Francis Connolly Shannon (July 27, 1874 â€" 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.
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.
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