Frank Shannon was born on 27 July 1874 in Ireland. He was an actor and writer, known for Flash Gordon (1936), Blondes at Work (1938) and Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939). He was previously married to Molly Nicholson. He died on 1 February 1959 in Hollywood, California, USA.

Frank Shannon in The Perfect Set-Up (1936)

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Buster Crabbe, Donald Kerr, Jean Rogers, and Frank Shannon in Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)

Carroll Borland, Priscilla Lawson, Charles Middleton, Jean Rogers, and Frank Shannon in Flash Gordon (1936)

Paul Fix, John Merton, Addison Richards, and Frank Shannon in The Eagle's Brood (1935)

Frank Shannon and William Tannen in The Perfect Set-Up (1936)

Jeanne Bates, Frank Shannon, and Tom Tyler in The Phantom (1943)

Buster Crabbe, Shirley Deane, Roland Drew, Edgar Edwards, Anne Gwynne, Carol Hughes, Charles Middleton, Lee Powell, Don Rowan, and Frank Shannon in Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)

Buster Crabbe, Donald Curtis, Shirley Deane, Luli Deste, Roland Drew, Carol Hughes, Sigurd Nilssen, Lee Powell, and Frank Shannon in Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)

Jean Brooks, Shirley Deane, Roland Drew, Anne Gwynne, Carol Hughes, Charles Middleton, Lee Powell, and Frank Shannon in Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)

Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, and Frank Shannon in Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)

Buster Crabbe and Frank Shannon in Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)

Richard Alexander, Donald Kerr, Beatrice Roberts, Jean Rogers, Frank Shannon, and C. Montague Shaw in Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)

Paul Fix, George 'Gabby' Hayes, John Merton, Dorothy Revier, Addison Richards, Frank Shannon, and Joan Woodbury in The Eagle's Brood (1935)

Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, and Frank Shannon in Rocket Ship (1938)

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Buster Crabbe and Carol Hughes in Flash Gordon (1936)

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Glenda Farrell and Barton MacLane in Blondes at Work (1938)

Glenda Farrell and Barton MacLane in Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939)

Glenda Farrell, Tom Kennedy, Patric Knowles, Barton MacLane, Henry O'Neill, and Janet Shaw in Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939)

Frank Shannon(1874-1959)

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