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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.
The story begins in 1924 in New York City, where W. C. Fields is a Ziegfeld Follies headliner, and ends with his 1946 death in California at age 66. In between, it dramatizes his life and career with emphasis on the latter part of both, when the "Me" of the title, Carlotta Monti, played a prominent role, with a number of fictionalized events added for dramatic impact.
Carlotta Monti (January 25, 1907 – December 8, 1993) was an American film actress, who was W. C. Fields' companion in his last years.. Born Carlotta Montijo in Los Angeles, Monti appeared in B-movies and uncredited bit parts, including Kiss of Araby (1933), Tarzan the Fearless (1933) and Night Cargo (1936).
Robbie Jones Joe Kohen/WireImage According to actor Robbie Jones, Quentin “Q” Fields was “supposed to be around” much longer than he was on One Tree Hill. “This all unfolded because my ...
If I Had a Million is a 1932 American pre-Code Paramount Studios anthology film starring Gary Cooper, George Raft, Charles Laughton, W. C. Fields, Jack Oakie, Frances Dee and Charlie Ruggles, among others.
Baby LeRoy received second billing for the comedy It's a Gift.. Fields recounted a difficult shooting day during Tillie and Gus where a short scene was repeatedly ruined by Baby LeRoy's crying until he surreptitiously devised a solution: "I quietly removed the nipple from Baby LeRoy's bottle, dropped in a couple of noggins of gin, and returned it to Baby LeRoy.
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Man on the Flying Trapeze (UK title: The Memory Expert) [2] is a 1935 American comedy film starring W. C. Fields as a henpecked husband who experiences a series of misadventures while taking a day off from work to attend a wrestling match.