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James Shorttel Bannon was a radio announcer and Hollywood Western film actor known for his work on the I Love a Mystery and Red Ryder series during the 1940s and 1950s.
Birth Name
James Shorttel Bannon
Born
Sunday, 09 April 1911
Died
Saturday, 28 July 1984
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Good Neighbor Sam | Policeman | 1964 |
| Man's Favorite Sport? | Forest Ranger | 1964 |
| A Gathering of Eagles | Col. Morse | 1963 |
| 40 Pounds of Trouble | Western Gambler | 1962 |
| Wide Country | Red Pickens | 1962 |
| Alcoa Premiere | George Hargis | 1961 |
| Dante | Man | 1960 |
| Thriller | The Police Lieutenant / Sheriff | 1960 |
| Inside the Mafia | Louie - Regent Associate | 1959 |
| They Came to Cordura | Capt. Paltz | 1959 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Good Neighbor Sam | Policeman | 1964 |
| Man's Favorite Sport? | Forest Ranger | 1964 |
| A Gathering of Eagles | Col. Morse | 1963 |
| 40 Pounds of Trouble | Western Gambler | 1962 |
| Wide Country | Red Pickens | 1962 |
| Alcoa Premiere | George Hargis | 1961 |
| Dante | Man | 1960 |
| Thriller | The Police Lieutenant / Sheriff | 1960 |
| Inside the Mafia | Louie - Regent Associate | 1959 |
| They Came to Cordura | Capt. Paltz | 1959 |
| The Shaggy Dog | Betz, FBI Stenographer | 1959 |
| Flight | (as James Bannon) | 1958 |
| Cimarron City | Sheriff | 1958 |
| Bat Masterson | Sheriff | 1958 |
| Behind Closed Doors | Colonel Patterson | 1958 |
| The Rough Riders | Johnson | 1958 |
| Mackenzie's Raiders | Roger Forsythe / Beaudre | 1958 |
| Buckskin | Nate Hardesty | 1958 |
| Jefferson Drum | Tay Beloin | 1958 |
| Too Much, Too Soon | Actor as Thomas Jefferson in Play | 1958 |
| Girls on the Loose | Vault Guard | 1958 |
| Sea Hunt | Police Chief Al Clark / Police Captain McMurdy / Fire Chief Jim McVey | 1958 |
| Zorro | Carlos Urista | 1957 |
| Casey Jones | Sheriff Tom Tynes | 1957 |
| Maverick | Matson | 1957 |
| M Squad | Sam Harding | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Rancher / Ben Graham | 1957 |
| Chicago Confidential | Pilot | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Curly / Marshal / Outlaw | 1957 |
| Playhouse 90 | Mike Trace | 1956 |
| Fury | Bill Marsh / Lane / Warden Lane | 1955 |
| Sergeant Preston of the Yukon | Dirk | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Champion | Sandy North | 1955 |
| The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Cactus Lanigan / Lt. Charles Wharton / Sergeant | 1955 |
| Luke and the Tenderfoot | Gambler | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Betz, FBI Stenographer | 1954 |
| The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Stash McCoy | 1954 |
| Lassie | Soldier / Mr. Haines | 1954 |
| The Command | Infantryman | 1954 |
| Annie Oakley | Ben Porter / Frank Jessup | 1954 |
| War Arrow | Capt. Roger Corwin | 1954 |
| Jack Slade | Farnsworth | 1953 |
| The Great Jesse James Raid | Bob Ford | 1953 |
| Phantom from Space | Police Sergeant | 1953 |
| Ethel and Albert | Announcer | 1953 |
| My Little Margie | Dead-Eye | 1952 |
| Rodeo | Bat Gorman | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Sheriff Reedy | 1952 |
| The Black Lash | Brant | 1952 |
| Lawless Cowboys | Jim Bannon | 1951 |
| Unknown World | Andy Ostergaard | 1951 |
| The Adventures of Kit Carson | Blake Conover / Sergeant Russell | 1951 |
| Stagecoach Driver | Jim Bannon | 1951 |
| The Texas Rangers | Jeff Barton - Outlaw | 1951 |
| Nevada Badmen | Jim Bannon | 1951 |
| Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Deputy Bert | 1951 |
| Canyon Raiders | Jim Bannon | 1951 |
| The Range Rider | Wayne Cooper / Piney Baker / Jim Crowder / Jack Keenan / Henchman Cliff / Gannon / Donald Moore / Big Mike | 1951 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | U. S. Marshal Jim Bannon | 1951 |
| Ridin' the Outlaw Trail | Ace Donley | 1951 |
| Sierra Passage | Jud Yorke | 1950 |
| The Gene Autry Show | Slim, Foreman / Nate Tully / Jim Baker / Ed Talbot | 1950 |
| Kill the Umpire | Dusty | 1950 |
| Jiggs and Maggie Out West | 'Snake-Bite' Carter (as Jim 'Red' Bannon) / 'Snake-Bite' Carter | 1950 |
| Cowboy and the Prizefighter | Red Ryder | 1949 |
| The Fighting Redhead | Red Ryder | 1949 |
| The Lone Ranger | Greg / Marshal Hendricks / Matt Cagle / Red Randall / Red | 1949 |
| They Stand Accused | Host / Commercial Actor | 1949 |
| Roll, Thunder, Roll! | Red Ryder | 1949 |
| Daughter of the Jungle | Kenneth Richards | 1949 |
| Ride, Ryder, Ride! | Red Ryder | 1949 |
| The Man from Colorado | Nagel | 1949 |
| Frontier Revenge | Brant - Henchman / Henchman Brant | 1948 |
| Miraculous Journey | Nick Travelli | 1948 |
| Trail to Laredo | Dan Parks | 1948 |
| Dangers of the Canadian Mounted | Sgt. Chris Royal, RCMP | 1948 |
| T-Men | Agent Lindsay | 1947 |
| The Corpse Came C.O.D. | Det. Lt. Mark Wilson | 1947 |
| Framed | Jack Woodworth | 1947 |
| The Thirteenth Hour | Jerry Mason | 1947 |
| Johnny O'Clock | Chuck Blayden | 1947 |
| The Unknown | Jack Packard | 1946 |
| The Devil's Mask | Jack Packard | 1946 |
| Renegades | Cash Dembrow | 1946 |
| Out of the Depths | Capt. Faversham | 1945 |
| The Gay Senorita | Phil Dolan | 1945 |
| I Love a Mystery | Jack Packard | 1945 |
| Tonight and Every Night | Life Photographer | 1945 |
| The Missing Juror | Joe Keats | 1944 |
| Sergeant Mike | Lt. Patrick Henry | 1944 |
| The Soul of a Monster | Dr. Roger Vance | 1944 |
| Sport Chumpions | Various | 1941 |
| I Married Adventure | Narrator | 1940 |
| Confederate Honey | Various | 1940 |
