---
name: "Leroy Shield"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leroy-shield"
fi1m_id: "leroy-shield"
imdb_id: "nm0793157"
tmdb_id: 131392
wikidata_id: "Q7716154"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "2 October 1893"
died: "9 January 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T02:01:32.248402+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Leroy Shield

## Identity

Leroy Shield

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leroy-shield
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leroy-shield
- **IMDb ID:** nm0793157
- **TMDB ID:** 131392
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7716154
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beau_Hunks, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7716154, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0793157/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/131392

Composer. Born 2 October 1893 in Waseca, Minnesota, USA. Died 9 January 1962.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 2 October 1893, Waseca, Minnesota, USA
- **Died:** 9 January 1962
- **Also known as:** Le Roy Shield, LeRoy Shield, Roy Shield
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beau_Hunks, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7716154, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0793157/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/131392

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Sons of the Desert*](https://film.one/film/sons-of-the-desert.md) (85)

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## Biography

Leroy Bernard Shield (also credited as LeRoy Shield or Roy Shield) was an American composer, conductor and pianist. Born on 2 October 1893 in Waseca, Minnesota, he joined the Victor Talking Machine Company around 1922, where he composed, conducted and accompanied recordings. From the early 1930s he worked part-time for the Hal Roach studio, supplying numerous uncredited incidental pieces and themes for its comedy shorts.

His music featured prominently in the Laurel and Hardy and Our Gang series, including stock cues used in *Sons of the Desert* (1933), *Our Relations* (1936) and *Bonnie Scotland* (1935). After 1936 his Roach assignments declined. Shield later held roles with NBC radio in Chicago and New York, including as personnel contractor for Arturo Toscanini’s NBC Symphony Orchestra. He received an honorary doctorate from the Chicago Musical College in 1942 and retired in 1955. He died on 9 January 1962 in Florida.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sons of the Desert* (1933), Fi1m 85, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/sons-of-the-desert.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Our Gang - Comedy Festival* (2001), Music Director
- *Our Relations* (1936), Music Director
- *Bonnie Scotland* (1935), Music
- *The Ballad of Paducah Jail* (1934), Music
- *Another Wild Idea* (1934), Music
- *Maid in Hollywood* (1934), Music
- *Sons of the Desert* (1933), Music — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/sons-of-the-desert.md)
- *Busy Bodies* (1933), Music
- *Crook's Tour* (1933), Music
- *The Midnight Patrol* (1933), Music
- *Me and My Pal* (1933), Music
- *Twice Two* (1933), Music
- *Towed in a Hole* (1932), Music
- *Mr. Bride* (1932), Music
- *Their First Mistake* (1932), Music
- *Scram!* (1932), Music
- *County Hospital* (1932), Music
- *The Chimp* (1932), Music
- *In Walked Charley* (1932), Music
- *Helpmates* (1932), Original Music Composer
- *Dogs Is Dogs* (1931), Music
- *One Good Turn* (1931), Original Music Composer
- *Come Clean* (1931), Original Music Composer
- *Pardon Us* (1931), Music
- *Let's Do Things* (1931), as Bandleader (uncredited)
- *Our Wife* (1931), Music
- *Thundering Tenors* (1931), Music
- *Another Fine Mess* (1930), Original Music Composer
- *Teacher's Pet* (1930), Music
- *When the Wind Blows* (1930), Music Editor
- *Brats* (1930), Original Music Composer

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