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Birthday:
February 15, 1896
Place of Birth:
Dublin, Ireland
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Arthur Shields
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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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | The Pigeon That Took Rome | Monsignor O'Toole |
| 1960 | For the Love of Mike | Father Walsh |
| 1958 | Enchanted Island | Jimmy Dooley |
| 1957 | Daughter of Dr. Jekyll | Dr. Lomas |
| 1956 | The King and Four Queens | Padre |
| 1956 | The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure | Boles - Ex-Gardener |
| 1955 | Lady Godiva of Coventry | Innkeeper |
| 1954 | World for Ransom | Sean O'Connor |
| 1954 | Pride of the Blue Grass | Wilson |
| 1954 | River of No Return | Minister at Tent City (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Main Street to Broadway | Actor in Fantasy Sequence |
| 1953 | South Sea Woman | 'Jimmy-legs' Donovan |
| 1953 | Scandal at Scourie | Father Reilly |
| 1952 | The Quiet Man | Rev. Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair |
| 1952 | Jack and the Beanstalk | Patrick the Harp (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The People Against O'Hara | Mr. O'Hara |
| 1951 | The River | Mr. John |
| 1951 | Apache Drums | Reverend Griffin |
| 1951 | The Barefoot Mailman | Ben Titus |
| 1951 | Sealed Cargo | Kevin Dolan |
| 1951 | Blue Blood | Tim Donovan |
| 1950 | Tarzan and the Slave Girl | Dr. E.E. Campbell |
| 1950 | A Wonderful Life | Pastor |
| 1949 | Red Light | Father Redmond |
| 1949 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Dr. O'Laughlin |
| 1949 | Challenge to Lassie | Dr. Lee |
| 1949 | The Adventure of the Speckled Band | The Bookshop Man |
| 1949 | The Fighting O'Flynn | Dooley |
| 1948 | My Own True Love | Iverson |
| 1948 | Fighting Father Dunne | Michael O'Donnell |
| 1948 | Tap Roots | Reverend Kirkland |
| 1947 | The Fabulous Dorseys | Thomas Dorsey Sr. |
| 1947 | The Shocking Miss Pilgrim | Michael Michael |
| 1947 | Easy Come, Easy Go | Timothy Mike Donovan |
| 1947 | Seven Keys to Baldpate | Prof. Bolton |
| 1946 | Three Strangers | Prosecutor |
| 1946 | The Verdict | Rev. Holbrook |
| 1946 | Never Say Goodbye | McCarthy (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Gallant Journey | Father Kenton |
| 1945 | The Corn Is Green | Glyn Thomas |
| 1945 | The Valley of Decision | Callahan |
| 1945 | Roughly Speaking | Minister (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Too Young to Know | Mr. Enright |
| 1945 | Phantoms, Inc. | Dr. Rupert Trykel |
| 1945 | National Velvet | Mr. Hallam |
| 1944 | The Keys of the Kingdom | Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell |
| 1944 | Youth Runs Wild | Mr. Dunlop |
| 1944 | The White Cliffs of Dover | Benson (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Lassie Come Home | Andrew |
| 1943 | The Man from Down Under | Father Polycarp |
| 1943 | Above Suspicion | Walmer Hotel Porter (Uncredited) |
| 1943 | Madame Curie | Businessman (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Broadway | Pete Dailey |
| 1942 | Gentleman Jim | Father Burke |
| 1942 | The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe | Griswald (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Dr. Renault's Secret | Inspector Duval (uncredited) |
| 1942 | This Above All | Hospital Chaplain |
| 1942 | Pacific Rendezvous | Prof. Harvey Lessmore |
| 1942 | Nightmare | Sergeant |
| 1942 | The Black Swan | The Bishop (uncredited) |
| 1941 | How Green Was My Valley | Mr. Parry |
| 1941 | The Gay Falcon | Inspector Mike Waldeck |
| 1941 | Lady Scarface | Matt Willis |
| 1941 | Confirm or Deny | Jeff, Blind Typist |
| 1940 | Little Nellie Kelly | Timothy Fogarty |
| 1940 | The Long Voyage Home | Donkeyman |
| 1939 | Drums Along the Mohawk | Reverend Rosenkrantz |
| 1936 | The Plough and the Stars | Padraic Pearse |
| 1932 | The Sign of the Cross | Chaplain Costello (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited) |
| 1918 | Knocknagow | Phil Lahy |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Rawhide | |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond | Simon Lockhart |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Dennis |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Sam Cartwright |
| 1959 | Play of the Week | Monsignor |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson | Dana Ruggles |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Dr. George Barnes |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Judge Tremayne |
| 1957 | Maverick | |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Jaspar |
| 1956 | The Hardy Boys | Boles |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | J. Peveril 'Pev' Johnson |
| 1953 | The Life Of Riley | Mr. Winkley |
| 1952 | Omnibus | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Michael |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Uncle Dan |
| 1949 | Your Show Time |