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W. C. Fields

Born William Claude Dukenfield
January 29, 1880(1880-01-29)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died December 25, 1946 (aged 66)
Pasadena, California
Other name(s) Charles Bogle
Otis Criblecoblis
Mahatma Kane Jeeves
Spouse(s) Harriet Hughes

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This characterization that he portrayed in films and radio was so strong that it was generally identified with Fields himself. It was maintained by the then-typical movie-studio publicity departments at Fields's studios (Paramount and Universal) and further established by Robert Lewis Taylor's 1949 biography W. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. C. Fields, His Follies and Fortunes. Beginning in 1973, with the publication of Fields's letters, photos, and personal notes in grandson Ronald Fields's book W. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. C. Fields by Himself, it has been shown that Fields was married (and subsequently estranged from his wife), he financially supported their son, and he loved his grandchildren.

There was some truth to the misanthropic persona, however. Madge Evans, an actress who appeared in several films during the 1930s and who was later married to Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sidney Kingsley, told a visitor in 1972 that her friend Fields so deeply resented intrusions on his privacy by curious tourists walking up the driveway to his Los Angeles home that he would conceal himself in the shrubs by his house, firing BB pellets at the trespassers' legs. Madge Evans ( July 1, 1909 &ndash April 26, 1981) was an American film Actress who began her career as a child Sidney Kingsley ( October 18 1906 - October 18 1995) was a Pulitzer Prize -winning American dramatist BB guns are a type of Air gun designed to shoot projectiles called BB after the Birdshot pellet of approximately the same size Groucho Marx told a similar story, in his live album An Evening with Groucho.

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Biography

Birth and early career

He was born William Claude Dukenfield in Darby, Pennsylvania. Darby is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 5 miles (8 km southwest of Philadelphia and on Darby Creek. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern His father, James Dukenfield, came from an English-Irish family and it is claimed they were descendants of the lords of the manor of Dukinfield, Cheshire (now Tameside) although no proof has ever been provided. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Contrary to widely held belief there was never a Lord Dukinfield although some later members of the family were baronets. Fields's mother, Kate Spangler Felton, was also of British descent. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located James Dukenfield arrived in the USA in 1857 from Ecclesall Bierlow in Sheffield, South Yorkshire with his father John (who was a comb maker), mother Ann and his siblings. Ecclesall Ward &mdashwhich includes the districts of Bents Green, Ecclesall, Greystones, Millhouses, and Ringinglow &mdashis Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England Divisions and environs South Yorkshire is divided into four local government districts they are the City of Sheffield, the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster James was identified as a "baker" on the 1860 U. S. census and a "huckster" on the 1870 census, an enterprise in which the young William later assisted. A Huckster is also a Character class in the Role-playing game Deadlands.

Fields left home at age 18 and entered vaudeville. Vaudeville was a Genre of variety entertainment prevalent on the stage in the United States and Canada, from the early 1880s By age 21 he was traveling as a comedy juggling act, becoming a headliner in both North America and Europe. Juggling is a physical human skill involving the movement of objects usually through the air for entertainment (see Object manipulation) In 1906 he made his Broadway debut in the musical comedy The Ham Tree. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located

Fields was well known for embellishing stories of his youth, but despite the legends he encouraged, the truth is that his home seems to have been a relatively happy one and his family supported his ambitions for the stage: his parents saw him off on the train for his first real stage tour as a teenager, and his father visited him in England while Fields was enjoying success in the music halls there.

W. C. was known to his friends as "Bill". Edgar Bergen also called him "Bill" in the radio shows (Charlie McCarthy, of course, called him by other names). In films in which he was portrayed as having a son, he sometimes named the character "Claude", after his own son. In England he was sometimes billed as "Wm. C. Fields", presumably to avoid controversy due to "W. C. " being the British abbreviation/euphemism for "Water Closet", although it might be safely assumed that the earthy Fields was amused by the coincidence. A flush toilet or Water Closet (WC is a Toilet that disposes of human waste by using water to flush it through a drainpipe to another location His public use of initials instead of a first name was a commonplace formality of the era in which Fields grew up.

Marriage

Fields married a fellow vaudevillian, chorus girl Harriet "Hattie" Hughes, on April 8, 1900. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar [1] Their son, William Claude Fields Jr. , was born on July 28, 1904. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on [2]

At the time Fields was away from Hattie on tour in England. By 1907, however, W. C. and Hattie separated; she had been pressing him to stop touring and settle down to a respectable trade, while he was unwilling to give up his own livelihood. [3] Until his death, Fields would keep up both correspondence and the sending of voluntary child-support payments to Hattie.

