Jim Bannon

Age: 73 (passed away Jul. 28th, 1984)
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Birth Place: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Born: Apr. 9th, 1911

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Jim Bannon's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Casey Jones	Sheriff Tom…
The Adventures of Champion	Sandy North

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

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.

TRIVIA:

Father of 'Jack Bannon (I)' (qv).

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