W.C. Fields
Birthday
1880/01/29
Day of death
1946/12/25 (66 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Darby, Pennsylvania, USA
Also know as
William Claude Dukenfield, Bill Fields, Charles Bogle, Mahatma Kane Jeeves, Otis Criblecoblis
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 fi...Read more
Acting
(1940) The Bank Dick
as Egbert Sousé
(1933) Hollywood on Parade No. B-7
as Self
(1968) The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
(1933) International House
as Professor Quail
(1933) Alice in Wonderland
as Humpty-Dumpty
(2004) I Know A Riddle
as ---
(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
(1941) Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
as The Great Man
(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
(1915) Pool Sharks
as ---
(1932) The Dentist
as Dentist
(1933) The Fatal Glass of Beer
as Mr. Snavely
(1933) The Barber Shop
as Cornelius O'Hare
(1935) Man on the Flying Trapeze
as Ambrose Wolfinger
(1934) Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Mr. Stubbins
(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
(1986) W.C. Fields: Straight Up
as ---
(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) The Circus: Premiere
as Self
(1990) Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as (archive footage)
(1928) Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Ring Master
(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)
(2000) W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films
as ---
(1933) How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action
as Himself
(1943) Show-Business at War
as Self
(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)
(1982) Wogan
as Self
(1990) Star Life
as Self (archive footage)