Arthur Shields
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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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Acting
Movie
The Quiet Man
as Rev. Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair
1952
Movie
River of No Return
as Minister at Tent City (uncredited)
1954
TV
Bonanza
as Dennis
1959
Movie
How Green Was My Valley
as Mr. Parry
1941
Movie
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
as Dr. O'Laughlin
1949
Movie
Lassie Come Home
as Andrew
1943
TV
Perry Mason
as Dr. George Barnes
1957
Movie
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Reverend Rosenkrantz
1939
Movie
The River
as Mr. John
1951
Movie
National Velvet
as Mr. Hallam
1945
Movie
The Long Voyage Home
as Donkeyman
1940
Movie
The Black Swan
as The Bishop (uncredited)
1942
Movie
Gentleman Jim
as Father Burke
1942
Movie
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Patrick the Harp (uncredited)
1952
Movie
The Keys of the Kingdom
as Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell
1944
Movie
Madame Curie
as Businessman (uncredited)
1943
Movie
The Sign of the Cross
as Chaplain Costello (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
1932
Movie
The Verdict
as Rev. Holbrook
1946
TV
Rawhide
1959
TV
Rawhide
as Sam Cartwright
1959
TV
Maverick
as Terence Fogarty
1957
Movie
Above Suspicion
as Walmer Hotel Porter (Uncredited)
1943
Movie
The Corn Is Green
as Glyn Thomas
1945
Movie
Three Strangers
as Prosecutor
1946