Fields on stage

Fields started as an "eccentric juggler" in vaudeville, appearing in the makeup of a genteel "tramp": scruffy beard and shabby tuxedo, for instance. Vaudeville was a Genre of variety entertainment prevalent on the stage in the United States and Canada, from the early 1880s He juggled cigar boxes, hats, and a variety of other objects in what seems to have been a unique and fresh act, parts of which are reproduced in some of his films. Fields confined his act to pantomime, so he could play international theaters and overcome any language barriers. Fields toured several continents and became literally a world-class juggler and an international star.

Back in America, Fields found that he could get more laughs by adding dialogue to his routines. His trademark mumbling patter and sarcastic asides were developed during this time. He soon starred on Broadway in Florenz Ziegfeld's famous "Ziegfeld Follies" revues. Florenz Ziegfeld Jr ( March 21, 1869 &ndash July 22, 1932) called Flo Ziegfeld, was an American Broadway There he delighted audiences with a wild pool skit, complete with bizarrely shaped cues and a custom-built table used for a number of hilarious gags and surprising stunts. His pool game is also reproduced, at least in part, in some of his films.

He starred in multiple editions of the Follies and in the Broadway musical comedy Poppy, where he perfected his persona as an oily, small-time confidence man. Poppy is a musical comedy with music by Stephen Jones and Arthur Samuels and lyrics and book by Dorothy Donnelly with contributions also from Howard Dietz A confidence trick or confidence game (also known as a bunko, con, flim flam, gaffle, grift, scam, scheme

Movies

W.C. Fields wearing his early mustache get-up with Louise Brooks in It's the Old Army Game
W. C. Fields wearing his early mustache get-up with Louise Brooks in It's the Old Army Game

Fields starred in a couple of short comedies, filmed in New York in 1915. Louise Brooks ( November 14, 1906 &ndash August 8, 1985) was an American Dancer, model, Showgirl His stage commitments prevented him from doing more movie work until 1924. He reprised his Poppy role in a silent-film adaptation, retitled Sally of the Sawdust (1925) and directed by the legendary D.W. Griffith. David Llewelyn Wark "D W" Griffith (January 22 1875 &ndash July 23 1948 was a premier pioneering Academy Award -winning American Film director. Fields wore a scruffy-looking, clip-on mustache in virtually all of his silent films, discarding it only after his first sound feature film, Her Majesty Love.

Screen stardom

Fields made four short subjects for comedy pioneer Mack Sennett in 1932 and 1933. Mack Sennett ( January 17, 1880 &ndash November 5, 1960) was an Academy Award -winning director and was known as the innovator During this period, Paramount Pictures began featuring Fields in full-length comedies, and by 1934 he was a major movie star. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California.

He also contributed to the films' scripts, under unusual pseudonyms such as "Otis Criblecoblis", which contains an embedded homophone for "scribble". A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning Another, "Mahatma Kane Jeeves", is a pun on mahatma and a phrase of an aristocrat walking out: "My hat, my cane, Jeeves". Mahatma is Sanskrit for "Great Soul" (महात्मा mahātmā: महा mahā (great + आत्मं or आत्मन Reginald Jeeves is a Fictional character in the short stories and novels of P He also used the ordinary-sounding pseudonym "Charles Bogle" several times. A bogle, boggle or bogill is the Scots term for a folkloric creature with a fierce temper it is probably from the Middle-English Bugge

In his films, he often played hustlers such as carnival barkers and card sharps, spinning yarns and distracting his marks, as with this gem from Mississippi: "Whilst traveling through the Andes Mountains, we lost our corkscrew. The Andes form the world's longest exposed Mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. Had to live on food and water for several days!" Fields had an affection for unlikely names and many of his characters bore them. Among the prime examples are:

The carnival fraud was not the only character Fields played. He was also fond of casting himself as the victim: a hapless householder constantly under the thumb of his shrewish wife and/or mother-in-law. His 1934 classic It's a Gift included his stage sketch of trying to escape his nagging family by sleeping on the back porch, and being bedeviled by noisy neighbors and traveling salesmen. It's a Gift is a 1934 Comedy film starring W C Fields. Observations Considered by many to be Fields' best and funniest film

Although lacking formal education, he was well read and a lifelong admirer of author Charles Dickens. He achieved one of his career ambitions by playing the character Mr. Micawber, in MGM's David Copperfield in 1935. In 1936, Fields re-created his signature stage role in Poppy for Paramount Pictures. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California.

