Fred Shields

Fred Shields

Born: May 18, 1904
Died: June 30, 1974
in Kansas City - Missouri - USA
In Kansas City, Shields owned a theatre group, The Playmakers, and performed in stage plays. He also worked as a newscaster for WDAF radio. In 1929, he announced the plane flight of Germany's Graf Zeppelin over the U.S. In 1930, he came to Hollywood, CA, with Ger, his wife, Karena, and daughter, Evelyn. He was employed as the Station Manager for KTM Los Angeles. In 1939, he was President of the American Federation of Radio Artists. From 1940 to he 1965, he was the announcer on the Alka Seltzer News, KHJ, Hollywood. He also played Mr. Archer on "Meet Corliss Archer" both on CBS radio and television (Meet Corliss Archer (1951)). - IMDb Mini Biography By: Evelyn Linda Shields Wheeler (daughter)

Movies for Fred Shields...

Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy
Title: Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy
Character: Narrator
Released: December 3, 2002
Type: Movie
This generous collection includes 46 of the 48 shorts that starred Goofy between 1939 and 1961 (but none of the great Mickey-Donald-Goofy films from the mid-'30s). The "How to Ride a Horse" sequence in The Reluctant Dragon (1941) set the pattern for many of these cartoons. An elegant narrator (artist John Ployardt) explains a sport that Goofy attempts to demonstrate. The character that animator Art Babbitt described in a 1935 lecture (quoted in the DVD bonus material) as an easygoing dimbulb gave way to an enthusiastic but spectacularly maladroit figure. One of the funniest entries in the series, "Hockey Homicide," contains several studio in-jokes: dueling stars Icebox Bertino and Fearless Ferguson, and referee Clean-Game Kinney are named for artists Al Bertino, Norm Ferguson, and director Jack Kinney.
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Tiger Trouble
Title: Tiger Trouble
Character: Narrator
Released: January 6, 1945
Type: Movie
Big game hunter Goofy and his trusty elephant search for a tiger to hunt.
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The Three Caballeros
Title: The Three Caballeros
Character: (voice)
Released: December 21, 1944
Type: Movie
For Donald's birthday he receives a box with three gifts inside. The gifts, a movie projector, a pop-up book, and a pinata, each take Donald on wild adventures through Mexico and South America.
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Contrary Condor
Title: Contrary Condor
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Released: April 21, 1944
Type: Movie
Donald is trying to collect a condor's egg when the condor returns. He hides inside an empty egg and regrets this when the large, warm mother returns. He regrets it even more when he "hatches" and mama encourages him to fly. And mama proves to be even more protective than Donald would like.
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How to Play Golf
Title: How to Play Golf
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: March 10, 1944
Type: Movie
Goofy shows us, in his inimitable way, the fundamentals of golf, guided as usual by the somewhat sarcastic narrator.
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Victory Vehicles
Title: Victory Vehicles
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Released: July 30, 1943
Type: Movie
Goofy demonstrates a number of crazy vehicles.
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Pluto and the Armadillo
Title: Pluto and the Armadillo
Character: Narrator
Released: February 19, 1943
Type: Movie
Mickey and Pluto make a short stopover on a South American flight. Mickey throws Pluto's ball into the jungle, and he chases it but it looks exactly the same as an armadillo that's rolled up into a ball. This, of course, greatly confuses Pluto for a while. But he eventually makes friends with the armadillo. He chases the critter into a cave right behind his ball, and rips the ball apart thinking it's the armadillo, which makes him very sad until the armadillo shows up again.
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Pedro
Title: Pedro
Character: Narrator
Released: February 19, 1943
Type: Movie
Pedro, a small airplane from Chile, engaging in his very first flight to pick up air mail from Mendoza, with near disastrous results.
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The Spirit of '43
Title: The Spirit of '43
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Released: January 7, 1943
Type: Movie
Donald Duck deals with income taxes and their benefit to the American war effort in this inspirational documentary short animated film.
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How to Play Baseball
Title: How to Play Baseball
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Released: September 4, 1942
Type: Movie
Goofy shows us the national pastime. After a brief overview, we have a demonstration of the many possible pitches. On to the World Series, where we go through an eventful inning, culminating in a baseball that disintegrates when being hit.
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Saludos Amigos
Title: Saludos Amigos
Character: Narrator
Released: August 24, 1942
Type: Movie
A whimsical blend of live action and animation, "Saludos Amigos" is a colorful kaleidoscope of art, adventure and music set to a toe-tapping samba beat. From high Andes peaks and Argentina's pampas to the sights and sounds of Rio de Janeiro, your international traveling companions are none other than those famous funny friends, Donald Duck and Goofy. They keep things lively as Donald encounters a stubborn llama and "El Gaucho" Goofy tries on the cowboy way of life....South American-style.
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Lake Titicaca
Title: Lake Titicaca
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Released: August 24, 1942
Type: Movie
Donald is visiting South America, where he is first overcome by altitude sickness. He spends some time in the picturesque market. Then he takes a llama up into the mountains, with exciting results.
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El Gaucho Goofy
Title: El Gaucho Goofy
Character: Narrator
Released: August 24, 1942
Type: Movie
American cowboy Goofy gets taken mysteriously to the Argentine pampas to learn the ways of the native gaucho.
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Food Will Win the War
Title: Food Will Win the War
Character: Narrator
Released: July 20, 1942
Type: Movie
World War II propaganda film on the importance of American farming. A morale booster film stressing the abudance of American agricultural output.
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The New Spirit
Title: The New Spirit
Character: Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Released: January 22, 1942
Type: Movie
Animated documentary promoting timely filing and payment of Federal income taxes, demonstrated by Donald Duck's difficulties with his tax return.
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Voodoo
Title: Voodoo
Character: Narrator
Released: March 31, 1933
Type: Movie
In 1925, during the occupation of Haiti, a U.S. Marine Corps sergeant was stationed in charge of the small island of La Gonave. He befriended the natives and was so popular that they named him King Faustin I and installed him as their ruler. He ruled the island for three years, then left and returned to make this documentary.
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The Amazon Head Hunters
Title: The Amazon Head Hunters
Character: Narrator
Released: November 12, 1932
Type: Movie
The Marquis de Wavrin, a Belgian explorer, spends four years in the Amazon jungle in Ecuador looking for a lost friend who may have fallen victim to headhunters.