Arthur Shields
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1896-02-15
Day of Death
1970-04-27 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Arthur Shields
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Arthur Shields (15 February 1896 - 27 April 1970) was an Irish stage and film actor.
Born into an Irish Protestant family in Portobello, Dublin, he started acting in the Abbey Theatre when still a young man. He was the younger brother of actor Barry Fitzgerald. An Irish nationalist, he fought in the Easter Uprising of 1916. He was captured and was interned in Frongoch, North Wales. He afterwards returned to the Abbey theatre. In 1936 John Ford brought him to the United States to act in a film version of The Plough and the Stars.
He later returned to the U.S. and for health reasons, he decided to reside in California. He died at his home in Santa Barbara, California, aged 74.
Some of his memorable roles were in John Ford films. Shields portrayed the Reverend Playfair in Ford's The Quiet Man, opposite John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara and his brother, Barry Fitzgerald. He played Dr. Laughlin in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon with Wayne and Joanne Dru, and appeared yet again with Wayne and Barry Fitzgerald in Ford's Long Voyage Home. His other films include: Little Nellie Kelly, The Keys of the Kingdom, The Fabulous Dorseys, Gallant Journey, The Shocking Miss Pilgrim, Drums Along the Mohawk, Lady Godiva, National Velvet and The River.
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Known For
Acting
(1962)
The Pigeon That Took Rome
as Monsignor O'Toole
(1960)
For the Love of Mike
as Father Walsh
(1958)
Enchanted Island
as Jimmy Dooley
(1957)
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
as Dr. Lomas
(1956)
The King and Four Queens
as Padre
(1956)
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure
as Boles - Ex-Gardener
(1955)
Lady Godiva of Coventry
as Innkeeper
(1954)
River of No Return
as Minister at Tent City (uncredited)
(1954)
World for Ransom
as Sean O'Connor
(1954)
Pride of the Blue Grass
as Wilson
(1953)
Main Street to Broadway
as Actor in Fantasy Sequence
(1953)
Scandal at Scourie
as Father Reilly
(1953)
South Sea Woman
as 'Jimmy-legs' Donovan
(1952)
The Quiet Man
as Rev. Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair
(1952)
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Patrick the Harp (uncredited)
(1951)
The Barefoot Mailman
as Ben Titus
(1951)
Apache Drums
as Reverend Griffin
(1951)
Sealed Cargo
as Kevin Dolan
(1951)
The People Against O'Hara
as Mr. O'Hara
(1951)
The River
as Mr. John
(1951)
Blue Blood
as Tim Donovan
(1950)
A Wonderful Life
as Pastor
(1950)
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
as Dr. E.E. Campbell
(1949)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
as Dr. O'Laughlin
(1949)
Red Light
as Father Redmond
(1949)
The Fighting O'Flynn
as Dooley
(1949)
Challenge to Lassie
as Dr. Lee
(1949)
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
as The Bookshop Man
(1948)
Fighting Father Dunne
as Michael O'Donnell
(1948)
Tap Roots
as Reverend Kirkland
(1948)
My Own True Love
as Iverson
(1947)
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Timothy Mike Donovan
(1947)
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
as Michael Michael
(1947)
The Fabulous Dorseys
as Thomas Dorsey Sr.
(1947)
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Prof. Bolton
(1946)
Three Strangers
as Prosecutor
(1946)
Never Say Goodbye
as McCarthy (uncredited)
(1946)
The Verdict
as Rev. Holbrook
(1946)
Gallant Journey
as Father Kenton
(1945)
The Valley of Decision
as Callahan
(1945)
Too Young to Know
as Mr. Enright
(1945)
National Velvet
as Mr. Hallam
(1945)
The Corn Is Green
as Glyn Thomas
(1945)
Roughly Speaking
as Minister (uncredited)
(1945)
Phantoms, Inc.
as Dr. Rupert Trykel
(1944)
The White Cliffs of Dover
as Benson (uncredited)
(1944)
The Keys of the Kingdom
as Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell
(1944)
Youth Runs Wild
as Mr. Dunlop
(1943)
The Man from Down Under
as Father Polycarp
(1943)
Madame Curie
as Businessman (uncredited)
(1943)
Lassie Come Home
as Andrew
(1943)
Above Suspicion
as Walmer Hotel Porter (Uncredited)
(1942)
Gentleman Jim
as Father Burke
(1942)
Broadway
as Pete Dailey
(1942)
Nightmare
as Sergeant
(1942)
The Black Swan
as The Bishop (uncredited)
(1942)
Dr. Renault's Secret
as Inspector Duval (uncredited)
(1942)
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
as Griswald (uncredited)
(1942)
This Above All
as Hospital Chaplain
(1942)
Pacific Rendezvous
as Prof. Harvey Lessmore
(1941)
How Green Was My Valley
as Mr. Parry
(1941)
The Gay Falcon
as Inspector Mike Waldeck
(1941)
Lady Scarface
as Matt Willis
(1941)
Confirm or Deny
as Jeff, Blind Typist
(1940)
The Long Voyage Home
as Donkeyman
(1940)
Little Nellie Kelly
as Timothy Fogarty
(1939)
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Reverend Rosenkrantz
(1936)
The Plough and the Stars
as Padraic Pearse
(1932)
The Sign of the Cross
as Chaplain Costello (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
(1918)
Knocknagow
as Phil Lahy