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
- Wagon Train as Judge Tremayne
- Maverick as Terence Fogarty
- Daughter of Dr. Jekyll as Dr. Lomas
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Jaspar
- The King and Four Queens as Padre
- The Hardy Boys as Boles
- 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)
- World for Ransom as Sean O'Connor
- Pride of the Blue Grass as Wilson
1953
- The Life Of Riley as Mr. Winkley
- Main Street to Broadway as Actor in Fantasy Sequence
- South Sea Woman as 'Jimmy-legs' Donovan
- 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
- Sealed Cargo as Kevin Dolan
- The People Against O'Hara as Mr. O'Hara
- The Barefoot Mailman as Ben Titus
- Apache Drums as Reverend Griffin
- 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
- Red Light as Father Redmond
- She Wore a Yellow Ribbon as Dr. O'Laughlin
- Challenge to Lassie as Dr. Lee
- The Fighting O'Flynn as Dooley
- The Adventure of the Speckled Band as The Bookshop Man
- Your Show Time
1948
- Tap Roots as Reverend Kirkland
- My Own True Love as Iverson
- Fighting Father Dunne as Michael O'Donnell
1947
- Kraft Television Theatre
- The Shocking Miss Pilgrim as Michael Michael
- The Fabulous Dorseys as Thomas Dorsey Sr.
- Easy Come, Easy Go as Timothy Mike Donovan
- Seven Keys to Baldpate as Prof. Bolton
1946
- The Verdict as Rev. Holbrook
- Three Strangers as Prosecutor
- Never Say Goodbye as McCarthy (uncredited)
- Gallant Journey as Father Kenton
1945
- National Velvet as Mr. Hallam
- Phantoms, Inc. as Dr. Rupert Trykel
- 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 Keys of the Kingdom as Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell
- Youth Runs Wild as Mr. Dunlop
- The White Cliffs of Dover as Benson (uncredited)
1943
- Madame Curie as Businessman (uncredited)
- Lassie Come Home as Andrew
- The Man from Down Under as Father Polycarp
- Above Suspicion as Walmer Hotel Porter (Uncredited)
1942
- Gentleman Jim as Father Burke
- Nightmare as Sergeant
- Broadway as Pete Dailey
- Pacific Rendezvous as Prof. Harvey Lessmore
- This Above All as Hospital Chaplain
- The Black Swan as The Bishop (uncredited)
- The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe as Griswald (uncredited)
- Dr. Renault's Secret as Inspector Duval (uncredited)
1941
- Lady Scarface as Matt Willis
- Confirm or Deny as Jeff, Blind Typist
- The Gay Falcon as Inspector Mike Waldeck
- How Green Was My Valley as Mr. Parry
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