W. C. Fields
Sign in to saveAmerican comedian, actor, juggler and writer (1880–1946)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1879
- Died
- 1946
- Works
- 16
Top works
- Drat!
- I never met a kid I liked
- The Bank Dick
- Best of W. C. Fields
- The Day I Drank a Glass of Water/Cassette (Radio Reruns)
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · 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…
Known for
- W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films2000
- Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults — (archive footage)1999
- The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender — Self (archive footage)1997
- Vaudeville — Self (archive footage)1997
- Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her — Self (archive footage)1994
- Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths — (archive footage)1990
- W.C. Fields: Straight Up1986
- Going Hollywood: The '30s — (archive footage)1984
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1983
- Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! — Self (archive footage)1982
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 66
- Total plays
- 305
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Review of Particle Physics
· 2018 · cited 5,694x
- Genome-wide atlas of gene expression in the adult mouse brain
· 2006 · cited 5,196x
- Review of Particle Physics
· 2012 · cited 5,090x
- A novel genetic system to detect protein–protein interactions
· 1989 · cited 4,724x
- Whole-Genome Random Sequencing and Assembly of
<i>Haemophilus influenzae</i>
Rd
· 1995 · cited 4,418x
via Crossref · CC0
Key dates
- Born
- 29 January 1880
- Died
- 25 December 1946
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Claude
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Darby
- Place of death
- Pasadena
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- atheism