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William Claude Dukenfield (January 29, 1880 [1] – December 25, 1946), better known as W. C. Fields, was an American actor, comedian, juggler and writer. [ 2 ] Fields's career in show business began in vaudeville , where he attained international success as a silent juggler .
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring W. C. Fields, Gloria Jean, and Leon Errol.Fields also wrote the original story, under the pseudonym Otis Criblecoblis.
William Fields (politician) (1810–1854), American politician who served in the Texas House William J. Fields (1874–1954), Governor of Kentucky (1923–1927) Religion
Wally's wealthy father (Oscar Apfel) arrives in the town where the troupe is scheduled to perform a Victorian melodrama, William H. Smith's popular temperance play, The Drunkard. One of the players has resigned, and Wally wins the part, affording him a chance to act and also to perform a couple of songs in his strong tenor voice.
A murder victim in that episode is named Claude Dukenfield, which was the real middle and last name of W.C. Fields, who collaborated with Bruckman on several films. As with his real-life namesake, Boyle's Bruckman character kills himself.
Arizona Supreme Court justices from left; William G. Montgomery, John R. Lopez IV, Vice Chief Justice Ann A. Scott Timmer, Chief Justice Robert M. Brutinel, Clint Bolick and James Beene on April ...
January 29 – W. C. Fields, born William Claude Dukenfield, comic actor (d. 1946) February – Maud E. Craig Sampson Williams, African American suffragist (d. 1958) February 12 – John L. Lewis, labor union leader (d. 1969) February 14 – Frederick J. Horne, admiral (d. 1959) February 16 – Frank Burke, baseball player (d. 1946)
When they arrived witnesses said Lee Charles Quinn, 37, punched 54-year-old William Claude Prichett, knocking him to the ground, said sheriff’s office spokesman Adam Linhardt. Once down, Quinn ...