Arthur Shields
Acting • Born 1896-02-15 – Died 1970-04-27
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Shields, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
88 credits
The Quiet Man
Movie • 1952
Rev. Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair
Jack and the Beanstalk
Movie • 1952
Patrick the Harp (uncredited)
Red Light
Movie • 1949
Father Redmond
Main Street to Broadway
Movie • 1953
Actor in Fantasy Sequence
World for Ransom
Movie • 1954
Sean O'Connor
Three Strangers
Movie • 1946
Prosecutor
The Verdict
Movie • 1946
Rev. Holbrook
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Movie • 1949
Dr. O'Laughlin
The People Against O'Hara
Movie • 1951
Mr. O'Hara
How Green Was My Valley
Movie • 1941
Mr. Parry
The Fabulous Dorseys
Movie • 1947
Thomas Dorsey Sr.
The Corn Is Green
Movie • 1945
Glyn Thomas
Little Nellie Kelly
Movie • 1940
Timothy Fogarty
The Valley of Decision
Movie • 1945
Callahan
Challenge to Lassie
Movie • 1949
Dr. Lee
The Gay Falcon
Movie • 1941
Inspector Mike Waldeck
The River
Movie • 1951
Mr. John
The Keys of the Kingdom
Movie • 1944
Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell
The Sign of the Cross
Movie • 1932
Chaplain Costello (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
The Long Voyage Home
Movie • 1940
Donkeyman
Drums Along the Mohawk
Movie • 1939
Reverend Rosenkrantz
Apache Drums
Movie • 1951
Reverend Griffin
Youth Runs Wild
Movie • 1944
Mr. Dunlop
My Own True Love
Movie • 1948
Iverson
Lady Scarface
Movie • 1941
Matt Willis
Broadway
Movie • 1942
Pete Dailey
South Sea Woman
Movie • 1953
'Jimmy-legs' Donovan
Pride of the Blue Grass
Movie • 1954
Wilson
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Movie • 1947
Michael Michael
Lady Godiva of Coventry
Movie • 1955
Innkeeper
Lassie Come Home
Movie • 1943
Andrew
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
Movie • 1957
Dr. Lomas
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
Movie • 1950
Dr. E.E. Campbell
The Pigeon That Took Rome
Movie • 1962
Monsignor O'Toole
Enchanted Island
Movie • 1958
Jimmy Dooley
Scandal at Scourie
Movie • 1953
Father Reilly
Knocknagow
Movie • 1918
Phil Lahy
Easy Come, Easy Go
Movie • 1947
Timothy Mike Donovan
The Man from Down Under
Movie • 1943
Father Polycarp
Fighting Father Dunne
Movie • 1948
Michael O'Donnell
The King and Four Queens
Movie • 1956
Padre
A Wonderful Life
Movie • 1950
Pastor
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Movie • 1949
The Bookshop Man
Roughly Speaking
Movie • 1945
Minister (uncredited)
The Fighting O'Flynn
Movie • 1949
Dooley
Confirm or Deny
Movie • 1941
Jeff, Blind Typist
River of No Return
Movie • 1954
Minister at Tent City (uncredited)
The Barefoot Mailman
Movie • 1951
Ben Titus
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure
Movie • 1956
Boles - Ex-Gardener
Too Young to Know
Movie • 1945
Mr. Enright
The Plough and the Stars
Movie • 1936
Padraic Pearse
Gentleman Jim
Movie • 1942
Father Burke
Never Say Goodbye
Movie • 1946
McCarthy (uncredited)
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
Movie • 1942
Griswald (uncredited)
Phantoms, Inc.
Movie • 1945
Dr. Rupert Trykel
For the Love of Mike
Movie • 1960
Father Walsh
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Movie • 1947
Prof. Bolton
Tap Roots
Movie • 1948
Reverend Kirkland
Sealed Cargo
Movie • 1951
Kevin Dolan
The White Cliffs of Dover
Movie • 1944
Benson (uncredited)
National Velvet
Movie • 1945
Mr. Hallam
Gallant Journey
Movie • 1946
Father Kenton
Dr. Renault's Secret
Movie • 1942
Inspector Duval (uncredited)
This Above All
Movie • 1942
Hospital Chaplain
Above Suspicion
Movie • 1943
Walmer Hotel Porter (Uncredited)
Madame Curie
Movie • 1943
Businessman (uncredited)
Pacific Rendezvous
Movie • 1942
Prof. Harvey Lessmore
Blue Blood
Movie • 1951
Tim Donovan
Nightmare
Movie • 1942
Sergeant
The Black Swan
Movie • 1942
The Bishop (uncredited)
Omnibus
TV • 1952
Jacob O'Shaughnessy
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Dr. George Barnes
Rawhide
TV • 1959
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
J. Peveril 'Pev' Johnson
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Michael
One Step Beyond
TV • 1959
Simon Lockhart
Bat Masterson
TV • 1958
Dana Ruggles
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Judge Tremayne
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Jaspar
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Dennis
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Sam Cartwright
Your Show Time
TV • 1949
Maverick
TV • 1957
Terence Fogarty
The Hardy Boys
TV • 1956
Boles
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Uncle Dan
Play of the Week
TV • 1959
Monsignor
The Life Of Riley
TV • 1953
Mr. Winkley
Kraft Television Theatre
TV • 1947