- Arthur Shields
Arthur Shields (
February 15 ,1896 -April 27 ,1970 ) was an Irish stage and film actor.Born into an Irish
Protestant family, he was also an Irish Nationalist and fought in theEaster Uprising of 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 " oppositeJohn Wayne ,Maureen O'Hara and his brother,Barry Fitzgerald , as "Dr. Laughlin" in Ford's "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon " with Wayne, and again with his brother andJohn Wayne in John Ford's "Long Voyage Home ". He appeared as Fogarty in "Little Nellie Kelly " oppositeJudy Garland andGeorge Murphy . 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 " withHenry Fonda andClaudette Colbert , "Lady Godiva " withMaureen O'Hara and "National Velvet" withElizabeth Taylor andMickey Rooney . He also played a memorable supporting role, as a widower living in India, inJean Renoir 's "The River". He died inSanta Barbara, California .Shields was the younger brother of Irish actor
Barry Fitzgerald External links
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