- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 29, 1880
- Place of Birth
- Darby, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- December 25, 1946
W.C. Fields
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 he was first hired as an entertainer. There he developed the technique of pretending to lose the things he was juggling. In 1893 he was employed as a juggler at Fortescue's Pier, Atlantic City. When business was slow he pretended to drown in the oce…
Filmography
movieW.C. Fields: 6 Short Films
2000
movieHidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999 · (archive footage)
movieVaudeville
1997 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997 · Self (archive footage)
movieMae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994 · Self (archive footage)
movie100 Years at the Movies
1994 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990 · (archive footage)
movieW.C. Fields: Straight Up
1986
movieGoing Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · (archive footage)
movieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvWogan
1982 · Self
movieOops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Hollywood Clowns
1979 · (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
movieBob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 · Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage)
movieHooray for Hollywood
1976 · Self (archive footage)
movieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Movie Orgy
1968 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Wilkins Micawber in 'David Copperfield' (archive footage)
movieDown Memory Lane
1949 · (archive footage)
movieSensations of 1945
1944 · W.C. Fields
movieSong of the Open Road
1944 · W.C. Fields
movieFollow the Boys
1944 · W. C. Fields
movieShow-Business at War
1943 · Self
movieTales of Manhattan
1942 · Professor Pufflewhistle (uncredited)
movieNever Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941 · The Great Man, Story
movieThe Bank Dick
1940 · Egbert Sousé, Screenplay
movieCavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Self (archive footage)
movieMy Little Chickadee
1940 · Cuthbert J. Twillie, Screenplay
movieYou Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939 · Larson E. Whipsnade, Story
movieThe Big Broadcast of 1938
1938 · T. Frothingill Bellows / S.B. Bellows
moviePoppy
1936 · Eustace McGargle
movieMan on the Flying Trapeze
1935 · Ambrose Wolfinger, Story, Director
movieMississippi
1935 · Commodore Jackson
movieDavid Copperfield
1935 · Wilkins Micawber
movieIt's a Gift
1934 · Harold Bissonette, Story
movieMrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934 · Mr. Stubbins
movieThe Old-Fashioned Way
1934 · The Great McGonigle / Squire Cribbs in 'The Drunkard', Story
movieHollywood on Parade No. B-10
1934 · Self
movieYou're Telling Me!
1934 · Sam Bisbee
movieSix of a Kind
1934 · Sheriff John Hoxley
movieAlice in Wonderland
1933 · Humpty-Dumpty
movieTillie and Gus
1933 · Augustus Winterbottom
movieThe Barber Shop
1933 · Cornelius O'Hare, Writer
How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action
movieHow to Break 90 #3: Hip Action
1933 · Himself
movieInternational House
1933 · Professor Quail
movieThe Pharmacist
1933 · Mr. Dilweg, Writer
movieThe Fatal Glass of Beer
1933 · Mr. Snavely, Writer
movieToo Many Highballs
1933 · Story
movieThe Dentist
1932 · Dentist, Writer
movieIf I Had a Million
1932 · Rollo La Rue
movieMillion Dollar Legs
1932 · The President
movieHer Majesty, Love
1931 · Bela Toerrek
movieThe Golf Specialist
1930 · J. Effingham Bellweather, Writer
movieFools for Luck
1928 · Richard Whitehead
movieTillie's Punctured Romance
1928 · Ring Master
movieThe Circus: Premiere
1928 · Self
movieTwo Flaming Youths
1927 · Gabby Gilfoil
movieRunning Wild
1927 · Elmer Finch
movieThe Potters
1927 · Pa Potter
movieSo's Your Old Man
1926 · Samuel Bisbee
movieIt's the Old Army Game
1926 · Elmer Prettywillie, Theatre Play
movieThat Royle Girl
1925 · Professor Royle
movieSally of the Sawdust
1925 · Professor Eustance McGargle
movieJanice Meredith
1924 · A British Sergeant
moviePool Sharks
1915 · , Writer