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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 15, 1896
Died
April 27, 1970
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Arthur Shields
0.7 Popularity
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
5.3
Monsignor O'Toole
The Pigeon That Took Rome
1962
5.0
Father Walsh
For the Love of Mike
1960
0.0
Monsignor
Play of the Week
1959
7.5
Dennis
Bonanza
1959
5.6
Simon Lockhart
One Step Beyond
1959
7.2
Rawhide
1959
7.2
Sam Cartwright
Rawhide
1959
4.5
Jimmy Dooley
Enchanted Island
1958
6.1
Dana Ruggles
Bat Masterson
1958
6.9
Terence Fogarty
Maverick
1957
Credits
The Pigeon That Took Rome
as Monsignor O'Toole
1962
5.3
For the Love of Mike
as Father Walsh
1960
5.0
Play of the Week
as Monsignor
1959
0.0
Bonanza
as Dennis
1959
7.5
One Step Beyond
as Simon Lockhart
1959
5.6
Rawhide
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Sam Cartwright
1959
7.2
Enchanted Island
as Jimmy Dooley
1958
4.5
Bat Masterson
as Dana Ruggles
1958
6.1
Maverick
as Terence Fogarty
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as Dr. George Barnes
1957
7.7
Wagon Train
as Judge Tremayne
1957
6.6
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
as Dr. Lomas
1957
5.7
The King and Four Queens
as Padre
1956
5.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Jaspar
1956
6.0
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure
as Boles - Ex-Gardener
1956
9.0
The Hardy Boys
as Boles
1956
8.8
Lady Godiva of Coventry
as Innkeeper
1955
5.3
The Millionaire
as J. Peveril 'Pev' Johnson
1955
5.0
River of No Return
as Minister at Tent City (uncredited)
1954
6.7
Pride of the Blue Grass
as Wilson
1954
0.0
World for Ransom
as Sean O'Connor
1954
5.0
Main Street to Broadway
as Actor in Fantasy Sequence
1953
6.5
South Sea Woman
as 'Jimmy-legs' Donovan
1953
4.4
Scandal at Scourie
as Father Reilly
1953
6.7
The Life Of Riley
as Mr. Winkley
1953
6.0
Omnibus
as Jacob O'Shaughnessy
1952
6.0
The Quiet Man
as Rev. Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair
1952
7.3
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Patrick the Harp (uncredited)
1952
5.6
The Barefoot Mailman
as Ben Titus
1951
4.0
The River
as Mr. John
1951
7.2
The People Against O'Hara
as Mr. O'Hara
1951
5.7
Sealed Cargo
as Kevin Dolan
1951
6.4
Apache Drums
as Reverend Griffin
1951
6.3
Blue Blood
as Tim Donovan
1951
0.0
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Michael
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Uncle Dan
1950
6.3
🎬
A Wonderful Life
as Pastor
1950
0.0
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
as Dr. E.E. Campbell
1950
5.4
Challenge to Lassie
as Dr. Lee
1949
4.8
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
as Dr. O'Laughlin
1949
6.9
Red Light
as Father Redmond
1949
5.8
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
as The Bookshop Man
1949
0.0
The Fighting O'Flynn
as Dooley
1949
6.0
🎬
Your Show Time
1949
0.0
Tap Roots
as Reverend Kirkland
1948
6.7
My Own True Love
as Iverson
1948
5.5
Fighting Father Dunne
as Michael O'Donnell
1948
6.0
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Prof. Bolton
1947
6.2
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
7.5
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Timothy Mike Donovan
1947
0.0
The Fabulous Dorseys
as Thomas Dorsey Sr.
1947
6.0
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
as Michael Michael
1947
8.5
The Verdict
as Rev. Holbrook
1946
6.5
Never Say Goodbye
as McCarthy (uncredited)
1946
6.2
Gallant Journey
as Father Kenton
1946
6.1
Three Strangers
as Prosecutor
1946
6.4
Too Young to Know
as Mr. Enright
1945
0.0
Phantoms, Inc.
as Dr. Rupert Trykel
1945
5.5
The Valley of Decision
as Callahan
1945
7.3
The Corn Is Green
as Glyn Thomas
1945
7.2
Roughly Speaking
as Minister (uncredited)
1945
6.8
National Velvet
as Mr. Hallam
1945
7.2
The Keys of the Kingdom
as Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell
1944
7.0
Youth Runs Wild
as Mr. Dunlop
1944
4.2
The White Cliffs of Dover
as Benson (uncredited)
1944
6.5
Madame Curie
as Businessman (uncredited)
1943
7.2
Lassie Come Home
as Andrew
1943
6.7
The Man from Down Under
as Father Polycarp
1943
6.5
Above Suspicion
as Walmer Hotel Porter (Uncredited)
1943
6.1
The Black Swan
as The Bishop (uncredited)
1942
6.5
Gentleman Jim
as Father Burke
1942
7.1
Nightmare
as Sergeant
1942
5.0
Dr. Renault's Secret
as Inspector Duval (uncredited)
1942
5.3
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
as Griswald (uncredited)
1942
5.7
Pacific Rendezvous
as Prof. Harvey Lessmore
1942
6.0
This Above All
as Hospital Chaplain
1942
6.7
Broadway
as Pete Dailey
1942
5.5
Confirm or Deny
as Jeff, Blind Typist
1941
3.8
How Green Was My Valley
as Mr. Parry
1941
7.3
The Gay Falcon
as Inspector Mike Waldeck
1941
6.3
Lady Scarface
as Matt Willis
1941
5.1
Little Nellie Kelly
as Timothy Fogarty
1940
6.7
The Long Voyage Home
as Donkeyman
1940
6.6
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Reverend Rosenkrantz
1939
6.4
The Plough and the Stars
as Padraic Pearse
1936
5.8
The Sign of the Cross
as Chaplain Costello (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
1932
6.1
Knocknagow
as Phil Lahy
1918
4.3