Fields and alcohol

Fields’s screen character was often fond of alcohol and this trait has become part of the Fields legend. In his younger days as a juggler, Fields himself never drank, because he didn’t want to impair his functions while performing. The loneliness of his constant touring and traveling, however, compelled Fields to keep liquor on hand for fellow performers, so he could invite them to his dressing room for companionship and cocktails. Only then did Fields cultivate a fondness for alcohol.

A notable quote regarding alcohol is attributed to Fields: "I can't stand water because of the things fish do in it. " Fields expressed his feelings in Never Give a Sucker an Even Break: "I was in love with a beautiful blonde once, dear. Never Give a Sucker an Even Break is a 1941 Universal Pictures Comedy film starring W She drove me to drink. It's the one thing I am indebted to her for. "

On movie sets, Fields kept a vacuum flask of martinis handy; he referred to it as his "lemonade". The martini is a Cocktail made with Gin and dry white Vermouth or sweet red Vermouth. One day a prankster switched the contents of the flask, filling it with actual lemonade. Upon discovering the prank, Fields was heard to yell, "Who put lemonade in my lemonade?"

In 1936 Fields became gravely ill, his health worsened by his heavy drinking. Flelds’s film series came to a halt while he recovered; he made one last film for Paramount, The Big Broadcast of 1938. The Big Broadcast of 1938 is a Paramount Pictures film featuring W The comedian's all-around cussedness kept other producers away, and Fields was professionally idle until he made his debut on radio.

Radio

While Fields was inactive, he recorded a short speech for a radio broadcast. His familiar, snide drawl registered so well with listeners that he quickly became a popular guest on network radio shows. [4]One of his funniest routines had him trading insults with Edgar Bergen's dummy Charlie McCarthy on "The Chase and Sanborn Hour". Fields would twit Charlie about his being made of wood:

Charlie would fire back at Fields about his drinking:

McCARTHY: Is it true, Mr, Fields, that when you stood on the corner of Hollywood and Vine, 43 cars waited for your nose to change to green?

Movie comeback

Fields's new popularity earned him a contract with Universal Pictures in 1939. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American His first feature for Universal, You Can't Cheat an Honest Man, carried on the Fields-McCarthy rivalry. } You Can't Cheat an Honest Man is a 1939 comedy film starring and scripted by W In 1940 Fields made My Little Chickadee with Mae West, as well as The Bank Dick, perhaps his best-known film (in which he asks bartender Shemp Howard, "Was I in here last night, and did I spend a $20 bill?" "Yeah!" "Oh, is that a load off my mind. My Little Chickadee ( 1940) is a Universal comedy / western motion picture starring Mae West and W Mae West (August 17 1893 &ndash November 22 1980 was an American actress, Playwright, Screenwriter, and Sex symbol. The Bank Dick (released as The Bank Detective in the United Kingdom) is a 1940 Comedy film in which W Shemp Howard ( March 04, 1895[http //shempcompanycom/Media/death_cert . . I thought I'd lost it!").

W.C. Fields in a scene from The Bank Dick
W. C. Fields in a scene from The Bank Dick

Fields often fought with studio producers, directors, and writers over the content of his films. The Bank Dick (released as The Bank Detective in the United Kingdom) is a 1940 Comedy film in which W He was determined to make a movie his way, with his own script and staging and his own choice of supporting players. Universal finally gave him the chance, and the resulting film, Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, (1941) is a masterpiece of absurd humor in which Fields appeared as himself, "The Great Man". Never Give a Sucker an Even Break is a 1941 Universal Pictures Comedy film starring W Universal's singing star Gloria Jean played opposite Fields, and his old cronies Leon Errol and Franklin Pangborn served as his comic foils. Gloria Jean (born Gloria Jean Schoonover on April 14, 1926 in Buffalo New York) is an American Singer and actress Leon Errol ( July 3, 1881 - October 12, 1951) was an Australian born comedian and actor in the United States, popular Franklin Pangborn ( January 23, 1889 - July 20, 1958) was an American character Actor. But the film Fields delivered was so nonsensical that Universal recut and reshot parts of it and then quietly released both the film and Fields. Sucker turned out to be his last starring film.

