W.C. Fields
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1880-01-29 (66 years old)
Deathday
1946-12-25
Place of Birth
Darby, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known As
William Claude Dukenfield
Bill Fields
Charles Bogle
Mahatma Kane Jeeves
Otis Criblecoblis
W.C. Fields
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 (who hit him on the head with a shovel), he ran away from home. For a while he lived in a hole in the ground, depending on stolen food and clothing. He was often beaten and spent nights in jail. His first regular job was delivering ice. By age thirteen he was a skilled pool player and juggler. It was then, at an amusement park in Norristown PA, that...
Acting
1940
as Egbert Sousé
1933
as Self
1968
as Self (archive footage)
1933
as Professor Quail
1933
as Humpty-Dumpty
2004
1944
as W. C. Fields
1942
as Professor Pufflewhistle
1979
as (archive footage)
1934
as Harold Bissonette
1939
as Larson E. Whipsnade
1941
as The Great Man
1936
as Eustace McGargle
1928
as Richard Whitehead
1940
as Cuthbert J. Twillie
1938
as T. Frothingill Bellows / S.B. Bellows
1930
as J. Effingham Bellweather
1935
as Wilkins Micawber
1927
as Gabby Gilfoil
1933
as Mr. Dilweg
1915
1932
as Dentist
1933
as Mr. Snavely
1933
as Cornelius O'Hare
1935
as Ambrose Wolfinger
1934
as Mr. Stubbins
1932
as Rollo La Rue
1931
as Bela Toerrek
1934
as Sheriff John Hoxley
1924
as A British Sergeant
1933
as Augustus Winterbottom
1934
as Sam Bisbee
1935
as Commodore Jackson
1932
as The President
1926
as Samuel Bisbee
1925
as Professor Eustance McGargle
1982
as Self (archive footage)
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1926
as Elmer Prettywillie
1927
as Elmer Finch
1944
as W.C. Fields
1984
as (archive footage)
1961
as 'David Copperfield' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1944
as W.C. Fields
1928
as Self
1990
as (archive footage)
1928
as Ring Master
1934
as The Great McGonigle / Squire Cribbs in 'The Drunkard'
1994
as Self (archive footage)
1964
as Wilkins Micawber in 'David Copperfield' (archive footage)
1933
as Himself
1943
as Self
1940
as Self (archive footage)
1975
as Self (archive footage)
1976
as (archive footage)
1927
as Pa Potter
1997
as Self (archive footage)
1925
as Professor Royle
1949
as (archive footage)
1976
as Self (archive footage)
1999
as Self (Archival Footage)
Production
1940
as Screenplay
1940
as Screenplay
1941
1930
as Writer
1915
as Writer
1932
as Writer
1933
as Writer
1933
as Writer
1933
as Writer
1935
as Director
1935
as Story
1933
as Story
1939
as Story
1934
as Story
1934
as Story
1926
as Theatre Play
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