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W.C. Fields

W.C. Fields

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

29/01/1880

Day of Death

25/12/1946
(66) years old

Place of Birth

Darby, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

William Claude Dukenfield was the eldest of five children born to Cockney immigrant James Dukenfield and Philadelphia native Kate Felton. He went to school for four years, then quit to work with his father selling vegetables from a horse cart. At eleven, after many fights with his alcoholic father (... Read More

Known For

I Know A Riddle

I Know A Riddle

W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films

W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

W.C. Fields: Straight Up

W.C. Fields: Straight Up

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

Filmography

Cast

2004

I Know A Riddle

as (archive footage)

2000

W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films

1999

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from...

as (archive footage)

1997

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

as Self (archive footage)

1994

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

as Self (archive footage)

1990

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic D...

as (archive footage)

1986

W.C. Fields: Straight Up

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1982

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

as Self (archive footage)

1979

The Hollywood Clowns

as (archive footage)

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1976

Hooray for Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1968

The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Wilkins Micawber in 'David Copperfield' ...

1949

Down Memory Lane

as (archive footage)

1944

Sensations of 1945

as W.C. Fields

1944

Song of the Open Road

as W.C. Fields

1944

Follow the Boys

as W. C. Fields

1943

Show-Business at War

as Self

1942

Tales of Manhattan

as Professor Pufflewhistle (uncredited)

1941

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

as The Great Man

1940

The Bank Dick

as Egbert Sousé

1940

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

as Self (archive footage)

1940

My Little Chickadee

as Cuthbert J. Twillie

1939

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

as Larson E. Whipsnade

1938

The Big Broadcast of 1938

as T. Frothingill Bellows / S.B. Bellows

1936

Poppy

as Eustace McGargle

1935

Man on the Flying Trapeze

as Ambrose Wolfinger

1935

Mississippi

as Commodore Jackson

1935

David Copperfield

as Wilkins Micawber

1934

It's a Gift

as Harold Bissonette

1934

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

as Mr. Stubbins

1934

The Old-Fashioned Way

as The Great McGonigle / Squire Cribbs in '...

1934

You're Telling Me!

as Sam Bisbee

1934

Six of a Kind

as Sheriff John Hoxley

1933

Alice in Wonderland

as Humpty-Dumpty

1933

Tillie and Gus

as Augustus Winterbottom

1933

The Barber Shop

as Cornelius O'Hare

1933

How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action

as Himself

1933

International House

as Professor Quail

1933

The Pharmacist

as Mr. Dilweg

1933

The Fatal Glass of Beer

as Mr. Snavely

1933

Hollywood on Parade No. B-7

as Self

1932

The Dentist

as Dentist

1932

If I Had a Million

as Rollo La Rue

1932

Million Dollar Legs

as The President

1931

Her Majesty, Love

as Bela Toerrek

1930

The Golf Specialist

as J. Effingham Bellweather

1928

Fools for Luck

as Richard Whitehead

1928

Tillie's Punctured Romance

as Ring Master

1928

The Circus: Premiere

as Self

1927

Two Flaming Youths

as Gabby Gilfoil

1927

Running Wild

as Elmer Finch

1927

The Potters

as Pa Potter

1926

So's Your Old Man

as Samuel Bisbee

1926

It's the Old Army Game

as Elmer Prettywillie

1925

That Royle Girl

as Professor Royle

1925

Sally of the Sawdust

as Professor Eustance McGargle

1924

Janice Meredith

as A British Sergeant

1915

Pool Sharks

Crew

1941

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

as Story

1940

The Bank Dick

as Screenplay

1940

My Little Chickadee

as Screenplay

1939

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

as Story

1935

Man on the Flying Trapeze

as Story

1935

Man on the Flying Trapeze

as Director

1934

It's a Gift

as Story

1934

The Old-Fashioned Way

as Story

1933

The Barber Shop

as Writer

1933

The Pharmacist

as Writer

1933

The Fatal Glass of Beer

as Writer

1933

Too Many Highballs

as Story

1932

The Dentist

as Writer

1930

The Golf Specialist

as Writer

1926

It's the Old Army Game

as Theatre Play

1915

Pool Sharks

as Writer