
Arthur Shields
Born: 1896-02-15
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
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
Known For

The Valley of Decision

Tap Roots

Madame Curie

Broadway

The Plough and the Stars

Youth Runs Wild

The King and Four Queens

The River

Enchanted Island

World for Ransom

The Long Voyage Home

The Quiet Man

National Velvet

Sealed Cargo

Jack and the Beanstalk

Red Light

The Black Swan

The Barefoot Mailman

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Lassie Come Home

Nightmare

How Green Was My Valley

Fighting Father Dunne

Lady Godiva of Coventry

Drums Along the Mohawk

River of No Return

Phantoms, Inc.

The Keys of the Kingdom

This Above All

The Gay Falcon

The White Cliffs of Dover

Never Say Goodbye

The Sign of the Cross

Gentleman Jim

Confirm or Deny

Little Nellie Kelly

Above Suspicion

Apache Drums

Three Strangers

Main Street to Broadway

Dr. Renault's Secret

Tarzan and the Slave Girl

South Sea Woman

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll

The Corn Is Green

The People Against O'Hara

The Verdict

Lady Scarface

Gallant Journey

Scandal at Scourie

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Knocknagow

Blue Blood

Roughly Speaking

The Fabulous Dorseys

Pride of the Blue Grass

Too Young to Know

Challenge to Lassie

The Man from Down Under

The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure

The Pigeon That Took Rome

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

For the Love of Mike

The Adventure of the Speckled Band

Pacific Rendezvous

The Fighting O'Flynn

My Own True Love
