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