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Arthur Shields

Arthur Shields

Actor · 1896 – 1970 · 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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  • Movie7.3

    The Quiet Man

    1952 · 627 votes

  • Movie6.7

    River of No Return

    1954 · 494 votes

  • Movie7.3

    How Green Was My Valley

    1941 · 470 votes

  • Movie6.5

    The Black Swan

    1942 · 98 votes

  • Movie6.9

    She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

    1949 · 418 votes

  • Movie7.2

    National Velvet

    1945 · 127 votes

  • Movie7.1

    The Keys of the Kingdom

    1944 · 55 votes

  • Movie7.2

    The Valley of Decision

    1945 · 29 votes

  • Movie7.3

    The River

    1951 · 132 votes

  • Movie6.4

    The Sign of the Cross

    1932 · 53 votes

  • Movie6.6

    The Long Voyage Home

    1940 · 105 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Madame Curie

    1943 · 52 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Lassie Come Home

    1943 · 144 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Drums Along the Mohawk

    1939 · 133 votes

  • Movie5.7

    Jack and the Beanstalk

    1952 · 61 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Tap Roots

    1948 · 11 votes

  • Movie5.8
  • Movie6.2

    Above Suspicion

    1943 · 39 votes

  • Movie5.6

    The King and Four Queens

    1956 · 33 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Lady Godiva of Coventry

    1955 · 22 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Gentleman Jim

    1942 · 72 votes

  • Movie6.7
  • Movie7.2

    The Corn Is Green

    1945 · 39 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Three Strangers

    1946 · 38 votes

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  • TV7.7

    Perry Mason

    1957 · 139 votes

  • TV7.0

    Maverick

    1957 · 43 votes

  • TV7.5

    Bonanza

    1959 · 500 votes

  • TV6.6

    Wagon Train

    1957 · 31 votes

  • TV5.7

    One Step Beyond

    1959 · 15 votes

  • TV7.2

    Rawhide

    1959 · 49 votes

  • TV6.2
  • TV6.4

    Bat Masterson

    1958 · 16 votes

  • TV7.0

    Omnibus

    1952 · 4 votes

  • TV5.8

    The Millionaire

    1955 · 4 votes

  • TV7.8
  • TV8.0

    Play of the Week

    1959 · 1 votes

  • TV6.7

    The Life Of Riley

    1953 · 3 votes

  • TV6.7

    Lux Video Theatre

    1950 · 7 votes

  • TV6.8

    Crossroads

    1955 · 4 votes

  • TV8.8

    The Hardy Boys

    1956 · 4 votes

  • TV9.0

    Your Show Time

    1949 · 1 votes