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 Fords The Quiet Man, opposite John Wayne, Maureen OHara 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 Fords 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
Rev. Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair
Film 1952
Patrick the Harp (uncredited)
Film 1952
Father Redmond
Film 1949
Actor in Fantasy Sequence
Film 1953
Sean O'Connor
Film 1954
Prosecutor
Film 1946
Rev. Holbrook
Film 1946
Dr. O'Laughlin
Film 1949
Mr. Parry
Film 1941
Thomas Dorsey Sr.
Film 1947
Glyn Thomas
Film 1945
Timothy Fogarty
Film 1940
Inspector Mike Waldeck
Film 1941
Mr. John
Film 1951
Chaplain Costello (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
Film 1932
Reverend Griffin
Film 1951
Iverson
Film 1948
Matt Willis
Film 1941
Pete Dailey
Film 1942
'Jimmy-legs' Donovan
Film 1953
Wilson
Film 1954
Michael Michael
Film 1947
Innkeeper
Film 1955
Andrew
Film 1943
Monsignor O'Toole
Film 1962
Father Reilly
Film 1953
Phil Lahy
Film 1918
Timothy Mike Donovan
Film 1947
Father Polycarp
Film 1943
Michael O'Donnell
Film 1948
Padre
Film 1956
Pastor
Film 1950
The Bookshop Man
Film 1949
Minister (uncredited)
Film 1945
Dooley
Film 1949
Minister at Tent City (uncredited)
Film 1954
Ben Titus
Film 1951
Boles - Ex-Gardener
Film 1956
Mr. Enright
Film 1945
Padraic Pearse
Film 1936
Father Burke
Film 1942
McCarthy (uncredited)
Film 1946
Griswald (uncredited)
Film 1942
Father Walsh
Film 1960
Prof. Bolton
Film 1947
Kevin Dolan
Film 1951
Benson (uncredited)
Film 1944
Mr. Hallam
Film 1945
Father Kenton
Film 1946
Inspector Duval (uncredited)
Film 1942
Hospital Chaplain
Film 1942
Walmer Hotel Porter (Uncredited)
Film 1943
Businessman (uncredited)
Film 1943
Tim Donovan
Film 1951
Sergeant
Film 1942
The Bishop (uncredited)
Film 1942
Tv 1952
Dr. George Barnes
Tv 1957
Tv 1959
J. Peveril 'Pev' Johnson
Tv 1955
Michael
Tv 1950
Simon Lockhart
Tv 1959
Dana Ruggles
Tv 1958
Judge Tremayne
Tv 1957
Sam Cartwright
Tv 1959
Tv 1949
Tv 1957
Boles
Tv 1956
Uncle Dan
Tv 1950
Mr. Winkley
Tv 1953