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83
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Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Arthur Shields
Acting
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Movies: 69Series: 14
TMDB ID: 22603
IMDb ID: nm0793168
Known for: Acting
Born: February 15, 1896
Died: April 27, 1970
Age: 74
Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1918 - 1962
Years active: 45
Average TMDB rating: 6.61
Wikidata: Q2865338
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 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.
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Movie credits linked with Arthur Shields.
5.3
The Pigeon That Took Rome
as Monsignor O'Toole
1962 Movie
5.0
For the Love of Mike
as Father Walsh
1960 Movie
4.5
Enchanted Island
as Jimmy Dooley
1958 Movie
5.7
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
as Dr. Lomas
1957 Movie
5.5
The King and Four Queens
as Padre
1956 Movie
9.0
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure
as Boles - Ex-Gardener
1956 Movie
5.3
Lady Godiva of Coventry
as Innkeeper
1955 Movie
6.7
River of No Return
as Minister at Tent City (uncredited)
1954 Movie
Pride of the Blue Grass
as Wilson
1954 Movie
5.1
World for Ransom
as Sean O'Connor
1954 Movie
6.5
Main Street to Broadway
as Actor in Fantasy Sequence
1953 Movie
4.4
South Sea Woman
as 'Jimmy-legs' Donovan
1953 Movie
6.7
Scandal at Scourie
as Father Reilly
1953 Movie
7.3
The Quiet Man
as Rev. Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair
1952 Movie
5.6
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Patrick the Harp (uncredited)
1952 Movie
4.0
The Barefoot Mailman
as Ben Titus
1951 Movie
7.2
The River
as Mr. John
1951 Movie
5.7
The People Against O'Hara
as Mr. O'Hara
1951 Movie
6.4
Sealed Cargo
as Kevin Dolan
1951 Movie
6.3
Apache Drums
as Reverend Griffin
1951 Movie
Blue Blood
as Tim Donovan
1951 Movie
5.4
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
as Dr. E.E. Campbell
1950 Movie
4.8
Challenge to Lassie
as Dr. Lee
1949 Movie
6.9
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
as Dr. O'Laughlin
1949 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Arthur Shields.
Play of the Week
as Monsignor • 1 eps
1959 Series
7.5
Bonanza
as Dennis • 1 eps
1959 Series
5.6
One Step Beyond
as Simon Lockhart • 1 eps
1959 Series
7.2
Rawhide
1959 Series
6.1
Bat Masterson
as Dana Ruggles • 2 eps
1958 Series
6.9
Maverick
as Terence Fogarty • 1 eps
1957 Series
7.7
Perry Mason
as Dr. George Barnes • 1 eps
1957 Series
6.6
Wagon Train
as Judge Tremayne • 1 eps
1957 Series
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Jaspar • 1 eps
1956 Series
8.8
The Hardy Boys
as Boles • 20 eps
1956 Series
5.0
The Millionaire
as J. Peveril 'Pev' Johnson • 1 eps
1955 Series
6.0
The Life Of Riley
as Mr. Winkley • 1 eps
1953 Series
6.0
Omnibus
as Jacob O'Shaughnessy • 1 eps
1952 Series
7.5
Kraft Television Theatre
2 eps
1947 Series