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

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

The Quiet Man

as Rev. Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair

1952

Jack and the Beanstalk

as Patrick the Harp (uncredited)

1949

Red Light

as Father Redmond

1953

Main Street to Broadway

as Actor in Fantasy Sequence

1954

World for Ransom

as Sean O'Connor

1946

Three Strangers

as Prosecutor

1946

The Verdict

as Rev. Holbrook

1949

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

as Dr. O'Laughlin

1951

1941

1947

The Fabulous Dorseys

as Thomas Dorsey Sr.

1945

The Corn Is Green

as Glyn Thomas

1940

Little Nellie Kelly

as Timothy Fogarty

1945

1949

1941

The Gay Falcon

as Inspector Mike Waldeck

1951

The River

as Mr. John

1944

The Keys of the Kingdom

as Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell

1932

The Sign of the Cross

as Chaplain Costello (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)

1940

1939

Drums Along the Mohawk

as Reverend Rosenkrantz

1951

Apache Drums

as Reverend Griffin

1944

Youth Runs Wild

as Mr. Dunlop

1948

1941

Lady Scarface

as Matt Willis

1942

Broadway

as Pete Dailey

1953

South Sea Woman

as 'Jimmy-legs' Donovan

1947

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

as Michael Michael

1955

1943

1957

1950

Tarzan and the Slave Girl

as Dr. E.E. Campbell

1962

The Pigeon That Took Rome

as Monsignor O'Toole

1958

Enchanted Island

as Jimmy Dooley

1953

Scandal at Scourie

as Father Reilly

1918

Knocknagow

as Phil Lahy

1947

Easy Come, Easy Go

as Timothy Mike Donovan

1943

The Man from Down Under

as Father Polycarp

1948

Fighting Father Dunne

as Michael O'Donnell

1950

1949

1945

Roughly Speaking

as Minister (uncredited)

1941

Confirm or Deny

as Jeff, Blind Typist

1954

River of No Return

as Minister at Tent City (uncredited)

1951

1945

Too Young to Know

as Mr. Enright

1936

The Plough and the Stars

as Padraic Pearse

1942

Gentleman Jim

as Father Burke

1946

Never Say Goodbye

as McCarthy (uncredited)

1942

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

as Griswald (uncredited)

1945

Phantoms, Inc.

as Dr. Rupert Trykel

1960

For the Love of Mike

as Father Walsh

1947

Seven Keys to Baldpate

as Prof. Bolton

1948

Tap Roots

as Reverend Kirkland

1951

Sealed Cargo

as Kevin Dolan

1944

The White Cliffs of Dover

as Benson (uncredited)

1945

National Velvet

as Mr. Hallam

1946

Gallant Journey

as Father Kenton

1942

Dr. Renault's Secret

as Inspector Duval (uncredited)

1942

This Above All

as Hospital Chaplain

1943

Above Suspicion

as Walmer Hotel Porter (Uncredited)

1943

Madame Curie

as Businessman (uncredited)

1942

Pacific Rendezvous

as Prof. Harvey Lessmore

1951

Blue Blood

as Tim Donovan

1942

Nightmare

as Sergeant

1942

The Black Swan

as The Bishop (uncredited)

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