Arthur Shields (February 15, 1896 -April 27, 1970) was an Irish stage and film actor. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world
Born into an Irish Protestant family, he was also an Irish Nationalist and fought in the Easter Uprising of 1916. Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. The Easter Rising (Éirí Amach na Cásca was a rebellion staged in Ireland in Easter Week, 1916 He was captured and was incarcerated in an internment camp in North Wales.
Some of his memorable roles were as the Reverend Playfair in Ford's The Quiet Man opposite John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara and his brother, Barry Fitzgerald, as Dr. The Quiet Man is a American film starring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen, and Barry Fitzgerald, and directed John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American Maureen O'Hara (born Maureen FitzSimons on 17 August 1920 in Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish film actress Barry Fitzgerald (10 March 1888 - 14 January 1961 was an Academy Award winning Irish stage film and television actor Laughlin in Ford's She Wore a Yellow Ribbon with Wayne, and again with his brother and John Wayne in John Ford's Long Voyage Home. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon is a 1949 western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne. John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American The Long Voyage Home ( 1940) is an American Drama film and directed by John Ford. He appeared as Fogarty in Little Nellie Kelly opposite Judy Garland and George Murphy. Little Nellie Kelly is a musical comedy film based on the stage musical by George M Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10 1922 – June 22 1969 was an American actress and singer George Lloyd Murphy ( July 4, 1902 – May 3, 1992) was an American Dancer, Actor, and Politician. Other films in which he had a supporting role include The Keys of the Kingdom, The Fabulous Dorseys, The Fighting Father Dunne, Gallant Journey, Drums Along the Mohawk with Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert, Lady Godiva with Maureen O'Hara and National Velvet with Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney. The Keys of the Kingdom is a 1941 novel by A J Cronin. Spanning four decades it tells the story of Father Francis Chisholm an unconventional The Fabulous Dorseys is a 1947 fictionalized biographical film which tells the story of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, from their boyhood Gallant Journey ( 1946) is a historical film about early US aeronautical experimenter John Joseph Montgomery. Drums Along the Mohawk is a 1939 John Ford Film starring Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda and Edna May Oliver Henry Jaynes Fonda ( May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American Academy Award -winning Film and Claudette Colbert ( IPA: /koʊlˈbɛɹ/ ( September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996) was a French -born American stage Godiva (or Godgifu) (c 980-1067 was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who according to Legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry Maureen O'Hara (born Maureen FitzSimons on 17 August 1920 in Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish film actress National Velvet is a 1944 film based on the novel by Enid Bagnold, first published in 1935 Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr; September 23, 1920) is an American Film Actor and Entertainer whose He also played a memorable supporting role, as a widower living in India, in Jean Renoir's The River. Jean Renoir (French ʁəˈnwaʁ ( September 15, 1894 – February 12, 1979) born in the Montmartre district of Paris The River (French Le Fleuve) is a 1951 film directed by Jean Renoir. He died in Santa Barbara, California. Santa Barbara is a city in Santa Barbara County California, United States.
Shields was the younger brother of Irish actor Barry Fitzgerald
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