Actor
Arthur Shields
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 ...

Known For
Acting
1962 -- The Pigeon That Took Rome | Monsignor O'Toole
1960 -- For the Love of Mike | Father Walsh
1958 -- Enchanted Island | Jimmy Dooley
1957 -- Daughter of Dr. Jekyll | Dr. Lomas
1956 -- The King and Four Queens | Padre
1956 -- The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure | Boles - Ex-Gardener
1955 -- Lady Godiva of Coventry | Innkeeper
1954 -- River of No Return | Minister at Tent City (uncredited)
1954 -- Pride of the Blue Grass | Wilson
1954 -- World for Ransom | Sean O'Connor
1953 -- Main Street to Broadway | Actor in Fantasy Sequence
1953 -- South Sea Woman | 'Jimmy-legs' Donovan
1953 -- Scandal at Scourie | Father Reilly
1952 -- The Quiet Man | Rev. Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair
1952 -- Jack and the Beanstalk | Patrick the Harp (uncredited)
1951 -- The Barefoot Mailman | Ben Titus
1951 -- The River | Mr. John
1951 -- The People Against O'Hara | Mr. O'Hara
1951 -- Sealed Cargo | Kevin Dolan
1951 -- Apache Drums | Reverend Griffin
1951 -- Blue Blood | Tim Donovan
1950 -- A Wonderful Life | Pastor
1950 -- Tarzan and the Slave Girl | Dr. E.E. Campbell
1949 -- Challenge to Lassie | Dr. Lee
1949 -- She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Dr. O'Laughlin
1949 -- Red Light | Father Redmond
1949 -- The Adventure of the Speckled Band | The Bookshop Man
1949 -- The Fighting O'Flynn | Dooley
1948 -- Tap Roots | Reverend Kirkland
1948 -- My Own True Love | Iverson
1948 -- Fighting Father Dunne | Michael O'Donnell
1947 -- Seven Keys to Baldpate | Prof. Bolton
1947 -- Easy Come, Easy Go | Timothy Mike Donovan
1947 -- The Fabulous Dorseys | Thomas Dorsey Sr.
1947 -- The Shocking Miss Pilgrim | Michael Michael
1946 -- The Verdict | Rev. Holbrook
1946 -- Never Say Goodbye | McCarthy (uncredited)
1946 -- Gallant Journey | Father Kenton
1946 -- Three Strangers | Prosecutor
1945 -- Too Young to Know | Mr. Enright
1945 -- Phantoms, Inc. | Dr. Rupert Trykel
1945 -- The Valley of Decision | Callahan
1945 -- The Corn Is Green | Glyn Thomas
1945 -- Roughly Speaking | Minister (uncredited)
1945 -- National Velvet | Mr. Hallam
1944 -- The Keys of the Kingdom | Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell
1944 -- Youth Runs Wild | Mr. Dunlop
1944 -- The White Cliffs of Dover | Benson (uncredited)
1943 -- Madame Curie | Businessman (uncredited)
1943 -- Lassie Come Home | Andrew
1943 -- The Man from Down Under | Father Polycarp
1943 -- Above Suspicion | Walmer Hotel Porter (Uncredited)
1942 -- The Black Swan | The Bishop (uncredited)
1942 -- Gentleman Jim | Father Burke
1942 -- Nightmare | Sergeant
1942 -- Dr. Renault's Secret | Inspector Duval (uncredited)
1942 -- The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe | Griswald (uncredited)
1942 -- Pacific Rendezvous | Prof. Harvey Lessmore
1942 -- This Above All | Hospital Chaplain
1942 -- Broadway | Pete Dailey
1941 -- Confirm or Deny | Jeff, Blind Typist
1941 -- How Green Was My Valley | Mr. Parry
1941 -- The Gay Falcon | Inspector Mike Waldeck
1941 -- Lady Scarface | Matt Willis
1940 -- Little Nellie Kelly | Timothy Fogarty
1940 -- The Long Voyage Home | Donkeyman
1939 -- Drums Along the Mohawk | Reverend Rosenkrantz
1936 -- The Plough and the Stars | Padraic Pearse
1932 -- The Sign of the Cross | Chaplain Costello (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
1918 -- Knocknagow | Phil Lahy
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