Arthur Shields
Acting
Born February 15, 1896, Dublin, Ireland
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
- 1962The Pigeon That Took Rome — Monsignor O'Toole
- 1960For the Love of Mike — Father Walsh
- Bonanza — Dennis
- One Step Beyond — Simon Lockhart
- Play of the Week — Monsignor
- Rawhide — Sam Cartwright
- Bat Masterson — Dana Ruggles
- 1958Enchanted Island — Jimmy Dooley
- 1957Daughter of Dr. Jekyll — Dr. Lomas
- Maverick — Terence Fogarty
- Perry Mason — Dr. George Barnes
- Wagon Train — Judge Tremayne
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Jaspar
- The Hardy Boys — Boles
- 1956The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure — Boles - Ex-Gardener
- 1956The King and Four Queens — Padre
- Crossroads — Reverend Zaccara
- 1955Lady Godiva of Coventry — Innkeeper
- The Millionaire — J. Peveril 'Pev' Johnson
- 1954Pride of the Blue Grass — Wilson
- 1954River of No Return — Minister at Tent City (uncredited)
- 1954World for Ransom — Sean O'Connor
- 1953Main Street to Broadway — Actor in Fantasy Sequence
- 1953Scandal at Scourie — Father Reilly
- 1953South Sea Woman — 'Jimmy-legs' Donovan
- The Life Of Riley — Mr. Winkley
- 1952Jack and the Beanstalk — Patrick the Harp (voice, uncredited)
- Omnibus — Jacob O'Shaughnessy
- 1952The Quiet Man — Rev. Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair
- 1951Apache Drums — Reverend Griffin
- 1951Blue Blood — Tim Donovan
- 1951Sealed Cargo — Kevin Dolan
- 1951The Barefoot Mailman — Ben Titus
- 1951The People Against O'Hara — Mr. O'Hara
- 1951The River — Mr. John
- 1950A Wonderful Life — Pastor
- Lux Video Theatre — Michael, Uncle Dan
- 1950Tarzan and the Slave Girl — Dr. E.E. Campbell
- 1949Challenge to Lassie — Dr. Lee
- 1949Red Light — Father Redmond
- 1949She Wore a Yellow Ribbon — Dr. O'Laughlin
- 1949The Adventure of the Speckled Band — The Bookshop Man
- 1949The Fighting O'Flynn — Dooley
- Your Show Time
- 1948Fighting Father Dunne — Michael O'Donnell
- 1948My Own True Love — Iverson
- 1948Tap Roots — Reverend Kirkland
- 1947Easy Come, Easy Go — Timothy Mike Donovan
- Kraft Television Theatre
- 1947Seven Keys to Baldpate — Prof. Bolton
- 1947The Fabulous Dorseys — Thomas Dorsey Sr.
- 1947The Shocking Miss Pilgrim — Michael Michael
- 1946Gallant Journey — Father Kenton
- 1946Never Say Goodbye — McCarthy (uncredited)
- 1946The Verdict — Rev. Holbrook
- 1946Three Strangers — Prosecutor
- 1945National Velvet — Mr. Hallam
- 1945Phantoms, Inc. — Dr. Rupert Trykel
- 1945Roughly Speaking — Minister (uncredited)
- 1945The Corn Is Green — Glyn Thomas
- 1945The Valley of Decision — Callahan
- 1945Too Young to Know — Mr. Enright
- 1944The Keys of the Kingdom — Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell
- 1944The White Cliffs of Dover — Benson (uncredited)
- 1944Youth Runs Wild — Mr. Dunlop
- 1943Above Suspicion — Walmer Hotel Porter (Uncredited)
- 1943Lassie Come Home — Andrew
- 1943Madame Curie — Businessman (uncredited)
- 1943The Man from Down Under — Father Polycarp
- 1942Broadway — Pete Dailey
- 1942Dr. Renault's Secret — Inspector Duval (uncredited)
- 1942Gentleman Jim — Father Burke
- 1942Nightmare — Sergeant
- 1942Pacific Rendezvous — Prof. Harvey Lessmore
- 1942The Black Swan — The Bishop (uncredited)
- 1942The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe — Griswald (uncredited)
- 1942This Above All — Hospital Chaplain
- 1941Confirm or Deny — Jeff, Blind Typist
- 1941How Green Was My Valley — Mr. Parry
- 1941Lady Scarface — Matt Willis
- 1941The Gay Falcon — Inspector Mike Waldeck
- 1940Little Nellie Kelly — Timothy Fogarty
- 1940The Long Voyage Home — Donkeyman
- 1939Drums Along the Mohawk — Reverend Rosenkrantz
- 1936The Plough and the Stars — Padraic Pearse
- 1932The Sign of the Cross — Chaplain Costello (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
- 1918Knocknagow — Phil Lahy