Unrealized movie projects

W. C. Fields was the original choice for the title role in the 1939 version of The Wizard of Oz. The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical - Fantasy film mainly directed by Victor Fleming and based on the 1900 children’s One rumor was that he believed the role was too small. Another alleged that he was asking too much money: his asking price was $100,000, while MGM offered $75,000. However, his agent asserted that Fields rejected the role because he wanted to devote his time to writing You Can't Cheat an Honest Man. } You Can't Cheat an Honest Man is a 1939 comedy film starring and scripted by W In any case, the Oz role was certainly tailored for Fields: Frank Morgan played the carnival mountebank "Professor Marvel" with the florid speech and pompous fraudulence typical of Fields. Frank Morgan ( June 1, 1890 – September 18, 1949) was an American Character actor best known for his portrayal of the title

Fields also figured in an Orson Welles project. George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television Welles's bosses at RKO Radio Pictures, after losing money on Citizen Kane, urged Welles to choose as his next film a subject with more commercial appeal. Citizen Kane ( 1941) is an American Dramatic film, and the first Feature film directed by Orson Welles, who also co-authored Welles considered an adaptation of Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers starring Fields and John Barrymore, but Fields's schedule would not permit it. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, better known as The Pickwick Papers, is the first novel by Charles Dickens. John Sidney Blyth Barrymore ( February 15 1882 – May 29 1942) was an American Actor, frequently called the greatest The project was permanently shelved, and Welles went on to adapt The Magnificent Ambersons. The Magnificent Ambersons is a American Drama film written and directed by Orson Welles.

Final years

Fields occasionally entertained guests at his home. Anthony Quinn and his wife Katherine DeMille (daughter of famed Hollywood director Cecil B. DeMille) called on Fields one afternoon, which became a nightmare when the Quinns’ three-year-old son, Christopher, drowned in Fields’s swimming pool. For other people named Anthony Quinn see Anthony Quinn (disambiguation Anthony Quinn ( April 21, 1915 &ndash Katherine DeMille ( June 29 1911 &ndash April 27 1995) was a Canadian-born American film actress. Cecil Blount DeMille ( August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was an Academy Award -winning American Film director Fields was hit hard by this incident, and brooded about it for months.

Generally, Fields fraternized with other actors, directors, and writers who shared his fondness for good company and good liquor. John Barrymore, Gregory La Cava, and Gene Fowler were a few of his intimates. John Sidney Blyth Barrymore ( February 15 1882 – May 29 1942) was an American Actor, frequently called the greatest Gregory La Cava ( March 10, 1892 &ndash March 1, 1952) was an American Film director best known for his films of the 1930s Gene Fowler (born Eugene Devlan ( March 8, 1890 – July 2, 1960) was an American journalist author and dramatist

With a presidential election looming in 1940, Fields toyed with the idea of lampooning political campaign speeches. He wrote to candidate Henry Wallace, intending to glean comedy material from Wallace’s speeches, but when Wallace responded with a warm, personal fan letter to Fields, the comedian decided against skewering Wallace. Henry Wallace may refer to Henry A Wallace (1888&ndash1965 US Instead, Fields wrote a book entitled Fields for President, humorous essays in the form of a campaign speech. Dodd, Mead and Company published it in 1940 but declined to reprint it at the time. It didn't sell well, mostly because people were confused as to whether it was meant to be taken seriously. Dodd, Mead and Company reprinted in 1971 when Fields was seen as an anti-establishment figure. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The 1940 edition includes illustrations by Otto Soglow; the 1971 reprint is illustrated with photographs of Fields. Otto Soglow ( December 23, 1900 - April 3, 1975) was an American cartoonist best known for his Comic strip The Little King

Fields's film career slowed down considerably in the 1940s. His illnesses confined him to brief guest-star appearances in other people's films. An extended sequence in 20th Century Fox's Tales of Manhattan (1942) was cut from the original release of the film; it was later reinstated for some home video releases. Tales of Manhattan is a 1942 Black-and-white Anthology film directed by Julien Duvivier. In Song Of The Open Road (1944) Fields actually juggled for a few moments, remarking "this used to be my racket". His last film, the musical revue Sensations of 1945, was released in late 1944. Sensations of 1945 is a 1944 American musical - Comedy film which was released by United Artists.

He also guested occasionally on radio as late as 1946, often with Edgar Bergen, and just before his death that same year he recorded a spoken-word album, delivering his comic "Temperance Lecture" and "The Day I Drank A Glass Of Water". Fields was too ill to go to a recording studio, so Les Paul brought the equipment to him. Les Paul (born Lester William Polsfuss on June 9 1915) is an American Jazz guitarist and Inventor. Fields's vision had deteriorated so much that he read his lines from large-print cue cards. It was W. C. Fields's last performance and, despite his frail health, one of his most charming.

