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W. C. Fields

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American comedian, actor, juggler and writer (1880-1946)

United StatesComediansLived 1880 to 1946 · aged 66
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William Claude Dukenfield, better known as W. C. Fields, was an American actor, comedian, juggler and writer. His career in show business began in vaudeville, where he attained international success as a silent juggler.

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William Claude Dukenfield, better known as W. C. Fields, was an American actor, comedian, juggler and writer. His career in show business began in vaudeville, where he attained international success as a silent juggler. He began to incorporate 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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United States
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Comedians
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Comedian
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deceased
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Lived 1880 to 1946 · aged 66
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