Arthur Shields
Birthday: 1896-02-15 | Place of Birth: Dublin, IrelandFrom 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
Known For
Acting
Role
as Monsignor O'Toole
as Jimmy Dooley
as Dr. Lomas
as Padre
as Innkeeper
as Minister at Tent City (uncredited)
as Sean O'Connor
as 'Jimmy-legs' Donovan
as Rev. Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair
as Ben Titus
as Kevin Dolan
as Mr. John
as Reverend Griffin
as Dr. E.E. Campbell
as Dooley
as Dr. O'Laughlin
as Iverson
as Reverend Kirkland
as Michael Michael
as Prosecutor
as Dr. Rupert Trykel
as Glyn Thomas
as Mr. Enright
as Father Polycarp
as Inspector Duval (uncredited)
as Prof. Harvey Lessmore
as Inspector Mike Waldeck
as Jeff, Blind Typist
as Timothy Fogarty
as Reverend Rosenkrantz
