Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 15, 1896
Died
Apr 27, 1970
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Credits
86 titles
Arthur Shields
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
Known For
Filmography
The Pigeon That Took Rome
Monsignor O'Toole
For the Love of Mike
Father Walsh
Play of the Week
Monsignor
Bonanza
Dennis
One Step Beyond
Simon Lockhart
Rawhide
Enchanted Island
Jimmy Dooley
Bat Masterson
Dana Ruggles
Maverick
Terence Fogarty
Perry Mason
Dr. George Barnes
Wagon Train
Judge Tremayne
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
Dr. Lomas
The King and Four Queens
Padre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Jaspar
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure
Boles - Ex-Gardener
The Hardy Boys
Boles
Lady Godiva of Coventry
Innkeeper
The Millionaire
J. Peveril 'Pev' Johnson
River of No Return
Minister at Tent City (uncredited)
Pride of the Blue Grass
Wilson
World for Ransom
Sean O'Connor
Main Street to Broadway
Actor in Fantasy Sequence
South Sea Woman
'Jimmy-legs' Donovan
Scandal at Scourie
Father Reilly
The Life Of Riley
Mr. Winkley
Omnibus
Jacob O'Shaughnessy
The Quiet Man
Rev. Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair
Jack and the Beanstalk
Patrick the Harp (uncredited)
The Barefoot Mailman
Ben Titus
The River
Mr. John
The People Against O'Hara
Mr. O'Hara
Sealed Cargo
Kevin Dolan
Apache Drums
Reverend Griffin
Blue Blood
Tim Donovan
Lux Video Theatre
Michael
A Wonderful Life
Pastor
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
Dr. E.E. Campbell
Challenge to Lassie
Dr. Lee
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Dr. O'Laughlin
Red Light
Father Redmond
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
The Bookshop Man
The Fighting O'Flynn
Dooley
Your Show Time
Tap Roots
Reverend Kirkland
My Own True Love
Iverson
Fighting Father Dunne
Michael O'Donnell
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Prof. Bolton
Kraft Television Theatre
Easy Come, Easy Go
Timothy Mike Donovan
The Fabulous Dorseys
Thomas Dorsey Sr.