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Gender

Male

Birthday

1896-02-15 (129 years old)

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

Arthur Shields

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.

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Known For

Acting

1962

The Pigeon That Took Rome as Monsignor O'Toole

1960

For the Love of Mike as Father Walsh

1959

One Step Beyond as Simon Lockhart
Bonanza as Dennis
Rawhide as Sam Cartwright
Play of the Week as Monsignor

1958

Enchanted Island as Jimmy Dooley
Bat Masterson as Dana Ruggles

1957

Perry Mason as Dr. George Barnes
Wagon Train as Judge Tremayne

1956

1955

The Millionaire as J. Peveril 'Pev' Johnson

1954

World for Ransom as Sean O'Connor
River of No Return as Minister at Tent City (uncredited)

1953

Main Street to Broadway as Actor in Fantasy Sequence
South Sea Woman as 'Jimmy-legs' Donovan
Scandal at Scourie as Father Reilly
The Life Of Riley as Mr. Winkley

1952

The Quiet Man as Rev. Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair
Jack and the Beanstalk as Patrick the Harp (uncredited)

1951

The River as Mr. John
Apache Drums as Reverend Griffin
Sealed Cargo as Kevin Dolan
Blue Blood as Tim Donovan

1950

Tarzan and the Slave Girl as Dr. E.E. Campbell
Lux Video Theatre as Uncle Dan

1949

Red Light as Father Redmond
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon as Dr. O'Laughlin

1948

My Own True Love as Iverson
Fighting Father Dunne as Michael O'Donnell
Tap Roots as Reverend Kirkland

1947

The Fabulous Dorseys as Thomas Dorsey Sr.
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim as Michael Michael
Easy Come, Easy Go as Timothy Mike Donovan
Seven Keys to Baldpate as Prof. Bolton

1946

Three Strangers as Prosecutor
The Verdict as Rev. Holbrook
Never Say Goodbye as McCarthy (uncredited)
Gallant Journey as Father Kenton

1945

The Corn Is Green as Glyn Thomas
Roughly Speaking as Minister (uncredited)
Too Young to Know as Mr. Enright
Phantoms, Inc. as Dr. Rupert Trykel
National Velvet as Mr. Hallam

1944

The Keys of the Kingdom as Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell
Youth Runs Wild as Mr. Dunlop
The White Cliffs of Dover as Benson (uncredited)

1943

The Man from Down Under as Father Polycarp
Above Suspicion as Walmer Hotel Porter (Uncredited)
Madame Curie as Businessman (uncredited)

1942

Broadway as Pete Dailey
Gentleman Jim as Father Burke
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe as Griswald (uncredited)
Dr. Renault's Secret as Inspector Duval (uncredited)
This Above All as Hospital Chaplain
Pacific Rendezvous as Prof. Harvey Lessmore
Nightmare as Sergeant
The Black Swan as The Bishop (uncredited)

1941

The Gay Falcon as Inspector Mike Waldeck
Lady Scarface as Matt Willis
Confirm or Deny as Jeff, Blind Typist

1940

Little Nellie Kelly as Timothy Fogarty

1939

Drums Along the Mohawk as Reverend Rosenkrantz

1936

The Plough and the Stars as Padraic Pearse

1932

The Sign of the Cross as Chaplain Costello (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)

1918

Knocknagow as Phil Lahy