W. C. Fields

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American comedian film actor human screenwriter silent film actor stage actor vaudeville performer

W. C. Fields was a famed American comedian, actor, and writer known for his misanthropic persona, distinctive drawl, and influential work in vaudeville and early Hollywood films.

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Label Occurrences
W. C. Fields canonical 11
W.C. Fields 1
legendary comedian W. C. Fields 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American ⓘ
comedian ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
silent film actor ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
vaudeville performer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1946 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1898 ⓘ
birthName William Claude Dukenfield ⓘ
causeOfDeath alcohol-related illness ⓘ
child William Claude Fields Jr. ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1880-01-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1946-12-25 ⓘ
familyName Dukinfield ⓘ
surface form: Dukenfield
genre comedy ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
influenced Bob Hope ⓘ
Johnny Carson ⓘ
Monty Python ⓘ
Woody Allen ⓘ
knownFor distinctive drawl ⓘ
early Hollywood comedy films ⓘ
misanthropic comic persona ⓘ
vaudeville performances ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
radio ⓘ
stage ⓘ
movement vaudeville ⓘ
name W. C. Fields self-link ⓘ
notableWork It’s a Gift ⓘ
My Little Chickadee ⓘ
Poppy ⓘ
The Bank Dick ⓘ
The Old Fashioned Way ⓘ
You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
comedian ⓘ
juggler ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Darby, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Darby, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath Pasadena ⓘ
surface form: Pasadena, California, United States
religion agnosticism ⓘ
restingPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, United States ⓘ
surface form: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California
signatureStyle cynical, hard-drinking character ⓘ
wordplay and verbal humor ⓘ
spouse Harriet Hughes ⓘ
workedFor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
Universal Pictures ⓘ

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Ziegfeld Follies → notablePerformer → W. C. Fields ⓘ
Folies Bergère → featuredPerformer → W. C. Fields ⓘ
this entity surface form: W.C. Fields
Fields → hasNotableBearer → W. C. Fields ⓘ
My Little Chickadee → screenwriter → W. C. Fields ⓘ
My Little Chickadee → starring → W. C. Fields ⓘ
My Little Chickadee → castMember → W. C. Fields ⓘ
W. C. Fields → name → W. C. Fields self-link ⓘ
Mack Sennett → workedWith → W. C. Fields ⓘ
W.C. Fields and Me → mainSubject → W. C. Fields ⓘ
W.C. Fields and Me → featuresCharacter → W. C. Fields ⓘ
W.C. Fields and Me → portraysSubject → W. C. Fields ⓘ
this entity surface form: legendary comedian W. C. Fields
Franklin Pangborn → workedWith → W. C. Fields ⓘ
Wilkins Micawber → portrayedBy → W. C. Fields ⓘ