Writer 1880 - 1946

W.C. Fields

Darby, Pennsylvania, USA

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... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

13 titles

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Edward F. Cline 1941 1h 11m

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break is a 1941 film about a man who wants to sell a film story to Esoteric Studios. On the way he gets insulted by little boys, beat up for ogling a woman, and abused by a waitress. W. C. Fields' last starring role in a feature-length film.

The Bank Dick

Edward F. Cline 1940 1h 12m 8.0

The Bank Dick is a comedy from 1940 starring W.C. Fields (who also wrote the story). The film is one of the greatest works from an American comedian.

My Little Chickadee

Edward F. Cline 1940 1h 23m

After a scandal runs a gold-digger out of town, she meets a con artist and becomes embroiled in a string of petty deceits.

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

George Marshall, Edward F. Cline 1939 1h 16m

Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Bergen and McCarthy, who try to coax money out of him, or in McCarthy's case, steal some outright.

Man on the Flying Trapeze

W.C. Fields, Clyde Bruckman 1935 1h 6m

Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences.

The Old Fashioned Way

William Beaudine 1934 1h 11m

The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors and the sheriff.

It's a Gift

Norman Z. McLeod 1934 1h 8m 6.7

After he inherits some money, Harold Bissonette ("pronounced bis-on-ay") decides to give up the grocery business, move to California and run an orange grove. Despite his family's objections and the news that the land he bought is worthless, Bissonette packs up and drives out to California with his nagging wife Amelia and children.