Jim Bannon

Jim Bannon

actor

Jim Bannon was born on Apr 09, 1911 in USA. Jim Bannon's big-screen debut came with Daffy Duck in Hollywood directed by Tex Avery in 1938, strarring Newsreel Narrator (uncredited). Jim Bannon is known for Man's Favorite Sport? directed by Howard Hawks, Rock Hudson stars as Roger Willoughby and Paula Prentiss as Abigail Page. The upcoming new movie Jim Bannon plays is Good Neighbor Sam which will be released on Jul 22, 1964.

Jim Bannon was a star athlete at Rockhurst College. After graduation, he became a sportscaster in Kansas City, and after 1938, in California. He began working as a radio actor and got small parts in movies. He was a movie stuntman in the early 1940s before starring in a detective movie series for Columbia, based on a radio show "I Love a Mystery." In 1949, he was given the title role of Red Ryder in the western series produced by Eagle Lion Productions. In the 1950s, he appeared in smaller character parts in westerns and on television.

  • Birthday

    Apr 09, 1911
  • Place of Birth

    Kansas City, Missouri, USA

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