Arthur Shields

Arthur Shields

  • Birthday: 1896-02-15
  • Deathday: 1970-04-27
  • Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland

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

The Adventure of the Speckled Band

1949

As The Bookshop Man

The River

1951

As Mr. John

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll

1957

As Dr. Lomas

For the Love of Mike

1960

As Father Walsh

Blue Blood

1951

As Tim Donovan

Apache Drums

1951

As Reverend Griffin

South Sea Woman

1953

As 'Jimmy-legs' Donovan

Knocknagow

1918

As Phil Lahy

Enchanted Island

1958

As Jimmy Dooley

A Wonderful Life

1950

As Pastor

Little Nellie Kelly

1940

As Timothy Fogarty

Tarzan and the Slave Girl

1950

As Dr. E.E. Campbell

Scandal at Scourie

1953

As Father Reilly

The Fighting O'Flynn

1949

As Dooley

Seven Keys to Baldpate

1947

As Prof. Bolton

Nightmare

1942

As Sergeant

The Corn Is Green

1945

As Glyn Thomas

Fighting Father Dunne

1948

As Michael O'Donnell

Confirm or Deny

1941

As Jeff, Blind Typist

The Barefoot Mailman

1951

As Ben Titus

Three Strangers

1946

As Prosecutor

The Verdict

1946

As Rev. Holbrook

World for Ransom

1954

As Sean O'Connor

The Fabulous Dorseys

1947

As Thomas Dorsey Sr.

The Gay Falcon

1941

As Inspector Mike Waldeck

River of No Return

1954

As Minister at Tent City (uncredited)

Drums Along the Mohawk

1939

As Reverend Rosenkrantz

Youth Runs Wild

1944

As Mr. Dunlop

My Own True Love

1948

As Iverson

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

1947

As Michael Michael

Lady Godiva of Coventry

1955

As Innkeeper

The Pigeon That Took Rome

1962

As Monsignor O'Toole

Easy Come, Easy Go

1947

As Timothy Mike Donovan

The Man from Down Under

1943

As Father Polycarp

Too Young to Know

1945

As Mr. Enright

The Plough and the Stars

1936

As Padraic Pearse

Phantoms, Inc.

1945

As Dr. Rupert Trykel

Tap Roots

1948

As Reverend Kirkland

Gallant Journey

1946

As Father Kenton

Dr. Renault's Secret

1942

As Inspector Duval (uncredited)

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1949

As Dr. O'Laughlin

The Long Voyage Home

1940

As Donkeyman

Sealed Cargo

1951

As Kevin Dolan

Pacific Rendezvous

1942

As Prof. Harvey Lessmore

The Quiet Man

1952

As Rev. Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair

Red Light

1949

As Father Redmond

The People Against O'Hara

1951

As Mr. O'Hara

How Green Was My Valley

1941

As Mr. Parry

Lady Scarface

1941

As Matt Willis

National Velvet

1945

As Mr. Hallam

Challenge to Lassie

1949

As Dr. Lee

Lassie Come Home

1943

As Andrew

Gentleman Jim

1942

As Father Burke

Jack and the Beanstalk

1952

As Patrick the Harp (uncredited)

Broadway

1942

As Pete Dailey

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

1942

As Griswald (uncredited)

This Above All

1942

As Hospital Chaplain

The Keys of the Kingdom

1944

As Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell

Roughly Speaking

1945

As Minister (uncredited)

The Valley of Decision

1945

As Callahan

The Sign of the Cross

1932

As Chaplain Costello (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)

Main Street to Broadway

1953

As Actor in Fantasy Sequence

Never Say Goodbye

1946

As McCarthy (uncredited)

The Black Swan

1942

As The Bishop (uncredited)

Madame Curie

1943

As Businessman (uncredited)

The White Cliffs of Dover

1944

As Benson (uncredited)

Above Suspicion

1943

As Walmer Hotel Porter (Uncredited)

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