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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.
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Filmography
all 85
Movies 70
TV Shows 15
The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)
For the Love of Mike (1960)
Play of the Week (1959)
Bonanza (1959)
One Step Beyond (1959)
Rawhide (1959)
Enchanted Island (1958)
Bat Masterson (1958)
Perry Mason (1957)
Wagon Train (1957)
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957)
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure (1956)
The Hardy Boys (1956)
Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955)
The Millionaire (1955)
River of No Return (1954)
World for Ransom (1954)
Main Street to Broadway (1953)
South Sea Woman (1953)
Scandal at Scourie (1953)
The Life Of Riley (1953)
The Quiet Man (1952)
Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
The Barefoot Mailman (1951)
The River (1951)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Sealed Cargo (1951)
Apache Drums (1951)
Blue Blood (1951)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
Red Light (1949)
The Adventure of the Speckled Band (1949)
Your Show Time (1949)
Tap Roots (1948)
My Own True Love (1948)
Fighting Father Dunne (1948)
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947)
Easy Come, Easy Go (1947)
The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)
The Verdict (1946)
Never Say Goodbye (1946)
Gallant Journey (1946)
Three Strangers (1946)
Too Young to Know (1945)
Phantoms, Inc. (1945)
The Corn Is Green (1945)
Roughly Speaking (1945)
National Velvet (1945)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Youth Runs Wild (1944)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Madame Curie (1943)
The Man from Down Under (1943)
Above Suspicion (1943)
The Black Swan (1942)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Nightmare (1942)
Dr. Renault's Secret (1942)
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942)
Pacific Rendezvous (1942)
This Above All (1942)
Broadway (1942)
Confirm or Deny (1941)
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
The Gay Falcon (1941)
Lady Scarface (1941)
Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
The Long Voyage Home (1940)
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
The Plough and the Stars (1936)
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Knocknagow (1918)
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GenderMale
Birthday1896-02-15
Deathday1970-04-27 (74 years old)
Birth PlaceDublin, Ireland
SiblingsBarry Fitzgerald
CitizenshipsRepublic of Ireland
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