Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1896-02-15
Day of Death
1970-04-27
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
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 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
Filmography (70)
The Pigeon That Took Rome
1962
For the Love of Mike
1960
Enchanted Island
1958
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
1957
The King and Four Queens
1956
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure
1956
Lady Godiva of Coventry
1955
River of No Return
1954
Pride of the Blue Grass
1954
World for Ransom
1954
Main Street to Broadway
1953
South Sea Woman
1953
Scandal at Scourie
1953
The Quiet Man
1952
