Arthur Shields

Known for

Acting

Born

February 15, 1896

Birthplace

Dublin, Ireland

Died

April 27, 1970 (aged 74)

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 Barb...

Best known work

The Quiet Man

1952

Bonanza

1959

River of No Return

1954

How Green Was My Valley

1941

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1949

Lassie Come Home

1943

Perry Mason

1957

The River

1951

Drums Along the Mohawk

1939

National Velvet

1945

Filmography

1962
The Pigeon That Took Rome
as Monsignor O'Toole
1960
For the Love of Mike
as Father Walsh
1959
Play of the WeekTV
as Monsignor (1 episode)
1959
BonanzaTV
as Dennis (1 episode)
1959
One Step BeyondTV
as Simon Lockhart (1 episode)
1959
RawhideTV
as Sam Cartwright (1 episode)
1958
Enchanted Island
as Jimmy Dooley
1958
Bat MastersonTV
as Dana Ruggles (2 episodes)
1957
MaverickTV
as Terence Fogarty (1 episode)
1957
Perry MasonTV
as Dr. George Barnes (1 episode)
1957
Wagon TrainTV
as Judge Tremayne (1 episode)
1957
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
as Dr. Lomas
1956
The King and Four Queens
as Padre
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreTV
as Jaspar (1 episode)
1956
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure
as Boles - Ex-Gardener
1956
The Hardy BoysTV
as Boles (20 episodes)
1955
Lady Godiva of Coventry
as Innkeeper
1955
CrossroadsTV
as Reverend Zaccara (1 episode)
1955
The MillionaireTV
as J. Peveril 'Pev' Johnson (1 episode)
1954
River of No Return
as Minister at Tent City (uncredited)
1954
Pride of the Blue Grass
as Wilson
1954
World for Ransom
as Sean O'Connor
1953
Main Street to Broadway
as Actor in Fantasy Sequence
1953
South Sea Woman
as 'Jimmy-legs' Donovan
1953
Scandal at Scourie
as Father Reilly