W.C. Fields
Born in Darby, Pennsylvania, USA — Jan 29 1880• Died Dec 25 1946
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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…
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W.C. Fields's Credits
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Tales of Manhattan
Professor Pufflewhistle (uncredited)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Self (archive footage)
Follow the Boys
W. C. Fields
The Big Parade of Comedy
Wilkins Micawber in 'David Copperfield' (archive footage)
If I Had a Million
Rollo La Rue
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
David Copperfield
Wilkins Micawber
The Bank Dick
Egbert Sousé
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
(archive footage)
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Larson E. Whipsnade
Show-Business at War
Self
Alice in Wonderland
Humpty-Dumpty
The Hollywood Clowns
(archive footage)
Poppy
Eustace McGargle
The Barber Shop
Cornelius O'Hare
Mississippi
Commodore Jackson
Six of a Kind
Sheriff John Hoxley
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Down Memory Lane
(archive footage)
Fools for Luck
Richard Whitehead
The Dentist
Dentist
Song of the Open Road
W.C. Fields
Tillie and Gus
Augustus Winterbottom
Million Dollar Legs
The President
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Ambrose Wolfinger
The Big Broadcast of 1938
T. Frothingill Bellows / S.B. Bellows
It's a Gift
Harold Bissonette
International House
Professor Quail
Sensations of 1945
W.C. Fields
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Self (archive footage)
It's the Old Army Game
Elmer Prettywillie
The Old-Fashioned Way
The Great McGonigle / Squire Cribbs in 'The Drunkard'
Running Wild
Elmer Finch
My Little Chickadee
Cuthbert J. Twillie
The Fatal Glass of Beer
Mr. Snavely
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
(archive footage)
Her Majesty, Love
Bela Toerrek
Two Flaming Youths
Gabby Gilfoil
The Potters
Pa Potter
The Pharmacist
Mr. Dilweg
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
Self
I Know A Riddle
(archive footage)
So's Your Old Man
Samuel Bisbee
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
The Great Man
That Royle Girl
Professor Royle
Sally of the Sawdust
Professor Eustance McGargle
Janice Meredith
A British Sergeant
W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films
Too Many Highballs
Writing
The Golf Specialist
J. Effingham Bellweather
The Circus: Premiere
Self
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Mr. Stubbins
How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action
Himself
W.C. Fields: Straight Up
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Ring Master
You're Telling Me!
Sam Bisbee
Pool Sharks
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)