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Arthur Shields

Arthur Shields

Birthday: 1896-02-15 | Place of Birth: 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.[1] 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

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1962
The Pigeon That Took Rome

as    Monsignor O'Toole

1958
Enchanted Island

as    Jimmy Dooley

1957
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll

as    Dr. Lomas

1956
The King and Four Queens

as    Padre

1955
Lady Godiva of Coventry

as    Innkeeper

1954
River of No Return

as    Minister at Tent City (uncredited)

1954
World for Ransom

as    Sean O'Connor

1953
South Sea Woman

as    'Jimmy-legs' Donovan

1952
The Quiet Man

as    Rev. Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair

1951
The Barefoot Mailman

as    Ben Titus

1951
Sealed Cargo

as    Kevin Dolan

1951
The River

as    Mr. John

1951
Apache Drums

as    Reverend Griffin

1950
Tarzan and the Slave Girl

as    Dr. E.E. Campbell

1949
The Fighting O'Flynn

as    Dooley

1949
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

as    Dr. O'Laughlin

1948
My Own True Love

as    Iverson

1948
Tap Roots

as    Reverend Kirkland

1947
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

as    Michael Michael

1946
Three Strangers

as    Prosecutor

1945
Phantoms, Inc.

as    Dr. Rupert Trykel

1945
The Corn Is Green

as    Glyn Thomas

1945
Too Young to Know

as    Mr. Enright

1943
The Man from Down Under

as    Father Polycarp

1942
Dr. Renault's Secret

as    Inspector Duval (uncredited)

1942
Pacific Rendezvous

as    Prof. Harvey Lessmore

1941
The Gay Falcon

as    Inspector Mike Waldeck

1941
Confirm or Deny

as    Jeff, Blind Typist

1940
Little Nellie Kelly

as    Timothy Fogarty

1939
Drums Along the Mohawk

as    Reverend Rosenkrantz