Arthur Shields [22603] Gender: Male Popularity: 0.5929 Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland Birthday: 1896-02-15 Deathday: 1970-04-27 Age: 74 years Movies: 70 Links: Homepage, IMDB 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 The Pigeon That 1962-06-19 For the Love of 1960-08-28 Enchanted Island1958-11-08 Daughter of Dr. 1957-06-28 The King and Fou1956-12-21 The Hardy Boys: 1956-10-02 Lady Godiva of C1955-11-02 River of No Retu1954-04-30 Pride of the Blu1954-04-04 World for Ransom1954-01-31 Main Street to B1953-10-12 South Sea Woman1953-06-27 Scandal at Scour1953-05-17 The Quiet Man1952-07-21 Jack and the Bea1952-04-07 The Barefoot Mai1951-12-03 The River1951-09-10 The People Again1951-09-01 Sealed Cargo1951-05-19 Apache Drums1951-04-01 Blue Blood1951-01-28 A Wonderful Life1950-08-10 Tarzan and the S1950-06-23 Challenge to Las1949-10-31 Red Light1949-09-30 She Wore a Yello1949-10-22 The Adventure of1949-03-25 The Fighting O'F1949-02-26 Tap Roots1948-08-25 My Own True Love1948-07-01 Fighting Father 1948-05-12 Seven Keys to Ba1947-06-05 Easy Come, Easy 1947-03-07 The Fabulous Dor1947-02-26 The Shocking Mis1947-01-04 The Verdict1946-11-23 Never Say Goodby1946-11-09 Gallant Journey1946-09-24 Three Strangers1946-01-28 Too Young to Kno1945-12-01 Phantoms, Inc.1945-06-09 The Valley of De1945-05-03 The Corn Is Gree1945-03-29 Roughly Speaking1945-01-31 The Keys of the 1944-12-15 National Velvet1945-01-26 Youth Runs Wild1944-09-01 The White Cliffs1944-05-11 Madame Curie1943-12-16 Lassie Come Home1943-12-01 The Man from Dow1943-08-04 Above Suspicion1943-05-31 The Black Swan1942-12-04 Gentleman Jim1942-11-14 Nightmare1942-11-10 Dr. Renault's Se1942-10-19 The Loves of Edg1942-08-28 Pacific Rendezvo1942-05-21 This Above All1942-05-12 Broadway1942-05-08 Confirm or Deny1941-12-12 How Green Was My1941-10-28 The Gay Falcon1941-10-24 Lady Scarface1941-09-26 Little Nellie Ke1940-11-22 The Long Voyage 1940-11-16 Drums Along the 1939-11-10 The Plough and t1936-12-26 The Sign of the 1932-11-30 Knocknagow1918-01-30