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