W.C. Fields
January 29, 1880
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 (…
Known For
8 titles
The Bank Dick
Henpecked Egbert Sousé has comic adventures as a substitute film director and unlikely bank guard.
It's a Gift
A henpecked New Jersey grocer makes plans to move to California to grow oranges, despite the resistance of his overbearing wife.
Alice in Wonderland
In Victorian England a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland populated by fantastical characters.
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
A filmmaker attempts to sell a surreal script he has written, which comes to life as he pitches it.
If I Had a Million
A dying tycoon gives million-dollar windfalls to eight people picked from the city directory.
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
The owner of a debt-ridden circus contends with pursuing bill collectors and sheriffs, and his beloved daughter's relationships with one of his performers and a stuffy but wealthy young man.
The Old Fashioned Way
The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors and the sheriff.
Running Wild
Cowardly Elmer Finch is browbeaten by his wife, daughter, fat son and the family dog. After hypnosis he is domineering. He enters a contract with a fifteen-thousand dollar payoff, so his courage can last beyond the hypnosis.