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

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

The Bank Dick

as Egbert Sousé

1968

The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

1933

International House

as Professor Quail

1933

Alice in Wonderland

as Humpty-Dumpty

1944

Follow the Boys

as W. C. Fields

1942

Tales of Manhattan

as Professor Pufflewhistle

1979

The Hollywood Clowns

as (archive footage)

1934

It's a Gift

as Harold Bissonette

1939

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

as Larson E. Whipsnade

1936

Poppy

as Eustace McGargle

1928

Fools for Luck

as Richard Whitehead

1940

My Little Chickadee

as Cuthbert J. Twillie

1938

The Big Broadcast of 1938

as T. Frothingill Bellows / S.B. Bellows

1930

The Golf Specialist

as J. Effingham Bellweather

1935

David Copperfield

as Wilkins Micawber

1927

Two Flaming Youths

as Gabby Gilfoil

1933

The Pharmacist

as Mr. Dilweg

1932

The Dentist

as Dentist

1933

1933

The Barber Shop

as Cornelius O'Hare

1935

Man on the Flying Trapeze

as Ambrose Wolfinger

1932

If I Had a Million

as Rollo La Rue

1931

Her Majesty, Love

as Bela Toerrek

1934

Six of a Kind

as Sheriff John Hoxley

1924

Janice Meredith

as A British Sergeant

1933

Tillie and Gus

as Augustus Winterbottom

1934

You're Telling Me!

as Sam Bisbee

1935

Mississippi

as Commodore Jackson

1932

Million Dollar Legs

as The President

1926

So's Your Old Man

as Samuel Bisbee

1925

Sally of the Sawdust

as Professor Eustance McGargle

1982

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

as Self (archive footage)

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1926

It's the Old Army Game

as Elmer Prettywillie

1927

Running Wild

as Elmer Finch

1944

Sensations of 1945

as W.C. Fields

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1961

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as 'David Copperfield' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1944

Song of the Open Road

as W.C. Fields

1928

1934

The Old-Fashioned Way

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

1994

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

as Self (archive footage)

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Wilkins Micawber in 'David Copperfield' (archive footage)

1940

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

as Self (archive footage)

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1927

The Potters

as Pa Potter

1997

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

as Self (archive footage)

1925

That Royle Girl

as Professor Royle

1949

Down Memory Lane

as (archive footage)

1976

Hooray for Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1940

The Bank Dick

as Screenplay

1940

My Little Chickadee

as Screenplay

1930

1915

Pool Sharks

as Writer

1932

The Dentist

as Writer

1933

1933

1933

1934

It's a Gift

as Story

1926

It's the Old Army Game

as Theatre Play

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