Arthur Shields
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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
Known for
Credits
The Quiet Man (1952)
as Rev. Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair
The Black Swan (1942)
as The Bishop (uncredited)
River of No Return (1954)
as Minister at Tent City (uncredited)
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
as Mr. Parry
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
as Dr. O'Laughlin
Tap Roots (1948)
as Reverend Kirkland
Madame Curie (1943)
as Businessman (uncredited)
Lassie Come Home (1943)
as Andrew
Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
as Patrick the Harp (uncredited)
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
as Reverend Rosenkrantz
The River (1951)
as Mr. John
National Velvet (1945)
as Mr. Hallam
The Verdict (1946)
as Rev. Holbrook
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
as Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
as Chaplain Costello (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
The Valley of Decision (1945)
as Callahan
Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955)
as Innkeeper
This Above All (1942)
as Hospital Chaplain
Three Strangers (1946)
as Prosecutor
Gentleman Jim (1942)
as Father Burke
The King and Four Queens (1956)
as Padre
The Long Voyage Home (1940)
as Donkeyman
Red Light (1949)
as Father Redmond
The Gay Falcon (1941)
as Inspector Mike Waldeck
South Sea Woman (1953)
as 'Jimmy-legs' Donovan
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
as Benson (uncredited)
Sealed Cargo (1951)
as Kevin Dolan
Apache Drums (1951)
as Reverend Griffin
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
as Mr. O'Hara
Phantoms, Inc. (1945)
as Dr. Rupert Trykel
The Corn Is Green (1945)
as Glyn Thomas
Above Suspicion (1943)
as Walmer Hotel Porter (Uncredited)
Gallant Journey (1946)
as Father Kenton
Lady Scarface (1941)
as Matt Willis
Fighting Father Dunne (1948)
as Michael O'Donnell
Confirm or Deny (1941)
as Jeff, Blind Typist
Main Street to Broadway (1953)
as Actor in Fantasy Sequence
The Plough and the Stars (1936)
as Padraic Pearse
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942)
as Griswald (uncredited)
Youth Runs Wild (1944)
as Mr. Dunlop
Easy Come, Easy Go (1947)
as Timothy Mike Donovan
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947)
as Prof. Bolton
Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)
as Dr. E.E. Campbell
A Wonderful Life (1950)
as Pastor
The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)
as Monsignor O'Toole
Pacific Rendezvous (1942)
as Prof. Harvey Lessmore
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure (1956)
as Boles - Ex-Gardener
Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
as Timothy Fogarty
Challenge to Lassie (1949)
as Dr. Lee
Never Say Goodbye (1946)
as McCarthy (uncredited)
Enchanted Island (1958)
as Jimmy Dooley
The Man from Down Under (1943)
as Father Polycarp
Broadway (1942)
as Pete Dailey
Too Young to Know (1945)
as Mr. Enright
Dr. Renault's Secret (1942)
as Inspector Duval (uncredited)
Roughly Speaking (1945)
as Minister (uncredited)
The Barefoot Mailman (1951)
as Ben Titus
Pride of the Blue Grass (1954)
as Wilson
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)
as Michael Michael
My Own True Love (1948)
as Iverson
The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)
as Thomas Dorsey Sr.
Nightmare (1942)
as Sergeant
World for Ransom (1954)
as Sean O'Connor
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957)
as Dr. Lomas
Blue Blood (1951)
as Tim Donovan
For the Love of Mike (1960)
as Father Walsh
The Fighting O'Flynn (1949)
as Dooley
Scandal at Scourie (1953)
as Father Reilly
The Adventure of the Speckled Band (1949)
as The Bookshop Man
Knocknagow (1918)
as Phil Lahy