Johnny Shannon
Birthday: 1932-07-29
Place of Birth: Lambeth, South London, England, UK
Biography: Johnny Shannon was an English actor. Best known for his role as gangster Harry Flowers in the cult film Performance, he appeared in numerous television and film productions over a 35-year period, often playing policemen or villains in crime dramas. Shannon had been an amateur boxer in his youth and was working as a trainer when he was asked to help James Fox prepare for his role in Performance. As a result, he landed the part of Harry Flowers. On this foundation he was able to build an acting career in film and on television which lasted through the 1970s and 1980s, with occasional parts thereafter.
Movies
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
A rather incoherent post-breakup Sex Pistols "documentary", told from the point of view of Pistols m...
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Flame
Light the Rock 'n Roll spark with a Flame in the guise of Dave, Noddy, Jim and Don and their showcas...
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Stoned
A chronicle of the sordid life and suspicious death of Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones, who wa...
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Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
Mickey and Mo head to Liverpool for the chance of a big score...
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Runners
When his young daughter disappears, her father refuses to accept that she is dead and sets out on a ...
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Villain
In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the ...
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Absolute Beginners
A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old pho...
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Scandal
An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with...
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Sweeney 2
The plot is set on a group of bank robbers, who are both violent and successful, strangely getting a...
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Dreams of Leaving
William came to work in Fleet Street in 1971. London meant girls, as many girls as he could find. Th...
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That'll Be The Day
Britain, 1958. Restless at school and bored with his life, Jim leaves home to take a series of low-l...
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Performance
In underworld terms, Chas Devlin is a 'performer,' a gangster with a talent for violence and intimid...
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Something to Hide
A man having marital problems with his shrewish wife picks up a young, pretty and pregnant hitchhike...
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A Hole in Babylon
Three black men rob a Knightsbridge Italian restaurant. But when the police are called and the robbe...
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The Operation
David Adler is an operator. He strips assets, other men's wives, and his oldest friend's soul - anyt...
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Murphy's Stroke
The horse Gay Future is at the centre of an Irish betting syndicate in 1974 which saw trainer Antony...
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Coast to Coast
Two guys meet, one American, a deserter from the US army, one Brit, and they are drawn together by t...
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Hide and Seek
A young boy runs away from an approved school to meet up with his father in the hope that he can per...
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Sweeney!
When one of Regan's snouts complains that his girlfriend's recent suicide was murder, the flying squ...
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Running Out of Luck
A rock singer goes to Brazil to shoot a video, but winds up getting kidnapped and enduring a number ...
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The Prison
A successful Paris magazine proprietor embarks on a destructive voyage of self-discovery after his w...
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