Arthur Shields
Born: 1896-02-15 Dublin, Ireland
Died: 1970-04-27
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.[1] 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 re ...
Acting (in our collection)
River of No Return
(1954)
The River
(1951)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
(1949)
National Velvet
(1945)
The Keys of the Kingdom
(1944)
Madame Curie
(1943)
Gentleman Jim
(1942)
How Green Was My Valley
(1941)
The Long Voyage Home
(1940)
Drums Along the Mohawk
(1939)
The Sign of the Cross
(1932)