Arthur Shields
ActingBiography
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
Movies
(70 total)
The Quiet Man
as Rev. Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair
River of No Return
as Minister at Tent City (uncredited)
How Green Was My Valley
as Mr. Parry
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
as Dr. O'Laughlin
Lassie Come Home
as Andrew
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Reverend Rosenkrantz
The River
as Mr. John
National Velvet
as Mr. Hallam
The Long Voyage Home
as Donkeyman
The Black Swan
as The Bishop (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim
as Father Burke
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Patrick the Harp (uncredited)
The Keys of the Kingdom
as Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell
Madame Curie
as Businessman (uncredited)
The Verdict
as Rev. Holbrook
The Sign of the Cross
as Chaplain Costello (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
Above Suspicion
as Walmer Hotel Porter (Uncredited)
Three Strangers
as Prosecutor
The Corn Is Green
as Glyn Thomas
The King and Four Queens
as Padre
TV Shows
(18 total)
Bonanza
as Dennis
Perry Mason
as Dr. George Barnes
Rawhide
as Sam Cartwright
Maverick
as Terence Fogarty
Wagon Train
as Judge Tremayne
Bat Masterson
as Dana Ruggles
One Step Beyond
as Simon Lockhart
The Hardy Boys
as Boles
The Millionaire
as J. Peveril 'Pev' Johnson
Omnibus
as Jacob O'Shaughnessy
The Life Of Riley
as Mr. Winkley
Play of the Week
as Monsignor