gold
5/1
Wildcat riggers risk their lives in the pursuit of oil. Their jobs get even more dangerous when ruthless oil baron J.C. Anderson sets his sights on th...
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Black Gold
1941
Federal Fugitives
5.4/4
A government agent goes undercover in order to apprehend a saboteur who caused a plane crash.
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Federal Fugitives
1931
A Burglar to the Rescue
8/1
He is working on the books to cover his crimes, when a visitor arrives with a gun. In the conversation that ensues, it is revealed that the visitor is...
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A Burglar to the Rescue
1941
Rawhide Rangers
5/1
A group of frontier businessmen set up a protective organization for the purpose of extorting money from the local ranchers.
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Rawhide Rangers
1937
Ever Since Eve
5.8/11
Madge Winton (Marion Davies), a beautiful secretary, makes herself look homely in order to avoid advances by lecherous bosses. When her new employer,...
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Ever Since Eve
1938
Next Time I Marry
6.8/6
Heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming will only receive her inheritance if she marries a "plain American." Her late father was afraid a foreign gigolo would s...
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Next Time I Marry
1936
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
5.6/5
A young doctor is determined to expose the killer when a surgeon is found stabbed to death in a hospital elevator.
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The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
1935
Men Without Names
6/1
A G-man woos a newswoman and corners bank robbers with a hostage in a factory.
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Men Without Names
1938
The Ship That Died
5.8/3
This MGM An Historical Mystery short traces the final voyage of the Mary Celeste, a ship discovered at sea, in December 1872, devoid - for no discerni...
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The Ship That Died
1938
Rocket Ship
4.8/3
A heavy condensation of the 1936 serial Flash Gordon, with altered musical score. Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov visit the planet Mongo...
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Rocket Ship
1938
You Can't Take It with You
7.5/380
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish m...
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You Can't Take It with You
1938
Torchy Blane in Panama
5.3/6
Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.
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Torchy Blane in Panama
1939
Union Pacific
6.5/69
One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opp...
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Union Pacific
1935
The Eagle's Brood
5/2
When the outlaw El Toro saves Hoppy's life, Hoppy agrees to find his missing grandson.
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The Eagle's Brood
1939
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
6/2
Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chinese grave tablets taken and sold to a collector and...
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Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1940
Emergency Squad
5/1
Betty Bryant is an ambitious newspaper reporter in love with Dan Barton, a member of a big-city Emergency Squad who are trained to deal with riots, ca...
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Emergency Squad
1940
Brigham Young
4.4/15
Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settl...
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Brigham Young
1940
The Return of Frank James
6.254/122
Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth...
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The Return of Frank James
1943
The Phantom
6.222/9
Two expeditions are trying to reach the Lost City of Zoloz -- one headed by Professor Davidson, a scientist who wants to establish an archaeological s...
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The Phantom
1940
A Dispatch from Reuters
5.7/11
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
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A Dispatch from Reuters
1913
The Prisoner of Zenda
3.5/2
King Rudolf of Ruritania is saved from a coup attempt by the help of his lookalike cousin, who falls in love with the king's fiancee.
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The Prisoner of Zenda
1936
Road Gang
6.5/4
A crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed for a crime and sentenced to serve five years at a priso...
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Road Gang
1938
Over the Wall
5/1
When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfriend sets out to prove his innocence.
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Over the Wall
1922
The Bride's Play
5.1/10
A sweet-natured young Irish woman is courted by a romantic poet and a local country gentleman. Which man will she choose?
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The Bride's Play
1938
Mars Attacks the World
6/1
Feature version of the 1938 film serial FLASH GORDON'S TRIP TO MARS. Flash Gordon fights Ming the Merciless once again to ensure the survival of the E...
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Mars Attacks the World
1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
5.8/5
This historical drama tells the story of the first class to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. In the early 19th Century, Congress...
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Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
The Secret Code
4.8/3
A superhero known as The Black Commando battles Nazi agents who use explosive gases and artificial lightning to sabotage the war effort.
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The Secret Code
1924
Icebound
0/0
Ben Jordan runs away after accidentally setting fire to a barn in his small New England community. He returns when his mother dies to find that she ha...
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Icebound
1936
The Perfect Set-Up
0/0
In this MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" series short, a radio and television engineer falls into a life of crime by dismantling alarms for robberies.
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The Perfect Set-Up
1937
The Adventurous Blonde
5.4/11
The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fi...
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The Adventurous Blonde
1938
Torchy Gets Her Man
5.9/5
A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to unwittingly help him bilk the racetrack out of tens of...
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Torchy Gets Her Man
1943
Batman
6.5/103
Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American sc...
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Batman
1939
Rulers of the Sea
6.5/2
The struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all setbacks, and his win against a crack sailing boat in the...
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Rulers of the Sea
1935
'G' Men
6.5/78
James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend...
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'G' Men
1966
Spaceship to the Unknown
6/1
A heavy condensation of the original serial compresses the original thirteen episodes into an efficient 97 minute feature. Disaster seems imminent wh...
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Spaceship to the Unknown
1935
The Pace That Kills
2.6/10
A drug dealer on the run from the law meets an innocent young girl and her brother, and turns them into “cocaine fiends”.
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The Pace That Kills
1949
A Dangerous Profession
5.6/14
A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation.
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A Dangerous Profession
1924
Monsieur Beaucaire
5.9/6
The Duke of Chartres is in love with Princess Henriette, but she seemingly wants nothing to do with him. Eventually he grows tired of her insults and...
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Monsieur Beaucaire
1946
Crack-Up
5.638/29
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?
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Crack-Up
1936
End of the Trail
8/2
In this western, a Spanish-American war veteran cannot find gainful employment. In desperation, he becomes a cattle rustler until he can get back on h...
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End of the Trail
1922
Boomerang Bill
2/1
When New York City police officer O'Malley learns of a young man who is about to embark on a life of crime by taking part in a robbery, he takes the b...
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Boomerang Bill
1943
The Phantom
6.222/9
Two expeditions are trying to reach the Lost City of Zoloz -- one headed by Professor Davidson, a scientist who wants to establish an archaeological s...
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The Phantom
1939
The Night of Nights
0/0
A playwright has his career ruined when he is drunk on the first night. His wife dies having left him, and when his daughter triumphs in the revival o...
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