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Jul 17, 2018 · Who was the Irish character actor Arthur Shields? From the Abbey Theatre to the GPO in Easter week 1916 to Quiet Man fame, Arthur Shields, the brother of Barry Fitzgerald, lived an...
5 days ago · On the anniversary of his death, we remember Irish actor Arthur Shields, who starred in the classic film with his brother Barry Fitzgerald. Dermot McEvoy. @IrishCentral. Apr 27, 2024. Did you...
Apr 28, 1970 · SANTA BARBARA, Calif., April 27 (AP)—Arthur Shields, the actor and younger brother of the late Barry Fitzgerald, died today of emphysema at his home. He was 74 years old. For 20 years a ...
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.
Arthur Shields Overview: Character actor, Arthur Shields, was born on Feb 15, 1896 in Dublin, Ireland. Shields died at the age of 74 on Apr 27, 1970 in Santa Barbara, CA . MINI BIO: Light-haired, wistful-looking Irish actor, recognizably the brother of character superstar Barry Fitzgerald.
The younger brother of Irish actor Barry Fitzgerald, Arthur Shields joined Fitzgerald at Dublin's famed Abbey as a Player in 1914, where he directed as well as acted. Though in films fitfully since 1910, Shield's formal movie career didn't begin until he joined several other Abbey veterans in the cast of John Ford's Plough and the Stars (1936).
Shields, Arthur (1896–1970), actor, was born 15 February 1896 in North Great George's St., Dublin, one of eight children of Adolphus Shields, journalist, and Fanny Sophia Shields, originally from Germany. His older brother, William, achieved much fame as the actor Barry Fitzgerald (qv).
