Fields, W. C. (William Claude), 1880-1946
URI(s)
Variants
- Dukinfield, William Claude, 1880-1946
- Dukenfield, William Claude, 1880-1946
- Fields, William Claude, 1880-1946
- Fields, William C. (William Claude), 1880-1946
- Bogle, Charles, 1880-1946
- Criblecoblis, Otis, 1880-1946
- Jeeves, Mahatma Kane, 1880-1946
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1880-01-29
Death Date
- 1946-12-25
Occupation
Comedian
Actor
Writer
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Fields for president, 1940:t.p. (W.C. Fields)
- found: Groucho and W.C. Fields, 1994:p. 41 (always been some uncertainty as to Fields' [birth date], though Jan. 29, 1880 has found the widest acceptance)
- found: Never give a sucker an even break, 1999:CIP t.p. (W.C. Fields) galley (author is Fields' grandson; gives birth date as Jan. 29, 1880 and name as William Claude Dukenfield)
- found: Email from Nat'l Digital Library, Feb. 10, 2000(Visit on Feb. 10, 2000, of two grandchildren report W.C. Fields b. 1880 (d. 1946))
- found: Encyc. Brit.(Fields, W.C.; orig. name William Claude Dukenfield; b. Jan. 29, 1880; d. Dec. 25, 1946)
- found: Acad. Amer. encyc.(Fields, W.C.; b. William Claude Dukenfield Jan. 29, 1879 or 1880; d. Dec. 25, 1946)
- found: World book encyc.(Fields, W.C. (1879-1946))
- found: Encyc. Amer.(Fields, W.C. (1879-1946))
- found: Internet movie database, March 4, 2004(W.C. Fields; b. Jan. 29, 1880; d. Dec. 25, 1946; actor & writer; sometimes credited as: Charles Bogle, Otis Criblecoblis, Mahatma Kane Jeeves)
- found: E-mail to LC, Apr. 9, 2010(W.C. Fields' granddaughter H. A. Fields, requests that birth date be changed to reflect the correct date of birth: Jan. 29, 1880)
LC Classification
- PS3511.I33
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Change Notes
- 1980-05-07: new
- 2020-06-18: revised
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