Curiosidades

He was a fervent Irish nationalist and fought in the Easter Rising in 1916. He was subsequently captured and placed in the Frongoch internment camp in North Wales. 20 years later, he played Pádraig Pearse, one of the leaders of the Rising, in La osa mayor y las estrellas (1936).

He appeared in seven films with his elder brother Barry Fitzgerald: La osa mayor y las estrellas (1936), Hombres intrépidos (1940), ¡Qué verde era mi valle! (1941), Easy Come, Easy Go (1947), Top o' the Morning (1949), A rienda suelta (1949) and El hombre tranquilo (1952).

Irish Protestant nationalist.

He and his ¡Qué verde era mi valle! (1941), Confirm or Deny (1941) and Gentleman Jim (1942) co-star John Loder fought on opposite sides of the Easter Rising of 1916: Shields fought with the Irish republicans while Loder was a second lieutenant in the British Army. Furthermore, Loder was the son of General William Lowe, the British officer to whom Pádraig Pearse surrendered on April 29, 1916.

In his 101 screen appearances he portrayed a man of the cloth no fewer than 21 times.

Father: Adolphus William Shields; Mother: Fanny Sophia Ungerland.