W.C. Fields: On Stage, On Screen, On The Air

Born in Philadelphia in 1879, William Claude Duncanfield set at least two generations on fire with his chauvinistic, drunken, child-hating persona as W.C. Fields. It was an act, wasn't it? You can decide for yourself in these random clips from his life and times, including rare family movies, radio fights with Charlie McCarthy and appearances in Grade A and Grade Z films.