Arthur Shields
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1896-02-15 (74 years old)
Deathday
1970-04-27
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Also known As
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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 resid...
Acting
1952
as Rev. Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair
1952
as Patrick the Harp (uncredited)
1949
as Father Redmond
1953
as Actor in Fantasy Sequence
1954
as Sean O'Connor
1946
as Prosecutor
1946
as Rev. Holbrook
1949
as Dr. O'Laughlin
1951
as Mr. O'Hara
1941
as Mr. Parry
1947
as Thomas Dorsey Sr.
1945
as Glyn Thomas
1940
as Timothy Fogarty
1945
as Callahan
1949
as Dr. Lee
1941
as Inspector Mike Waldeck
1951
as Mr. John
1944
as Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell
1932
as Chaplain Costello (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
1940
as Donkeyman
1939
as Reverend Rosenkrantz
1951
as Reverend Griffin
1944
as Mr. Dunlop
1948
as Iverson
1941
as Matt Willis
1942
as Pete Dailey
1953
as 'Jimmy-legs' Donovan
1954
as Wilson
1947
as Michael Michael
1955
as Innkeeper
1943
as Andrew
1957
as Dr. Lomas
1950
as Dr. E.E. Campbell
1962
as Monsignor O'Toole
1958
as Jimmy Dooley
1953
as Father Reilly
1918
as Phil Lahy
1947
as Timothy Mike Donovan
1943
as Father Polycarp
1948
as Michael O'Donnell
1956
as Padre
1950
as Pastor
1949
as The Bookshop Man
1945
as Minister (uncredited)
1949
as Dooley
1941
as Jeff, Blind Typist
1954
as Minister at Tent City (uncredited)
1951
as Ben Titus
1956
as Boles - Ex-Gardener
1945
as Mr. Enright
1936
as Padraic Pearse
1942
as Father Burke
1946
as McCarthy (uncredited)
1942
as Griswald (uncredited)
1945
as Dr. Rupert Trykel
1960
as Father Walsh
1947
as Prof. Bolton
1948
as Reverend Kirkland
1951
as Kevin Dolan
1944
as Benson (uncredited)
1945
as Mr. Hallam
1946
as Father Kenton
1942
as Inspector Duval (uncredited)
1942
as Hospital Chaplain
1943
as Walmer Hotel Porter (Uncredited)
1943
as Businessman (uncredited)
1942
as Prof. Harvey Lessmore
1951
as Tim Donovan
1942
as Sergeant
1942
as The Bishop (uncredited)
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