W.C. Fields
Acting
Born: 1880-01-29 · Darby, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1946-12-25
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
🎬 Movies (30)
W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films
2000
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999
(archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
Self (archive footage)
Vaudeville
1997
Self (archive footage)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
(archive footage)
W.C. Fields: Straight Up
1986
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
(archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
Self (archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
(archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
1968
Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Wilkins Micawber in 'David Copperfield' (archive footage)
Down Memory Lane
1949
(archive footage)
Follow the Boys
1944
W. C. Fields
Sensations of 1945
1944
W.C. Fields
Song of the Open Road
1944
W.C. Fields
Show-Business at War
1943
Self
Tales of Manhattan
1942
Professor Pufflewhistle (uncredited)
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941
The Great Man
The Bank Dick
1940
Egbert Sousé
My Little Chickadee
1940
Cuthbert J. Twillie
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
Self (archive footage)
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939
Larson E. Whipsnade
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938
T. Frothingill Bellows / S.B. Bellows
Poppy
1936
Eustace McGargle
