Acting
W.C. Fields
- Titles
- 61movies2TV shows
- Career
Active from 1915 to 1979, with a break from 1950 to 1963, busiest in 1933 with 6 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 31top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
The Old-Fashioned Way72/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Showbiz7.5average 1.2
- Situational Comedy7.3average 2.7
- Physical Comedy6.0average 2.5
- Nostalgia6.9average 3.6
- Historical5.7average 2.6
- Wholesome6.0average 3.3
- Wit & Wordplay6.3average 3.7
- Satire & Parody4.4average 2.3
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.5, average 5.2
- Psychological2.6, average 5.6
- Violence1.6, average 4.3
- Tension3.9, average 6.1
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Classic Hollywood 3
- Classic Comedy 2
- Family-Friendly 2
- Slapstick Humor 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Edward F. ClineDirectorThe Bank Dick, Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, You Can't Cheat an Honest Man, My Little Chickadee, Million Dollar Legs
A. Edward SutherlandDirectorIt's the Old Army Game, International House, Mississippi, Tillie's Punctured Romance, Poppy
Tammany YoungActorIt's a Gift, Man on the Flying Trapeze, You're Telling Me!, The Old-Fashioned Way- EElise CavannaActorIt's the Old Army Game, The Dentist, The Barber Shop, The Pharmacist
Chester ConklinActorHer Majesty, Love, Tillie's Punctured Romance, Fools for Luck, Two Flaming Youths- WWalter DeLeonWriterSix of a Kind, The Big Broadcast of 1938, You're Telling Me!, International House
- FFrancis MartinWriterThe Big Broadcast of 1938, International House, Mississippi, Tillie and Gus
Jack LudenActorIt's the Old Army Game, Fools for Luck, Two Flaming Youths
Kathleen HowardActorIt's a Gift, Man on the Flying Trapeze, You're Telling Me!
Baby LeRoyActorIt's a Gift, The Old-Fashioned Way, Tillie and Gus
Mary BrianActorMan on the Flying Trapeze, Running Wild, Two Flaming Youths
Grady SuttonActorThe Bank Dick, Man on the Flying Trapeze, The Pharmacist
Movies and TV shows
231930s
23 titles · average score 65
68
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
as Larson E. Whipsnade
61
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
as T. Frothingill Bellows / S.B. Bellows
67
Poppy (1936)
as Eustace McGargle
67
Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)
as Ambrose Wolfinger
Mississippi (1935)
as Commodore Jackson
69
David Copperfield (1935)
as Wilkins Micawber
67
It's a Gift (1934)
as Harold Bissonette
70
You're Telling Me! (1934)
as Sam Bisbee
62
Six of a Kind (1934)
as Sheriff John Hoxley
72
The Old-Fashioned Way (1934)
as The Great McGonigle / Squire Cribbs in 'The Drunkard'
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934)
as Mr. Stubbins
62
International House (1933)
as Professor Quail
62
The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933)
as Mr. Snavely
64
The Barber Shop (1933)
as Cornelius O'Hare
61
The Pharmacist (1933)
as Mr. Dilweg
Tillie and Gus (1933)
as Augustus Winterbottom
61
Alice in Wonderland (1933)
as Humpty-Dumpty
67
Million Dollar Legs (1932)
as The President
63
The Dentist (1932)
as Dentist
67
If I Had a Million (1932)
as Rollo La Rue
59
Her Majesty, Love (1931)
as Bela Toerrek
The Golf Specialist (1930)
as J. Effingham Bellweather