W.C. Fields
Acting
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…
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The Bank Dick
1940
Egbert Sousé
It's a Gift
1934
Harold Bissonette
David Copperfield
1935
Wilkins Micawber
Alice in Wonderland
1933
Humpty-Dumpty
The Fatal Glass of Beer
1933
Mr. Snavely
If I Had a Million
1932
Rollo La Rue
Pool Sharks
1915
The Dentist
1932
Dentist
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
(archive footage)
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941
The Great Man
Tales of Manhattan
1942
Professor Pufflewhistle (uncredited)
The Golf Specialist
1930
J. Effingham Bellweather
My Little Chickadee
1940
Cuthbert J. Twillie
The Pharmacist
1933
Mr. Dilweg
The Barber Shop
1933
Cornelius O'Hare
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938
T. Frothingill Bellows / S.B. Bellows
International House
1933
Professor Quail
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939
Larson E. Whipsnade
Million Dollar Legs
1932
The President
You're Telling Me!
1934
Sam Bisbee