
Arthur Shields
Born February 15, 1896 · Dublin, 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 Wikipedia
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National Velvet

The Sign of the Cross

The White Cliffs of Dover

The Long Voyage Home

Drums Along the Mohawk

Jack and the Beanstalk

The River

The People Against O'Hara

Tarzan and the Slave Girl

Three Strangers

Main Street to Broadway

Apache Drums

The Corn Is Green

The Man from Down Under

South Sea Woman

Madame Curie

Easy Come, Easy Go

The Verdict

The Plough and the Stars

Dr. Renault's Secret

Gentleman Jim

Above Suspicion

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll

The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure

For the Love of Mike

This Above All

Never Say Goodbye

The Gay Falcon

My Own True Love

Pride of the Blue Grass

The Pigeon That Took Rome

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

The Fighting O'Flynn

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

Too Young to Know

Seven Keys to Baldpate

The Adventure of the Speckled Band

Youth Runs Wild

Gallant Journey

Broadway

Challenge to Lassie

Confirm or Deny

Nightmare

Phantoms, Inc.

Lady Scarface

Sealed Cargo

Roughly Speaking

Scandal at Scourie

Red Light

Little Nellie Kelly

World for Ransom

Enchanted Island

Fighting Father Dunne

Pacific Rendezvous

The Fabulous Dorseys

The Barefoot Mailman

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