Arthur Shields
Born February 15, 1896 (Age: 130)
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Dublin, Ireland
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Shields, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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
The Pigeon That Took Rome
1962
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as Monsignor O'Toole
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Age: 66
For the Love of Mike
1960
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as Father Walsh
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Age: 64
Enchanted Island
1958
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as Jimmy Dooley
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Age: 62
The King and Four Queens
1956
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as Padre
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Age: 60
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure
1956
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as Boles - Ex-Gardener
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Age: 60
Lady Godiva of Coventry
1955
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as Innkeeper
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Age: 59
River of No Return
1954
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as Minister at Tent City (uncredited)
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Age: 58
Pride of the Blue Grass
1954
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as Wilson
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Age: 58
World for Ransom
1954
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as Sean O'Connor
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Age: 57
Main Street to Broadway
1953
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as Actor in Fantasy Sequence
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Age: 57
South Sea Woman
1953
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as 'Jimmy-legs' Donovan
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Age: 57
Scandal at Scourie
1953
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as Father Reilly
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Age: 57
No Image
A Wonderful Life
1950
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as Pastor
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Age: 54
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
1950
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as Dr. E.E. Campbell
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Age: 54
Too Young to Know
1945
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as Mr. Enright
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Age: 49
Phantoms, Inc.
1945
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as Dr. Rupert Trykel
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Age: 49
The Valley of Decision
1945
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as Callahan
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Age: 49
The Corn Is Green
1945
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as Glyn Thomas
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Age: 49
Roughly Speaking
1945
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as Minister (uncredited)
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Age: 48
National Velvet
1945
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as Mr. Hallam
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Age: 48
The Black Swan
1942
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as The Bishop (uncredited)
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Age: 46
Gentleman Jim
1942
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as Father Burke
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Age: 46
Nightmare
1942
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as Sergeant
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Age: 46
Dr. Renault's Secret
1942
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as Inspector Duval (uncredited)
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Age: 46
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
1942
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as Griswald (uncredited)
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Age: 46
Pacific Rendezvous
1942
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as Prof. Harvey Lessmore
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Age: 46
This Above All
1942
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as Hospital Chaplain
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Age: 46
Broadway
1942
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as Pete Dailey
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Age: 46
Confirm or Deny
1941
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as Jeff, Blind Typist
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Age: 45
How Green Was My Valley
1941
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as Mr. Parry
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Age: 45
The Gay Falcon
1941
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as Inspector Mike Waldeck
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Age: 45
Lady Scarface
1941
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as Matt Willis
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Age: 45
The Sign of the Cross
1932
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as Chaplain Costello (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
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Age: 36