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