W.C. Fields

Personal Info

Birthday

January 29, 1880

Day of Death

1946-12-25

(66 years old)

Place of Birth

Darby, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

William Claude Dukenfield

Bill Fields

Charles Bogle

Mahatma Kane Jeeves

Otis Criblecoblis

W.C. Fields

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.

Known For

Tillie and Gus

Alice in Wonderland

David Copperfield

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

Sally of the Sawdust

It's a Gift

That's Entertainment, Part II

Filmography

1999
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
as Self (Archival Footage)
1997
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
as Self (archive footage)
1990
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as (archive footage)
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1979
The Hollywood Clowns
as (archive footage)
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1968
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Wilkins Micawber in 'David Copperfield' (archive footage)
1961
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as 'David Copperfield' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1949
Down Memory Lane
as (archive footage)
1944
Sensations of 1945
as W.C. Fields
Song of the Open Road
as W.C. Fields
Follow the Boys
as W. C. Fields
1943
Show-Business at War
as Self
1942
Tales of Manhattan
as Professor Pufflewhistle
1941
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
as The Great Man
1940
The Bank Dick
as Egbert Sousé
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
My Little Chickadee
as Cuthbert J. Twillie
1939
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
as Larson E. Whipsnade
1938
The Big Broadcast of 1938
as T. Frothingill Bellows / S.B. Bellows
1936
Poppy
as Eustace McGargle
1935
Man on the Flying Trapeze
as Ambrose Wolfinger
Mississippi
as Commodore Jackson
David Copperfield
as Wilkins Micawber
1934
It's a Gift
as Harold Bissonette
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Mr. Stubbins
The Old-Fashioned Way
as The Great McGonigle / Squire Cribbs in 'The Drunkard'
You're Telling Me!
as Sam Bisbee
Six of a Kind
as Sheriff John Hoxley
1933
Alice in Wonderland
as Humpty-Dumpty
Tillie and Gus
as Augustus Winterbottom
The Barber Shop
as Cornelius O'Hare
How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action
as Himself
International House
as Professor Quail
The Pharmacist
as Mr. Dilweg
The Fatal Glass of Beer
as Mr. Snavely
Hollywood on Parade No. B-7
as Self
1932
The Dentist
as Dentist
If I Had a Million
as Rollo La Rue
Million Dollar Legs
as The President
1931
Her Majesty, Love
as Bela Toerrek
1930
The Golf Specialist
as J. Effingham Bellweather
1928
Fools for Luck
as Richard Whitehead
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Ring Master
The Circus: Premiere
as Self
1927
Two Flaming Youths
as Gabby Gilfoil
Running Wild
as Elmer Finch
The Potters
as Pa Potter
1926
So's Your Old Man
as Samuel Bisbee
It's the Old Army Game
as Elmer Prettywillie
1925
That Royle Girl
as Professor Royle
Sally of the Sawdust
as Professor Eustance McGargle
1924
Janice Meredith
as A British Sergeant