Arthur Shields

Known for ActingBorn 1896-02-15Died 1970-04-27Dublin, Ireland

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 WikipediaRead more

Movies & web series

Blue Blood

A Wonderful Life

Your Show Time

The Hardy Boys

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

Play of the Week

The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure

Pride of the Blue Grass

Perry Mason

Kraft Television Theatre

Bonanza

Fighting Father Dunne

Pacific Rendezvous

Rawhide

The Quiet Man

Main Street to Broadway

The Fighting O'Flynn

How Green Was My Valley

The River

The Corn Is Green

The Valley of Decision

National Velvet

Madame Curie

Gentleman Jim

Maverick

The Keys of the Kingdom

Omnibus

Easy Come, Easy Go

Too Young to Know

Scandal at Scourie

The Man from Down Under

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Tap Roots

Crossroads

Roughly Speaking

River of No Return

The Life Of Riley

This Above All

Little Nellie Kelly

Lux Video Theatre

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Wagon Train

The White Cliffs of Dover

Lassie Come Home

The Barefoot Mailman

Sealed Cargo

The Long Voyage Home

Bat Masterson