Robert Shields

Known for

Acting

Born

March 26, 1951 (age 75)

Birthplace

Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Artist probably best known as a street mime that went on to appear in television in the 1970s. He and his partner Lorene Yarnell had their own Prime Television show "Shields and Yarnell" on CBS.

Best known work

The Conversation

1974

Wonder Woman

1975

The Muppet Show

1976

The Wild Wild West Revisited

1979

Tomcats

1977

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

The Sonny and Cher Show

1976

Buskers; For Love or Money

2008

Christmas at Walt Disney World

1978

Catch the Black Sunshine

1972

Filmography

2025
Robert Shields: My Life as a Robot
as Self
2008
Buskers; For Love or Money
as Self
1993
Count DeClues' Mystery Castle
as Botler
1984
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
as Tin Soldier
1984
Enchanted Musical PlayhouseTV
1983
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
1980
The Big ShowTV
as Self (1 episode)
1979
Bob Hope on the Road to China
as Self (as Shields and Yarnell)
1979
The Wild Wild West Revisited
as Alan
1978
Christmas at Walt Disney World
as Mr. Clinker
1978
Mickey's 50
as Self
1977
Shields and YarnellTV
as Self (2 episodes)
1977
Tomcats
as Chief Henderson
1976
The Muppet ShowTV
as Self - Special Guest Star (1 episode)
1976
The Sonny and Cher ShowTV
as Regular Performer (23 episodes)
1975
Wonder WomanTV
as Doug (1 episode)
1974
The Conversation
as The Mime
1972
Fol-de-Rol
as Mime
1972
Catch the Black Sunshine
1971
Banyon
as Mechanical Man
1961
The Mike Douglas ShowTV
as Self (2 episodes)