W.C. Fields
ActingBorn
January 29, 1880
Died
December 25, 1946
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 (who hit him on the head with a shovel), he ran away from home. For a while he lived in a hole in the…
Known For
Filmography
W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films
2000
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999
Vaudeville
1997
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
W.C. Fields: Straight Up
1986
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
The Movie Orgy
1968
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Down Memory Lane
1949
Sensations of 1945
1944
Song of the Open Road
1944
Follow the Boys
1944
Show-Business at War
1943
Tales of Manhattan
1942
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941
The Bank Dick
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
My Little Chickadee
1940
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938
Poppy
1936
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
Mississippi
1935
David Copperfield
1935
It's a Gift
1934
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934
The Old-Fashioned Way
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
1934
You're Telling Me!
1934
Six of a Kind
1934
Alice in Wonderland
1933
Tillie and Gus
1933
The Barber Shop
1933
How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action
1933
International House
1933
The Pharmacist
1933
The Fatal Glass of Beer
1933
The Dentist
1932
If I Had a Million
1932
Million Dollar Legs
1932
Her Majesty, Love
1931
The Golf Specialist
1930
Fools for Luck
1928
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1928
The Circus: Premiere
1928
Two Flaming Youths
1927
Running Wild
1927
The Potters
1927
So's Your Old Man
1926
It's the Old Army Game
1926
That Royle Girl
1925
Sally of the Sawdust
1925
Janice Meredith
1924
Pool Sharks
1915