Fields spent his last weeks in a hospital, where a friend stopped by for a visit and caught Fields reading the Bible. Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin When asked why, Fields replied, "I'm checking for loopholes". In a final irony, W. C. Fields died in 1946 (from a stomach hemorrhage) on the holiday he claimed to despise: Christmas Day. Bleeding, technically known as hemorrhaging / haemorrhaging (see American and British spelling differences) is the loss of Blood from [5] As documented in W. C. Fields and Me (published in 1971, the book was made into a 1976 film of the same name starring Rod Steiger), he died at Las Encinas Sanatorium, Pasadena, California, a bungalow-type sanitarium where, as he lay in bed dying, his longtime and final love, Carlotta Monti, went outside and turned the hose onto the roof, so as to allow Fields to hear for one last time his favorite sound of falling rain. WC Fields and Me is a 1976 American Biographical film directed by Arthur Hiller. Rod Steiger ( April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an American Academy Award -winning Actor known for his Pasadena ( is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Carlotta Monti ( January 20[[ 907]] - December 8[[ 993]] was a minor Film actress known primarily as the mistress of W According to the documentary W.C. Fields Straight Up, his death occurred in this way: he winked and smiled at a nurse, put a finger to his lips, and died. Fields was 66, and had been a patient for 14 months.

He was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, in Glendale, California. Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a privately-owned Cemetery in Glendale, Los Angeles, in the United States. Glendale ( is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. There have been stories that he wanted his grave marker to read "On the whole, I would rather be in Philadelphia", his home town, which is similar to a line he used in My Little Chickadee: "I'd like to see Paris before I die. . . Philadelphia would do!" (In the same film, he made a point of referencing "Philadelphia cream cheese". Given his fondness for words, maybe he just liked the sound of his home town's name. ) This rumor has also morphed into "I would rather be here than in Philadelphia". The anecdote that Fields often remarked, "Philadelphia, wonderful town, spent a week there one night" is unsubstantiated. It is also said that Fields wanted "I'd rather be in Philadelphia" on his gravestone because of the old vaudeville joke among comedians that "I would rather be dead than play Philadelphia". Whatever his wishes might have been, his interment marker merely has his name and birth and death years.

Caricatures

Fields, with his bulbous nose (as a result of rosacea), rotund body, and blustery, nasal voice, has often been caricatured. Rosacea (rəʊˈzeɪʃə is a common but often misunderstood condition that is estimated to affect over 45 million people worldwide A few examples:

Fields in popular culture

Quotes

W. C. Fields gave us these quotes to remember him by:

Filmography

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References

  1. ^ "W. Events British Film Institute founded March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City. Events British Film Institute founded March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City. Events British Film Institute founded March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City. Bobby Jones may refer to Bobby Jones (golfer (1902–1971 Bobby Jones (right-handed pitcher (born 1970 right-handed baseball pitcher Events British Film Institute founded March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City. Show Business at War was a Short film (17 minutes made in 1943 to tout the United States Film industry 's contribution to the The year 1943 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U C. Fields' Widow Wins. Entitled to Half $771,000, Though Long Estranged, Judge Rules. ", New York Times, July 8, 1949, Friday. Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2007-08-21. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan.  
  2. ^ Vincent, Canby. Vincent Canby ( July 27 1924 &ndash September 15 2000) was an American film critic. "Son of W. C. Fields Toasts Him in Tea. Comic's Namesake, Here for Festival, Is a Teetotaler. ", New York Times, February 19, 1966, Saturday. Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2007-08-21. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan.  "William Claude Fields, Jr. , the only child of the man who once said that anybody who hates children cannot be all bad, sat somewhat uncomfortably late yesterday afternoon in the eighth-floor lounge at the Gallery of Modern Art, sipping a cup of tea, a beverage his father might have chosen only in extremis. " 
  3. ^ He appears in the 1910 census in his parents' household at 3920 N. Marshall Street, Philadelphia, as Claude W. Dukenfield, age 30, an actor, in the tenth year of his first marriage. His wife is not present in the household.
  4. ^ W.C. Fields Radio recordings
  5. ^ "W. C. Fields, 66, Dies. Famed as Comedian. Mimicry Star of the Films Since 1924 Got Start as a $5-a-Week Juggler. Rarely Followed Script. Raspy Remarks and 'Know-It-All' Perspective Made Him Nation-Wide Character. ", New York Times, December 26, 1946, Thursday. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2007-08-21. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan.  "Pasadena, California, December 25, 1946 (Associated Press) W. Pasadena ( is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio C. Fields, the comedian whose deadpan gestures, raspy remarks and "never give a sucker an even break" characterizations made him a showman beloved the nation over, died today at the age of 66. " 
  6. ^ The Warner Bros. Cartoon Companion: Vol. 6

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