What is Frank Shannon?
{{Infobox person | name = Frank Shannon | image = Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940) 2.jpg | caption = | birth_name = Frank Connolly Shannon | birth_date = {{birth date|1874|7|27}} | birth_place = [[Ireland]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1959|2|1|1874|7|27}} | death_place = [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California]], [[United States]] | othername = Francis Shannon | occupation = Movie & stage actor }} '''Francis Connolly Shannon''' (July 27, 1874 - February 1, 1959), better known as '''Frank Shannon,''' was an [[Irish people|Irish]]-born stage and movie [[actor]] and [[writer]]. He made his movie debut in 1913 in ''The Artist's Joke''. He appeared in dozens of movies through the mid-1920s before returning to the stage. ==Career== In 1931, he went to [[Hollywood]]. From 1937 to 1939, he played supporting parts, including Captain McTavish in [[Warner Bros.]]' Torchy Blaine series. Between 1936 and 1940, he played [[Dr. Zarkov]] in the three [[Universal Pictures]] [[Flash Gordon]] [[movie serial]]s starring [[Buster Crabbe]]. In the middle 1950s, he wrote for the [[television series]] ''[[Tales of the Texas Rangers]]''. Shannon died in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California]] at age 84. ==Movies== *''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1913) *''Perjury'' (1921) *''[[Boomerang Bill]]'' (1922) *''[[Monsieur Beaucaire]]'', as Badger (1924) *''[[Rasputin and the Empress]]'', as Professor Propotkin (1932) *'''G' Men'', as Police Chief (1935) *''[[Flash Gordon (movie serial)|Flash Gordon]]'', as Dr. Zarkov (1936) *''Road Gang'', as Chaplain (1936) *''[[The Texas Rangers (1936 movie)|The Texas Rangers]]'', as Captain Stafford (1936) *''The Adventurous Blonde'', as Cap. McTavish (1937) *''Blondes at Work'', as Cap. McTavish (1938) *''[[Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars]]'', as Dr. Zarkov (1938) *''Torchy Gets Her Man'', as Cap. McTavish (1938) *''Torchy Blane in Chinatown'', as Cap. McTavish (1939) *''Torchy Runs for Mayor'', as Cap. McTavish (1939) *''Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite'', as Cap. McTavish (1939) *''Union P