W.C. Fields

 

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William Claude Dukenfield, better known as W. C. Fields, was an American comedian, actor, juggler and writer. Fields's comic persona was a misanthropic and hard-drinking egotist, who remained a sympathetic character despite his snarling contempt for dogs and children. His career in show business began in vaudeville, where he attained international success as a silent juggler. He gradually incorporated comedy into his act, and was a featured comedian in the Ziegfeld Follies for several years. He became a star in the Broadway musical comedy Poppy, in which he played a colorful small-time con man. His subsequent stage and film roles were often similar scoundrels, or else henpecked everyman characters. Among his recognizable trademarks were his raspy drawl and grandiloquent vocabulary. The characterization he portrayed in films and on radio was so strong it was generally identified with Fields himself

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W.C. Fields

Born 1880-01-29 (145 years ago) in Darby. Dead 1946-12-25 (66 years).
Height 173 centimeters.

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Name From To Relationship type
Carlotta Monti(Sambo: 1932–1946-12-25) 1932 1946-12-25 Sambo
Harriet Hughes(Gifta: 1900-04-08–1946-12-25) 1900-04-08 1946-12-25 Gifta
Bessie Poole(Sambo) 1926 Sambo
Children

William Claude Fields, Jr., William Rexford Fields Morris

Parents

Kate Spangler, James Lydon Dukenfield

Sibling

Walter Fields

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William Claude Dukenfield, better known as W. C. Fields, was an American comedian, actor, juggler and writer. Fields's comic persona was a misanthropic and hard-drinking egotist, who remained a sympathetic character despite his snarling contempt for dogs and children.

His career in show business began in vaudeville, where he attained international success as a silent juggler. He gradually incorporated comedy into his act, and was a featured comedian in the Ziegfeld Follies for several years. He became a star in the Broadway musical comedy Poppy, in which he played a colorful small-time con man. His subsequent stage and film roles were often similar scoundrels, or else henpecked everyman characters.

Among his recognizable trademarks were his raspy drawl and grandiloquent vocabulary. The characterization he portrayed in films and on radio was so strong it was generally identified with Fields himself. It was maintained by the publicity departments at Fields's studios and was further established by Robert Lewis Taylor's biography, W.C. Fields, His Follies and Fortunes.

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