Arthur Shields

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: Acting

Born: Dublin, Ireland, 1896-02-15

Died: 1970-04-27

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1918	Knocknagow	Phil Lahy	43
2	1932	The Sign of the Cross	Chaplain Costello (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)	62
3	1936	The Plough and the Stars	Padraic Pearse	56
4	1939	Drums Along the Mohawk	Reverend Rosenkrantz	64
5	1940	The Long Voyage Home	Donkeyman	66
6	1940	Little Nellie Kelly	Timothy Fogarty	60
7	1941	Lady Scarface	Matt Willis	51
8	1941	The Gay Falcon	Inspector Mike Waldeck	62
9	1941	How Green Was My Valley	Mr. Parry	73
10	1941	Confirm or Deny	Jeff, Blind Typist	38
11	1942	Broadway	Pete Dailey	55
12	1942	This Above All	Hospital Chaplain	66
13	1942	Pacific Rendezvous	Prof. Harvey Lessmore	60
14	1942	The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe	Griswald (uncredited)	57
15	1942	Dr. Renault's Secret	Inspector Duval (uncredited)	52
16	1942	Nightmare	Sergeant	40
17	1942	Gentleman Jim	Father Burke	72
18	1942	The Black Swan	The Bishop (uncredited)	64
19	1943	Above Suspicion	Walmer Hotel Porter (Uncredited)	65
20	1943	The Man from Down Under	Father Polycarp	65
21	1943	Lassie Come Home	Andrew	66
22	1943	Madame Curie	Businessman (uncredited)	72
23	1944	The White Cliffs of Dover	Benson (uncredited)	67
24	1944	Youth Runs Wild	Mr. Dunlop	42
25	1944	The Keys of the Kingdom	Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell	70
26	1945	National Velvet	Mr. Hallam	72
27	1945	Roughly Speaking	Minister (uncredited)	68
28	1945	The Corn Is Green	Glyn Thomas	71
29	1945	The Valley of Decision	Callahan	73
30	1945	Phantoms, Inc.	Dr. Rupert Trykel	53
31	1945	Too Young to Know	Mr. Enright	0
32	1946	Three Strangers	Prosecutor	64
33	1946	Gallant Journey	Father Kenton	61
34	1946	Never Say Goodbye	McCarthy (uncredited)	63
35	1946	The Verdict	Rev. Holbrook	65
36	1947	The Shocking Miss Pilgrim	Michael Michael	85
37	1947	The Fabulous Dorseys	Thomas Dorsey Sr.	60
38	1947	Easy Come, Easy Go	Timothy Mike Donovan	0
39	1947	Seven Keys to Baldpate	Prof. Bolton	62
40	1948	Fighting Father Dunne	Michael O'Donnell	60
41	1948	My Own True Love	Iverson	55
42	1948	Tap Roots	Reverend Kirkland	64
43	1949	The Fighting O'Flynn	Dooley	60
44	1949	The Adventure of the Speckled Band	The Bookshop Man	0
45	1949	Red Light	Father Redmond	55
46	1949	She Wore a Yellow Ribbon	Dr. O'Laughlin	68
47	1949	Challenge to Lassie	Dr. Lee	48
48	1950	Tarzan and the Slave Girl	Dr. E.E. Campbell	52
49	1950	A Wonderful Life	Pastor	0
50	1951	Blue Blood	Tim Donovan	0
51	1951	Apache Drums	Reverend Griffin	62
52	1951	Sealed Cargo	Kevin Dolan	64
53	1951	The People Against O'Hara	Mr. O'Hara	57
54	1951	The River	Mr. John	72
55	1951	The Barefoot Mailman	Ben Titus	40
56	1952	Jack and the Beanstalk	Patrick the Harp (uncredited)	56
57	1952	The Quiet Man	Rev. Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair	73
58	1953	Scandal at Scourie	Father Reilly	67
59	1953	South Sea Woman	'Jimmy-legs' Donovan	54
60	1953	Main Street to Broadway	Actor in Fantasy Sequence	65
61	1954	World for Ransom	Sean O'Connor	50
62	1954	Pride of the Blue Grass	Wilson	0
63	1954	River of No Return	Minister at Tent City (uncredited)	67
64	1955	Lady Godiva of Coventry	Innkeeper	55
65	1956	The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure	Boles - Ex-Gardener	90
66	1956	The King and Four Queens	Padre	55
67	1957	Daughter of Dr. Jekyll	Dr. Lomas	57
68	1958	Enchanted Island	Jimmy Dooley	45
69	1960	For the Love of Mike	Father Walsh	50
70	1962	The Pigeon That Took Rome	Monsignor O'Toole	53

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	Your Show Time		0
2	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Michael	60
3	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Uncle Dan	60
4	1952	Omnibus		60
5	1953	The Life Of Riley	Mr. Winkley	60
6	1955	The Millionaire	J. Peveril 'Pev' Johnson	50
7	1956	The Hardy Boys	Boles	88
8	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Jaspar	55
9	1957	Wagon Train	Judge Tremayne	64
10	1957	Perry Mason	Dr. George Barnes	77
11	1957	Maverick		68
12	1958	Bat Masterson	Dana Ruggles	63
13	1959	Rawhide		72
14	1959	Rawhide	Sam Cartwright	72
15	1959	One Step Beyond	Simon Lockhart	56
16	1959	Bonanza	Dennis	75
17	1959	Play of the Week	Monsignor	0