profile image

Arthur Shields

Feb 15, 1896 - Apr 27, 1970 (74 years old) in 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

Known For

poster
Wagon Train
Judge Tremayne
poster
Perry Mason
Dr. George Barnes
poster
The Life Of Riley
Mr. Winkley
poster
Bonanza
Dennis
poster
The Black Swan
The Bishop (uncredited)
poster
Maverick
poster
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Jaspar
poster
Lux Video Theatre
Michael
poster
Rawhide
poster
One Step Beyond
Simon Lockhart

Credits

Images

image
image