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Arthur Shields Facts
| Sign | Aquarius |
| Born |
Feb 15, 1896 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died |
Apr 27, 1970 Santa Barbara, CA |
| Age | Died at 74 |
| Total Facts | 3 |
Brother of the actor Barry Fitzgerald, with whom he appeared in a handful of films, from The Plough and the Stars (1936) to The Quiet Man (1952).
He was a fervent Irish nationalist and fought in the Easter Rising in 1916. He was subsequently captured and placed in an internment camp in North Wales.
Irish Protestant nationalist.