Arthur Shields

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 US 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 Fords The Quiet Man opposite John Wayne Maureen OHara 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 Fords 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia