Arthur Shields
(1896-1970)

Arthur Shields in The Fabulous Dorseys Irish actor Arthur Shields (1896-1970) in The Fabulous Dorseys (cropped screenshot) Foto: film screenshot / Public Domain

Irish actor – Arthur Shields was born in Dublin (Capital and largest city of Ireland) on February 15th, 1896 and died in Santa Barbara (City in and county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States) on April 27th, 1970 at the age of 74. Today Arthur Shields would be 128 years old.

Age

how old was Arthur Shields when he died?

Arthur Shields died in 1970 at the age of 74.

Biographical data

Birthday	February 15th, 1896 (Saturday)
Place of Birth	Dublin Capital and largest city of Ireland
Death Date	April 27th, 1970 (Monday)
Death place	Santa Barbara City in and county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States
Birth sign (Zodiac)	Aquarius (The Water-Bearer) ♒
Chinese Zodiac	Monkey 猴

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Arthur Shields

Birthday

When was Arthur Shields born?

Arthur Shields was born on February 15th, 1896.

Death

When did Arthur Shields die?

Arthur Shields died on April 27th, 1970 at the age of 74 in Santa Barbara (City in and county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States). Today Arthur Shields would be 128 years old.