W. C. Fields

W. C. Fields (January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946) was an American comedian and actor. Fields created one of the great American comic personas of the first half of the 20th century—a misanthrope who teetered on the edge of buffoonery but never quite fell in, an egotist blind to his own failings, a charming drunk, and a man who hated children, dogs and women, unless they were the wrong sort of women. ("I'm very fond of children... girl children, around 18 or 20!")

Filmography

• His Lordship's Dilemma (1915) (short subject)
• Pool Sharks (1915) (short subject) (also writer)
• Janice Meredith (1924)
• Sally of the Sawdust (1925)
• That Royle Girl (1925)
• It's the Old Army Game (1926) (also writer)
• So's Your Old Man (1926)
• The Potters (1927)
• Running Wild (1927)
• A Trip Through the Paramount Studio (1927) (short subject)
• Two Flaming Youths (1927)
• Tillie's Punctured Romance (1928)
• Fools for Luck (1928)
• The Golf Specialist (1930) (short subject) (also writer)
• Her Majesty, Love (1931)
• Million Dollar Legs (1932)
• If I Had a Million (1932)
• The Dentist (1932) (short subject) (also writer)
• The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933) (short subject) (also writer)
• Hollywood on Parade No. 9 (1933) (short subject)
• The Pharmacist (1933) (short subject)
• International House (1933)
• Hip Action (1933) (short subject)
• The Barber Shop (1933) (short subject) (also writer)
• Tillie and Gus (1933)
• Alice in Wonderland (1933)
• Six of a Kind (1934)
• You're Telling Me! (1934)
• The Old Fashioned Way (1934) (also writer)
• Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934)
• It's a Gift (1934) (also writer)
• David Copperfield (1935)
• Mississippi (1935)
• Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935) (also writer and director)
• Poppy (1936)
• The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
• You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939) (also writer)
• My Little Chickadee (1940) (also writer)
• The Bank Dick (1940) (also writer)
• Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941) (also writer)
• Tales of Manhattan (1942) (scenes deleted)
• Show Business at War (1943) (short subject)
• Follow the Boys (1944)
• Song of the Open Road (1944)
• Sensations of 1945 (1944)