Arthur Shields
Known for: Acting
Born: February 15, 1896
Died: April 27, 1970
Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland
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
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Filmography
70 movies · 17 TV shows, newest first
5.3
The Pigeon That Took Rome
1962
6.0
For the Love of Mike
1960
8.0
Play of the Week
1959
7.5
Bonanza
1959
5.7
One Step Beyond
1959
7.2
Rawhide
1959
4.9
Enchanted Island
1958
6.4
Bat Masterson
1958
7.0
Maverick
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
1957
5.8
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
1957
5.6
The King and Four Queens
1956
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
8.0
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure
1956
8.8
The Hardy Boys
1956
5.5
Lady Godiva of Coventry
1955
6.8
Crossroads
1955
5.8
The Millionaire
1955
6.7
River of No Return
1954
8.0
Pride of the Blue Grass
1954
5.3
World for Ransom
1954
7.3
Main Street to Broadway
1953
5.0
South Sea Woman
1953
6.9
Scandal at Scourie
1953
6.7
The Life Of Riley
1953
7.0
Omnibus
1952
7.3
The Quiet Man
1952
5.7
Jack and the Beanstalk
1952
6.5
The Barefoot Mailman
1951
7.2
The River
1951
5.8
The People Against O'Hara
1951
6.5
Sealed Cargo
1951
6.3
Apache Drums
1951
10.0
Blue Blood
19516.7
Lux Video Theatre
19509.0
A Wonderful Life
1950
5.6
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
1950
5.5
Challenge to Lassie
1949
6.9
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
5.9
Red Light
1949
NR
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
1949
7.3
The Fighting O'Flynn
19499.0
Your Show Time
1949
6.9
Tap Roots
1948
6.3
My Own True Love
1948
7.5
Fighting Father Dunne
1948
6.7
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1947
7.8
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
7.0
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947
5.8
The Fabulous Dorseys
1947
8.8
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947
6.3
Never Say Goodbye
1946
6.5
The Verdict
1946
6.5
Gallant Journey
1946
6.4
Three Strangers
1946
7.0
Too Young to Know
1945
6.0
Phantoms, Inc.
1945
7.2
The Valley of Decision
1945
7.2
The Corn Is Green
1945
6.8
Roughly Speaking
1945
7.2
National Velvet
1945
7.1
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944
4.5
Youth Runs Wild
1944
6.7
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944
7.2
Madame Curie
1943
6.7
Lassie Come Home
1943
7.0
The Man from Down Under
1943
6.2
Above Suspicion
1943
6.5
The Black Swan
1942
7.2
Gentleman Jim
1942
6.3
Nightmare
1942
5.5
Dr. Renault's Secret
1942
6.1
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
1942
7.5
Pacific Rendezvous
1942
6.8
This Above All
1942
6.4
Broadway
1942
4.8
Confirm or Deny
1941
7.3
How Green Was My Valley
1941
6.3
The Gay Falcon
1941
5.4
Lady Scarface
1941
6.8
Little Nellie Kelly
1940
6.6
The Long Voyage Home
1940
6.5
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
5.7
The Plough and the Stars
1936
6.4
The Sign of the Cross
1932
5.8
Knocknagow
1918