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W.C. Fields Classics
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William Claude Dukenfield (January 29, 1880 โ€“ December 25, 1946), better known as W. C. Fields, was an American comedian, actor, juggler, and writer. Fieldsโ€™ comic persona was a misanthropic and hard-drinking egotist, who remained a sympathetic character despite his supposed contempt for children and dogs.

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 (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.


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