Fred Shields
May 18, 1904 (120 years old) 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)
Known For
Credits
- 2002 · Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy as Narrator
- 1946 · The Building of a Tire as Narrator(voice)(uncredited)
- 1945 · Tiger Trouble as Narrator
- 1944 · The Three Caballeros as (voice)
- 1944 · The Flying Gauchito as Narrator
- 1944 · Contrary Condor as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1944 · How to Play Golf as Narrator (voice)
- 1943 · Victory Vehicles as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1943 · Pluto and the Armadillo as Narrator
- 1943 · Pedro as Narrator
- 1943 · The Spirit of '43 as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1942 · How to Play Baseball as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1942 · Saludos Amigos as Narrator
- 1942 · El Gaucho Goofy as Narrator
- 1942 · Lake Titicaca as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1942 · Food Will Win the War as Narrator
- 1942 · The New Spirit as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- 1933 · Voodoo as Narrator
- 1932 · The Amazon Head Hunters as Narrator