Personal Info
Known Credits
63
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1880-01-29 (145 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Darby, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known For
William Claude DukenfieldBill FieldsCharles BogleMahatma Kane JeevesOtis 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. His fi ...
Known For
Acting
2004 --
I Know A Riddle
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2000 --
W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films
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1999 --
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
| Self (Archival Footage)
1997 --
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
| Self (archive footage)
1994 --
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
| Self (archive footage)
1990 --
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
| (archive footage)
1986 --
W.C. Fields: Straight Up
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1984 --
Going Hollywood: The '30s
| (archive footage)
1983 --
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982 --
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
| Self (archive footage)
1979 --
The Hollywood Clowns
| (archive footage)
1976 --
That's Entertainment, Part II
| (archive footage)
1976 --
Hooray for Hollywood
| Self (archive footage)
1975 --
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
| Self (archive footage)
1968 --
The Movie Orgy
| Self (archive footage)
1964 --
The Big Parade of Comedy
| Wilkins Micawber in 'David Copperfield' (archive footage)
1961 --
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
| 'David Copperfield' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1949 --
Down Memory Lane
| (archive footage)
1944 --
Sensations of 1945
| W.C. Fields
1944 --
Song of the Open Road
| W.C. Fields
1944 --
Follow the Boys
| W. C. Fields
1943 --
Show-Business at War
| Self
1942 --
Tales of Manhattan
| Professor Pufflewhistle
1941 --
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
| The Great Man
1940 --
The Bank Dick
| Egbert Sousé
1940 --
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
| Self (archive footage)
1940 --
My Little Chickadee
| Cuthbert J. Twillie
1939 --
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
| Larson E. Whipsnade
1938 --
The Big Broadcast of 1938
| T. Frothingill Bellows / S.B. Bellows
1936 --
Poppy
| Eustace McGargle
1935 --
Man on the Flying Trapeze
| Ambrose Wolfinger
1935 --
Mississippi
| Commodore Jackson
1935 --
David Copperfield
| Wilkins Micawber
1934 --
It's a Gift
| Harold Bissonette
1934 --
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
| Mr. Stubbins
1934 --
The Old-Fashioned Way
| The Great McGonigle / Squire Cribbs in 'The Drunkard'
1934 --
You're Telling Me!
| Sam Bisbee
1934 --
Six of a Kind
| Sheriff John Hoxley
1933 --
Alice in Wonderland
| Humpty-Dumpty
1933 --
Tillie and Gus
| Augustus Winterbottom
1933 --
The Barber Shop
| Cornelius O'Hare
1933 --
How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action
| Himself
1933 --
International House
| Professor Quail
1933 --
The Pharmacist
| Mr. Dilweg
1933 --
The Fatal Glass of Beer
| Mr. Snavely
1933 --
Hollywood on Parade No. B-7
| Self
1932 --
The Dentist
| Dentist
1932 --
If I Had a Million
| Rollo La Rue
1932 --
Million Dollar Legs
| The President
1931 --
Her Majesty, Love
| Bela Toerrek
1930 --
The Golf Specialist
| J. Effingham Bellweather
1928 --
Fools for Luck
| Richard Whitehead
1928 --
Tillie's Punctured Romance
| Ring Master
1928 --
The Circus: Premiere
| Self
1927 --
Two Flaming Youths
| Gabby Gilfoil
1927 --
Running Wild
| Elmer Finch
1927 --
The Potters
| Pa Potter
1926 --
So's Your Old Man
| Samuel Bisbee
1926 --
It's the Old Army Game
| Elmer Prettywillie
1925 --
That Royle Girl
| Professor Royle
1925 --
Sally of the Sawdust
| Professor Eustance McGargle
1924 --
Janice Meredith
| A British Sergeant
1915 --
Pool Sharks
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