Acting credits
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: 6.63
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Arthur Shields.
as Monsignor O'Toole
The Pigeon That Took Rome
1962 • Movie
as Father Walsh
For the Love of Mike
1960 • Movie
as Jimmy Dooley
Enchanted Island
1958 • Movie
as Dr. Lomas
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
1957 • Movie
as Padre
The King and Four Queens
1956 • Movie
as Boles - Ex-Gardener
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure
1956 • Movie
as Innkeeper
Lady Godiva of Coventry
1955 • Movie
as Minister at Tent City (uncredited)
River of No Return
1954 • Movie
as Wilson
Pride of the Blue Grass
1954 • Movie
as Sean O'Connor
World for Ransom
1954 • Movie
as Actor in Fantasy Sequence
Main Street to Broadway
1953 • Movie
as 'Jimmy-legs' Donovan
South Sea Woman
1953 • Movie
as Father Reilly
Scandal at Scourie
1953 • Movie
as Rev. Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair
The Quiet Man
1952 • Movie
as Patrick the Harp (uncredited)
Jack and the Beanstalk
1952 • Movie
as Ben Titus
The Barefoot Mailman
1951 • Movie
as Mr. John
The River
1951 • Movie
as Mr. O'Hara
The People Against O'Hara
1951 • Movie
as Kevin Dolan
Sealed Cargo
1951 • Movie
as Reverend Griffin
Apache Drums
1951 • Movie
as Tim Donovan
Blue Blood
1951 • Movie
as Dr. E.E. Campbell
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
1950 • Movie
as Dr. Lee
Challenge to Lassie
1949 • Movie
as Dr. O'Laughlin
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Arthur Shields.
as Monsignor • 1 eps
Play of the Week
1959 • Series
as Dennis • 1 eps
Bonanza
1959 • Series
as Simon Lockhart • 1 eps
One Step Beyond
1959 • Series
Rawhide
1959 • Series
as Dana Ruggles • 2 eps
Bat Masterson
1958 • Series
as Terence Fogarty • 1 eps
Maverick
1957 • Series
as Dr. George Barnes • 1 eps
Perry Mason
1957 • Series
as Judge Tremayne • 1 eps
Wagon Train
1957 • Series
as Jaspar • 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 • Series
as Boles • 20 eps
The Hardy Boys
1956 • Series
as J. Peveril 'Pev' Johnson • 1 eps
The Millionaire
1955 • Series
as Mr. Winkley • 1 eps
The Life Of Riley
1953 • Series
as Jacob O'Shaughnessy • 1 eps
Omnibus
1952 • Series
2 eps
Kraft Television Theatre
1947 • Series