W.C. Fields
Acting
64
Acting Credits
1
Directed
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
Wogan
Self
David Copperfield
Wilkins Micawber
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
If I Had a Million
Rollo La Rue
The Big Parade of Comedy
Wilkins Micawber in 'David Copperfield' (archive footage)
Filmography
W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films
2000
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999
as (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Vaudeville
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
as Self (archive footage)
W.C. Fields: Straight Up
1986
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Wogan
1982
as Self
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Wilkins Micawber in 'David Copperfield' (archive footage)
Down Memory Lane
1949
as (archive footage)
Follow the Boys
1944
as W. C. Fields
Sensations of 1945
1944
as W.C. Fields
Song of the Open Road
1944
as W.C. Fields
Show-Business at War
1943
as Self
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as Professor Pufflewhistle (uncredited)
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941
as The Great Man
The Bank Dick
1940
as Egbert Sousé
My Little Chickadee
1940
as Cuthbert J. Twillie
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self (archive footage)
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939
as Larson E. Whipsnade
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938
as T. Frothingill Bellows / S.B. Bellows
Poppy
1936
as Eustace McGargle
David Copperfield
1935
as Wilkins Micawber
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
as Ambrose Wolfinger
Mississippi
1935
as Commodore Jackson
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
1934
as Self
It's a Gift
1934
as Harold Bissonette
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934
as Mr. Stubbins
Six of a Kind
1934
as Sheriff John Hoxley
You're Telling Me!
1934
as Sam Bisbee
The Old-Fashioned Way
1934
as The Great McGonigle / Squire Cribbs in 'The Drunkard'
International House
1933
as Professor Quail
Alice in Wonderland
1933
as Humpty-Dumpty
The Pharmacist
1933
as Mr. Dilweg
The Barber Shop
1933
as Cornelius O'Hare
The Fatal Glass of Beer
1933
as Mr. Snavely
Tillie and Gus
1933
as Augustus Winterbottom
How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action
1933
as Himself
The Dentist
1932
as Dentist
If I Had a Million
1932
as Rollo La Rue
Million Dollar Legs
1932
as The President
Her Majesty, Love
1931
as Bela Toerrek
The Golf Specialist
1930
as J. Effingham Bellweather
Fools for Luck
1928
as Richard Whitehead
The Circus: Premiere
1928
as Self
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1928
as Ring Master
Two Flaming Youths
1927
as Gabby Gilfoil
Running Wild
1927
as Elmer Finch
The Potters
1927
as Pa Potter
So's Your Old Man
1926
as Samuel Bisbee
It's the Old Army Game
1926
as Elmer Prettywillie
Sally of the Sawdust
1925
as Professor Eustance McGargle
That Royle Girl
1925
as Professor Royle
Janice Meredith
1924
as A British Sergeant
Pool Sharks
1915