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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

Born: Ireland, 1874-07-27

Died: 1959-02-01

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1913	The Prisoner of Zenda	Detchard	35
2	1921	Perjury	Phil Rourke	0
3	1922	Boomerang Bill	Terrence O'Malley	20
4	1922	The Bride's Play	Sir John Mansfield	51
5	1924	Icebound	Judge Bradford	0
6	1924	Monsieur Beaucaire	Badger	59
7	1931	A Burglar to the Rescue	The Burglar, Holtz aka Jack Dunning	80
8	1934	Woman in the Dark	Prison Warden	60
9	1935	'G' Men	Police Chief at Lodge (uncredited)	65
10	1935	Men Without Names	Leahy	60
11	1935	The Eagle's Brood	Mike	50
12	1935	The Pace That Kills	Mr. Farley	29
13	1936	The Murder of Dr. Harrigan	Police Sergeant	56
14	1936	Black Gold	Dan O'Reilly	50
15	1936	The Perfect Set-Up	Detective Hewitt (uncredited)	60
16	1936	The Prisoner of Shark Island	Mr. Holt	68
17	1936	Road Gang	Chaplain (uncredited)	65
18	1936	Flash Gordon	Dr. Hans Zarkov	64
19	1936	The Texas Rangers	Captain Stafford	64
20	1936	End of the Trail	Sheriff Anderson	80
21	1937	Ever Since Eve	Desk Sergeant (uncredited)	58
22	1937	The Adventurous Blonde	Captain McTavish	54
23	1938	Mannequin	Police Sergeant at Jail (Uncredited)	59
24	1938	Blondes at Work	Capt. McTavish	61
25	1938	The Ship That Died	Minor Role (uncredited)	58
26	1938	Rocket Ship	Dr. Hans Zarkov	48
27	1938	Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars	Dr. Zarkov	62
28	1938	Flash Gordon: The Deadly Ray From Mars	Dr. Alexis Zarkov	100
29	1938	Over the Wall	Duke Slattery - Policeman with Warrant	50
30	1938	Torchy Blane in Panama	Captain McTavish	53
31	1938	You Can't Take It with You	Mac (uncredited)	75
32	1938	Mars Attacks the World	Dr. Alexis Zarkov	60
33	1938	Torchy Gets Her Man	Police Captain McTavish (uncredited)	59
34	1938	Next Time I Marry	Police Lieutenant	68
35	1939	Torchy Blane in Chinatown	Police Capt. McTavish	60
36	1939	Union Pacific	Old Man (uncredited)	65
37	1939	Torchy Runs for Mayor	Captain McTavish	58
38	1939	Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite	Inspector McTavish	60
39	1939	Rulers of the Sea	Kelsey (Uncredited)	65
40	1939	The Night of Nights	Frank, the Bartender (uncredited)	0
41	1940	Emergency Squad	Construction Supervisor at Elevator	50
42	1940	Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe	Dr. Zarkov	58
43	1940	The Return of Frank James	Sheriff	63
44	1940	Wildcat Bus	Sweeney	46
45	1940	Brigham Young	Second Man with California Gold News	44
46	1940	A Dispatch from Reuters	Mr. O'Malley - Captain of the Nova Scotian (uncredited)	58
47	1941	Federal Fugitives	Hammond	54
48	1941	Rawhide Rangers	McDowell	50
49	1942	Ten Gentlemen from West Point	Senator (uncredited)	58
50	1942	The Secret Code	Police Commissioner	51
51	1943	Batman	Dr. Hayden	64
52	1943	The Phantom	Prof. Davidson (uncredited)	62
53	1943	The Phantom	Professor Davidson	62
54	1946	Crack-Up	Train Station Gateman (Uncredited)	56
55	1949	A Dangerous Profession		56
56	1966	Purple Death from Outer Space	Dr. Zarkov	52
57	1966	Spaceship to the Unknown	Dr. Hans Zarkov (archive footage)	60

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
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