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Arthur Shields
Known for: ActingFrom 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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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
as Dr. O'Laughlin 
How Green Was My Valley
as Mr. Parry 
The Quiet Man
as Rev. Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair 
Tap Roots
as Reverend Kirkland 
Lassie Come Home
as Andrew 
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Reverend Rosenkrantz 
The Keys of the Kingdom
as Fr. Fitzgerald, Dean at Holywell 
The Long Voyage Home
as Donkeyman 
The King and Four Queens
as Padre 
Lady Godiva of Coventry
as Innkeeper 
National Velvet
as Mr. Hallam 
The River
as Mr. John 
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Patrick the Harp (voice, uncredited) 
The Valley of Decision
as Callahan 
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
as Dr. E.E. Campbell 
Three Strangers
as Prosecutor 
The People Against O'Hara
as Mr. O'Hara 
Gentleman Jim
as Father Burke 
Apache Drums
as Reverend Griffin 
The Corn Is Green
as Glyn Thomas 
The Plough and the Stars
as Padraic Pearse 
South Sea Woman
as 'Jimmy-legs' Donovan 
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
as Michael Michael 
This Above All
as Hospital Chaplain 
The Gay Falcon
as Inspector Mike Waldeck 
Nightmare
as Sergeant 
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
as Dr. Lomas 
Challenge to Lassie
as Dr. Lee 
Roughly Speaking
as Minister (uncredited) 
The Fabulous Dorseys
as Thomas Dorsey Sr.