Jim Bannon

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James Shorttel Bannon (born April 9, 1911 in Kansas City , Missouri , † July 28, 1984 in Ojai , California ) was an American actor and radio host .

Life

Bannon began his radio career in Kansas (KCKN) and St. Louis (KMOX); In 1937 he decided to go to California. There he worked as a speaker for various radio programs and in the mid-1940s he received an actor contract with Columbia Pictures . He received first attention as Jack Packard in the three-part I love a mystery crime series. When the contract ended, Bannon looked for work as a freelance actor and found it in the Serial Dangers of the Canadian Mounted . At Monogram he played in various westerns .

Bannon played his best-known role in 1949/1950 in the four color films about Red Ryder , which the small production company Eagle Lion brought out. The demise of B-movie due to increasing competition from television limited these attempts to revive western series (Bannon was the fourth Red Ryder in history). A TV pilot was also unsuccessful. In the summer of 1950 he went on tour with Tom Packs Circus . In the short-lived series Adventures of Champion , which was produced by Gene Autry , he was Uncle Sandy North in 1955 .

Bannon played supporting roles on television and screen until the mid-1960s, then completed his career and moved to California after a stopover in Texas, where he died in 1984.

Bannon married Bea Benaderet , a radio announcer, in 1938 ; Son John was born in 1940, daughter Margaret in 1947. They divorced in 1950. He entered into a second marriage with Barbara in 1961 - this marriage lasted 20 years. He had the license and also worked as a flight instructor.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1944: The Soul of a Monster
  • 1944: The Missing Juror
  • 1945: Tonight and Every Night
  • 1946: Hated, Hunted, Feared (Renegades)
  • 1947: The Man from Colorado
  • 1947: Secret Agent T (T-Men)
  • 1948: Lassy La Roc, the man of the whip, Part 2 - Lawless Land (Frontier Revenge)
  • 1949: Lassy La Roc, The Man with the Whip, Part 1 - On behalf of the Sheriff (Outlaw Country)
  • 1951: Cowboy Vengeance in Oklahoma (Sierra Passage)
  • 1953: Jack Slade - the gunslinger of Colorado (Jack Slade)
  • 1965: Death Valley Days (TV series, episode)

Fonts

  • The Son That Rose In The West . Devil's Hole Printery, Plano, Texas, circa 1975.

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personal data
SURNAME Bannon, Jim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bannon, James Shorttel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor and radio host
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Kansas City , Missouri
DATE OF DEATH July 28, 1984
Place of death Ojai , California