Arthur Shields

Actor

About

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Birth Place

Dublin, IE

Born

February 15, 1896

Died

April 27, 1970

Cause of Death

Emphysema

Filmography

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The Story of Seabiscuit (1949)

Dialogue Director

The Plough and the Stars (1937)

The Wobblies (1979)

The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)

Monsignor O'Toole

Night of the Quarter Moon (1959)

Capt. Tom O'Sullivan

Photos & Videos

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Scandal At Scourie (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Because I'm A Protestant?

Quiet Man, The - (Original Trailer)

Family & Companions

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Laurie Bailey

Wife

Actor. Survived him.

Biography

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

The Story of Seabiscuit (1949)

Dialogue Director

The Plough and the Stars (1937)

Cast (Feature Film)

The Wobblies (1979)

The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)

Monsignor O'Toole

Night of the Quarter Moon (1959)

Capt. Tom O'Sullivan

Enchanted Island (1958)

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957)

The King and Four Queens (1956)

Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955)

River of No Return (1954)

World for Ransom (1954)

Pride of the Blue Grass (1954)

John "Pop" Wilson

Main Street to Broadway (1953)

South Sea Woman (1953)

Jimmylegs Donovan

Scandal at Scourie (1953)

Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)

[voice of] Patrick the Harp

The Quiet Man (1952)

Rev. Cyril Playfair

The People Against O'Hara (1951)

The Barefoot Mailman (1951)

Sealed Cargo (1951)

Blue Blood (1951)

Apache Drums (1951)

Reverend Griffen

The River (1951)

A Wonderful Life (1951)

Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)

Challenge to Lassie (1949)

Red Light (1949)

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

My Own True Love (1949)

The Fighting O'Flynn (1949)

Tap Roots (1948)

Reverend Kirkland

Fighting Father Dunne (1948)

Mr. [Michael] O'Donnell

Easy Come, Easy Go (1947)

[Timothy] Mike Donovan

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)

Michael Michael

The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)

Mr. Thomas Dorsey

Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947)

Professor Bolton

Three Strangers (1946)

The Verdict (1946)

Gallant Journey (1946)

Never Say Goodbye (1946)

National Velvet (1945)

Too Young to Know (1945)

The Corn Is Green (1945)

Roughly Speaking (1945)

The Keys of the Kingdom (1945)

The Valley of Decision (1945)

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

Street preacher

Youth Runs Wild (1944)

Madame Curie (1944)

The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)

Lassie Come Home (1943)

The Man from Down Under (1943)

Father Polycarp

Above Suspicion (1943)

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942)

Somes the proctor

Broadway (1942)

Gentleman Jim (1942)

Pacific Rendezvous (1942)

Professor Harvey Lessmore

Dr. Renault's Secret (1942)

Inspector Duval

The Black Swan (1942)

This Above All (1942)

Nightmare (1942)

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942)

Random Harvest (1942)

How Green Was My Valley (1941)

Lady Scarface (1941)

The Gay Falcon (1941)

Inspector Mike Waldeck

Confirm or Deny (1941)

The Long Voyage Home (1940)

Little Nellie Kelly (1940)

Timothy Fogarty

Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

Reverend Rosenkrantz

The Plough and the Stars (1937)

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Top O' the Morning (1949)

Technical Advisor

Cast (Special)

For the Love of Mike (1960)

Cast (Short)

Phantoms, Inc. (1945)

Life Events

Videos

Scandal At Scourie (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Because I'm A Protestant? Irish-born Ontarian Mrs. McChesney (Greer Garson) has just failed in her scheme to cause Quebec orphan Patsy (Donna Corcoran) to miss her train west with the nuns, so she makes a spontaneous offer to Sister Josephine (Agnes Moorehead), Arthur Shields the local priest, in MGM's Scandal At Scourie, 1953.

Gentleman Jim (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Come Out Fighting San Franciscan Errol Flynn (title character, Jim Corbett), cited by experts as among the most naturally gifted actors ever to play a fighter, squares off with Burke (Jack Foster) a former champ, Jack Carson, Alexis Smith, Alan Hale, Arthur Shields supporting, in Warner Bros.’ Gentleman Jim, 1942.

She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (1949) -- (Movie Clip) He'll Live To Make Sergeant The famous and largely accidental "lightning" sequence which won cinematographer Winton Hoch his Academy Award, in which Brittles (John Wayne) helps the doctor (Arthur Shields) and Abby (Mildred Natwick) save an injured soldier in John Ford's She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, 1949.

River, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) It Brought A Young Man Further exposition, June Hillman reading from Rumer Godden's novel, from the perspective of young Harriet (Patricia Walter), emphasis this time on Valerie (Adrienne Corri), the parents (Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight) and especially Nan (Suprova Mukerjee), early in Jean Renoir's The River, 1951.

River, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Hindus Believe In One God Narration by June Hillman, in the voice of author Rumer Godden and the character Harriet (Patricia Walters), continues, as director Jean Renoir depicts the Indian festival Diwali, Thomas E. Breen as visiting "Captain John," in The River, 1951.

River, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) The Story Of My First Love Narration by June Hillman, text from the novel by Rumer Godden, cinematography by the director's nephew Claude, shooting on location on the Hooghly river in West Bengal, north of Calcutta, India, opening Jean Renoir's celebrated The River, 1951.

How Green Was My Valley (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Here's A Man Won't Get Drunk After the wedding of Welsh Bronwyn (Anna Lee) and Owen (Patric Knowles), his young brother Huw watches, the new preacher and celebrant (Walter Pidgeon) arrives, greeted by sister (Maureen O'Hara), and the father (Donald Crisp) with a nutty dance, director John Ford loving it, in How Green Was My Valley, 1941.

Lady Scarface (1941) -- (Movie Clip) His Yappin' Days Are Over Businesslike opening, Huntley Gordon as a banker likely up to no good on the phone when the cleaning lady (Judith Anderson, title character) and her gang (Arthur Shields, Harry Burns, Horace MacMahon, Marc Lawrence) turn the tables, in the RKO programmer Lady Scarface, 1941.

Enchanted Island (1958) -- (Movie Clip) The Wind Stinks Of Sin Allan Dwan opens his final film, on location on the Mexican Pacific coast, from Herman Melville's novel Typee, introducing sailors Dana Andrews and Don Dubbins, island pimp Arthur Shields, officer Les Hellman and Ted de Corsia their cruel captain, in Enchanted Island, 1958, also starring Jane Powell.

Gallant Journey (1946) -- (Movie Clip) The Only Way Down Santa Clara, California, 1905, inventor John Montgomery (Glenn Ford), medically precluded from flying, launches pal Dan (Jimmy Lloyd) on a test flight, girlfriend Regina (Janet Blair) and sponsor Father Kenton (Arthur Shields) cheering, in the William A. Wellman bio-pic Gallant Journey, 1946.

Quiet Man, The - (Original Trailer) John Wayne is an Irish-born ex-boxer who retires to Ireland and searches for the proper wife in John Ford's The Quiet Man (1952).

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon - (Original Trailer) An aging Cavalry officer (John Wayne) tries to pervent an Indian war in the last days before his retirement in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949).

Family

Barry Fitzgerald

Brother

Actor.

Companions

Laurie Bailey

Wife

Actor. Survived him.

Bibliography

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