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Ernest Shields

Actor

Ernest Shields

Born August 5, 1884 in Chicago, Illinois, USADied December 13, 194431 films

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You Can't Take It with You posterFirst watchYou Can't Take It with You19387.5as Man (uncredited)Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the…View film

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Filmography

31 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Lyin' Tamer
  2. 1942I Married a Witch
  3. 1938You Can't Take It with YouMan (uncredited)
  4. 1937Wells FargoMinor Role
  5. 1937Devil's PlaygroundWaiter
  6. 1936Wedding Present
  7. 1936Wives Never KnowDrunk (uncredited)
  8. 1935Music Is MagicPhotographer (uncredited)
  9. 1935Stolen HarmonyElevator Operator (uncredited)
  10. 1935Life Begins at FortyTownsman
  11. 1929The Greyhound LimitedLimpy
  12. 1928The Chinatown Mystery
  13. 1928Woman WiseValet
  14. 1927Hello Lafayette
  15. 1922The Ladder JinxCheyenne Harry
  16. 1922Colleen of the PinesJules Perrault
  17. 1920The Purple CipherJack Baldwin
  18. 1920Square ShooterHarold Montague Jr.
  19. 1920The Silent AvengerJack Durham
  20. 1919The Speed ManiacCigarette Keefe
  21. 1917The Reed CaseSchuyler Hastings
  22. 1917The Little OrphanJean Bourget (as Ernie Shields)
  23. 1917The Birth of PatriotismSam Peters
  24. 1917Mr. Dolan of New YorkPrince Frederick
  25. 1917The Voice on the WireHoward Van Cleft
  26. 1917The Double Room MysteryJames
  27. 1916Wanted- A HomeRoberts
  28. 1916The Wrong DoorBumps
  29. 1915The Broken CoinCount Sacchio
  30. 1914Lucille Love: The Girl of MysteryThompson - the Butler
  31. 1914Washington at Valley ForgeLaFayette