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W.C. Fields

Born 29 January 1880 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, as William Claude Dukenfield.
Died 25 December 1946 in Las Encinas, Pasadena, California, USA,
of [?] a stomach hemorrhage and/or pneumonia?

Married Harriet Hughes, 8 August 1900; until Bill’s death; one child.

Originally a popular vaudeville star, W.C. Fields dabbled in motion pictures in 1915. The two films didn’t do well, and Fields continued his stage work. Eventually, he signed a contract with Paramount to appear in a series of comedy feature films. His entire silent era work was done wearing a small black moustache that is unfamiliar to audience that have only seen Fields’ sound films.

References:

 
W.C. Fields Silent Era Filmography

Silent era W.C. Fields films available on home video

 
Book : W.C. Fields by Himself: His Intended Autobiography with Hitherto Unpublished Letters, Notes, Scripts, and Articles by W.C. Fields, edited by Ronald J. Fields

Book : W.C. Fields: A Life on Film by Ronald J. Fields

Book : Never Give a Sucker an Even Break: W.C. Fields on Business by Ronald Fields with Shaun O’L. Higgins

Book : Fields for President by W.C. Fields

Book : I Never Met a Kid I Liked by W.C. Fields

Book : Never Trust a Man Who Doesn’t Drink by W.C. Fields

Book : Fields’ Day: The Best of W.C. Fields by W.C. Fields

Book : The Quotations of W.C. Fields edited by Martin Lewis

Book : W.C. Fields: A Biography by James Curtis

Book : W.C. Fields and Me by Carlotta Monti and Cy Rice

Book : Man on the Flying Trapeze: The Life and Times of W.C. Fields by Simon Louvish

Book : W.C. Fields, His Follies and Fortunes by Robert Lewis Taylor

Book : W.C. Fields: A Bio-Bibliography by Wes D. Gehring

Book : W.C. Fields by Nicholas Yanni

Book : W.C. Fields by Robert L. Taylor

Book : W.C. Fields from Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway: Becoming a Comedian
by Arthur Frank Wertheim

Book : W.C. Fields from the Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway Stage to the Screen: Becoming a Character Comedian
by Arthur Frank Wertheim

Book : The Silent Movies of W.C. Fields: How They Created the Basis for His Fame in Sound Films
by Arthur Frank Wertheim

Book : W.C. Fields from Sound Film and Radio Comedy to Stardom: Becoming a Cultural Icon
by Arthur Frank Wertheim

Book : The Art of W.C. Fields by William K. Everson

Book : The Complete Films of W.C. Fields by Donald Deschner

Book : The W.C. Fields Films by James L. Neibaur

Book : W.C. Fields — An Annotated Guide: Chronology, Bibliographies, Discography, Filmographies, Press Books, Cigarette Cards, Film Clips and Impersonators by David T. Rocks

Book : Groucho and W.C. Fields: Huckster Comedians by Wes D. Gehring

Book : Bantering Ballyhoo!: Selling W.C. Fields to 20th Century America by Richard S. Greene

Website : The Official W.C. Fields Website
 
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