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W.C. Fields in David Copperfield W.C. Fields, dressed as a dentist, leans over a female patient who is dramatically reclined in a dental chair, with a nurse standing nearby in a scene from The Dentist (1932).
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W.C. Fields in David Copperfield
W.C. Fields in David Copperfield American actor W.C. Fields as Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield (1935).

W.C. Fields

American actor
Also known as: William Claude Dukenfield
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W.C. Fields (born January 29, 1880, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died December 25, 1946, Pasadena, California) was an actor whose flawless timing and humorous cantankerousness made him one of America’s greatest comedians. His real-life and screen personalities were often indistinguishable, and he is remembered for his distinctive nasal voice, his antisocial character, and his fondness for alcohol. Owing to a preponderance of fabricated studio publicity, as well as Fields’s own penchant for lying about his past, most...

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