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W.C. Fields

W.C. Fields

Acting •1880-01-29 •Darby, Pennsylvania, USA

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 ocean (management thought his fake rescue would draw customers). By nineteen he was billed as "The Distinguished Comedian" and began opening bank accounts in every city he played. At age twenty-three he opened at the Palace in London and played with Sarah Bernhardt at Buckingham Palace. He starred at the Folies-Bergere (young Charles Chaplin and Maurice Chevalier were on the program). He was in each of the Ziegfeld Follies from 1915 through 1921. He played for a year in the highly praised musical "Poppy" which opened in New York in 1923. In 1925 D.W. Griffith made a movie of the play, renamed Sally of the Sawdust (1925), starring Fields. Pool Sharks (1915), Fields' first movie, was made when he was thirty-five. He settled into a mansion near Burbank, California and made most of his thirty-seven movies for Paramount. He appeared in mostly spontaneous dialogs on Charlie McCarthy's radio shows. In 1939 he switched to Universal where he made films written mainly by and for himself. He died after several serious illnesses, including bouts of pneumonia.

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代表作

Going Hollywood: The '30s
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · (archive footage)
Tillie and Gus
Tillie and Gus
1933 · Augustus Winterbottom
The Old-Fashioned Way
The Old-Fashioned Way
1934 · The Great McGonigle / Squire Cribbs in 'The Drunkard'
The Old-Fashioned Way
The Old-Fashioned Way
1934 · Story
Show-Business at War
Show-Business at War
1943 · Self
W.C.费尔得斯-六短片
W.C.费尔得斯-六短片
2000
娱乐世界2
娱乐世界2
1976 · (archive footage)
永远别给没主意的人平等机会
永远别给没主意的人平等机会
1941 · The Great Man
永远别给没主意的人平等机会
永远别给没主意的人平等机会
1941 · Story
不能欺骗老实人
不能欺骗老实人
1939 · Larson E. Whipsnade
不能欺骗老实人
不能欺骗老实人
1939 · Story
Poppy
Poppy
1936 · Eustace McGargle
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全部作品

I Know A Riddle
2004 •(archive footage)
W.C.费尔得斯-六短片
2000
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999 •(archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997 •Self (archive footage)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994 •Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990 •(archive footage)
W.C. Fields: Straight Up
1986
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 •(archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 •Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982 •Self (archive footage)
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Wogan
1982 •Self
The Hollywood Clowns
1979 •(archive footage)
娱乐世界2
1976 •(archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
1976 •Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 •Self (archive footage)
电影狂欢
1968 •Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 •Wilkins Micawber in 'David Copperfield' (archive footage)
Down Memory Lane
1949 •(archive footage)
追男记
1944 •W. C. Fields
Sensations of 1945
1944 •W.C. Fields
Song of the Open Road
1944 •W.C. Fields
Show-Business at War
1943 •Self
曼哈顿故事
1942 •Professor Pufflewhistle (uncredited)
永远别给没主意的人平等机会
1941 •The Great Man
永远别给没主意的人平等机会
1941 •Story
银行妙探
1940 •Egbert Sousé
我的小山雀
1940 •Cuthbert J. Twillie
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 •Self (archive footage)
银行妙探
1940 •Screenplay
我的小山雀
1940 •Screenplay
不能欺骗老实人
1939 •Larson E. Whipsnade
不能欺骗老实人
1939 •Story
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938 •T. Frothingill Bellows / S.B. Bellows
Poppy
1936 •Eustace McGargle
大卫·科伯菲尔德
1935 •Wilkins Micawber
空中飞人
1935 •Ambrose Wolfinger
Mississippi
1935 •Commodore Jackson
空中飞人
1935 •Director
空中飞人
1935 •Story
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
1934 •Self
礼物
1934 •Harold Bissonette
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934 •Mr. Stubbins
Six of a Kind
1934 •Sheriff John Hoxley
你说的是！
1934 •Sam Bisbee
The Old-Fashioned Way
1934 •The Great McGonigle / Squire Cribbs in 'The Drunkard'
The Old-Fashioned Way
1934 •Story
礼物
1934 •Story
International House
1933 •Professor Quail
爱丽丝梦游仙境
1933 •Humpty-Dumpty
药剂师
1933 •Mr. Dilweg
夺命杯酒
1933 •Mr. Snavely
理发店
1933 •Cornelius O'Hare
Tillie and Gus
1933 •Augustus Winterbottom
How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action
1933 •Himself
药剂师
1933 •Writer
夺命杯酒
1933 •Writer
理发店
1933 •Writer
Too Many Highballs
1933 •Story
牙医
1932 •Dentist
如果我有一百万
1932 •Rollo La Rue
Million Dollar Legs
1932 •The President
牙医
1932 •Writer
Her Majesty, Love
1931 •Bela Toerrek
高尔夫专家
1930 •J. Effingham Bellweather
高尔夫专家
1930 •Writer
Fools for Luck
1928 •Richard Whitehead
The Circus: Premiere
1928 •Self
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1928 •Ring Master
Two Flaming Youths
1927 •Gabby Gilfoil
野兽
1927 •Elmer Finch
The Potters
1927 •Pa Potter
So's Your Old Man
1926 •Samuel Bisbee
It's the Old Army Game
1926 •Elmer Prettywillie
It's the Old Army Game
1926 •Theatre Play
Sally of the Sawdust
1925 •Professor Eustance McGargle
That Royle Girl
1925 •Professor Royle
Janice Meredith
1924 •A British Sergeant
鲨鱼池
1915
鲨鱼池
1915 •Writer