W.C. Fields

W. C. Fields W. C. Fields American comedian, actor, juggler and writer (1880–1946) For the American Southern Baptist minister, see Wilmer Clemont Fields. William Claude Dukenfield (January 29, 1880[1] – December 25, 1946), better known as W. C. Fields, was an American actor, comedian, juggler and writer.[2] His career in show business began in vaudeville, where he attained international success as a silent juggler. He began to incorporate 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 (1923), in which he played a colorful small-time con man. His subsequent stage and film roles were often similar scoundrels or henpecked everyman characters. Quick facts…

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