W.C. Fields Net Worth
W.C. Fields Net Worth is
$100,000
W.C. Fields Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
William Claude Dukenfield (January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946), better known as W. C. Fields, was an American comedian, actor, juggler and writer. Fields's comic persona was a misanthropic and hard-drinking egotist, who remained a sympathetic character despite his snarling contempt for dogs and children.His career in show business began in vaudeville, where he attained international success as a silent juggler. He gradually incorporated 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 else henpecked everyman characters.Among his recognizable trademarks were his raspy drawl and grandiloquent vocabulary. The characterization he portrayed in films and on radio was so strong it was generally identified with Fields himself. It was maintained by the publicity departments at Fields's studios (Paramount and Universal) and was further established by Robert Lewis Taylor's biography, W.C. Fields, His Follies and Fortunes (1949). Beginning in 1973, with the publication of Fields's letters, photos, and personal notes in grandson Ronald Fields's book W.C. Fields by Himself, it was shown that Fields was married (and subsequently estranged from his wife), and financially supported their son and loved his grandchildren. | Date Of Birth | January 29, 1880, Darby, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Died | December 25, 1946, Pasadena, California, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Darby, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Height | 5' 7" (1.7 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Writer, Soundtrack |
| Children | William Claude Fields, Jr., William Rexford Fields Morris |
| Star Sign | Aquarius |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Usually portrayed rather pessimistic, aggressive and suspicious-natured men with great fondness of alcohol. Yet, this same character was at the same time dogged by his wife and he rarely managed to speak up against her. He is remembered for his hatred of children, but did in fact frequently possess great fatherly affection for his daughter. |
| Title | Salary |
|---|---|
| Follow the Boys (1944) | $15,000 |
| Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941) | $125,000 |
| The Bank Dick (1940) | $125,000 |
| My Little Chickadee (1940) | $125,000 |
| You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939) | $125,000 |
| The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938) | $20,000 |
| The Dentist (1932) | $5,000 /week |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [While on his death bed] You know I've been thinking about those poor little news paper boy out there. Peddling there papers in cold and rain sole support of there mothers. I want to do something for them. On second thought f em! |
| 2 | Christmas at my house is always six or seven times more pleasant than everywhere else. We start drinking early. And when everyone is seeing one Santa Claus, we'll be seeing six or seven. |
| 3 | [on children] I'm beginning to understand those animals you read about, where the mother has got to hide the young so the father won't eat them. |
| 4 | The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they would turn over by themselves. |
| 5 | If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind. |
| 6 | If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull. |
| 7 | I once spent a year in Philadelphia. I think it was a Sunday. |
| 8 | I never drink water because of the disgusting things fish do in it. |
| 9 | Ah, the patter of little feet. There's nothing like having a midget for a butler. |
| 10 | [on the Academy Awards, 1936] It seems to me that a comedian who really makes people laugh should be as eligible for an award as a tragedian who makes people cry. This isn't a case of sour grapes with me because I didn't grow any grapes last year. I didn't even sow a wild oat. |
| 11 | Ah, yes, Mae West--a plumber's idea of Cleopatra . . . |
| 12 | A man who loves whiskey and hates kids can't be all that bad. |
| 13 | Drown in a cold vat of whiskey? Death, where is thy sting? |
| 14 | The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep. |
| 15 | After two days in the hospital, I took a turn for the nurse. |
| 16 | The cost of living has gone up another dollar a quart. |
| 17 | I gargle with whiskey several times a day, and I haven't had a cold in years. |
| 18 | Hollywood is the gold cap on a tooth that should have been pulled out years ago. |
| 19 | [on Charles Chaplin] He's the best ballet dancer in the world. |
| 20 | [about comedian Bert Williams] He was the funniest man I ever saw, and the saddest man I ever knew. |
| 21 | There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation. |
| 22 | Marriage is better than leprosy, because it's easier to get rid of. |
| 23 | A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money. |
| 24 | [on reading the Bible] I admit I scanned it once, searching for some movie plots . . . but I found only a pack of wild lies. |
| 25 | Women are like elephants. They are interesting to look at, but I wouldn't like to own one. |
| 26 | I remember [William Shakespeare]'swords because he was a great writer. I can't remember Hollywood lines; just as I may well recall a wonderful meal at Delmonico's many years ago, but not the contents of the garbage pail last Tuesday at Joe's Fountain Grill. |
| 27 | Start every day with a smile, and get it over with. |
| 28 | The only thing a lawyer won't question is the legitimacy of his mother. |
| 29 | I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally. |
| 30 | [looking back on his life] You know, I'd like to see how I would've made out without liquor. |
| 31 | Children should neither be seen nor heard from...ever again. |
| 32 | Hell, I never vote for anybody. I always vote against. |
| 33 | What a gorgeous day. What effulgent sunshine. It was a day of this sort the McGillicuddy brothers murdered their mother with an axe. |
| 34 | Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. |
| 35 | Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite, and furthermore always carry a small snake. |
| 36 | If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then give up. No use being a damned fool about it. |
| 37 | What fiend put pineapple juice in my pineapple juice? |
| 38 | What contemptible scoundrel stole the cork from my lunch? |
| 39 | Horse sense is what a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. |
| 40 | I like, in an audience, the fellow who roars continuously at the troubles of the character I am portraying on the stage, but he probably has a mean streak in him and, if I needed ten dollars, he'd be the last person I'd call upon. I'd go first to the old lady and old gentleman back in Row S who keep wondering what there is to laugh at. |
| 41 | Wouldn't it be terrible if I quoted some reliable statistics which prove that more people are driven insane through religious hysteria than by drinking alcohol? |
| 42 | [when "caught" reading a Bible] Just looking for loopholes. |
| 43 | [when asked whether he liked children] Ah, yes . . . boiled or fried. |
| 44 | [when asked what he would like his epitaph to read] On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia. |
| 45 | [when asked why he never drank water] I'm afraid it will become habit-forming. |
| 46 | I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast. |
| 47 | 'Twas a woman drove me to drink. I never had the courtesy to thank her. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | When Louise Brooks was with the Ziegfeld Follies, she was often a drinking companion with Fields after the shows. |
| 2 | Fields was terrified of slipping back into the poverty of his youth. To forestall this eventuality, he set up dozens of bank accounts across the country under a variety of aliases. Most of the money went unclaimed. |
| 3 | After being hit on the head by his father, Fields got his revenge by hiding in the rafters of a stable with a large wooden box in his hands. When his father entered the building, Fields dropped it on his head. Following the incident, he ran away from home. |
| 4 | According to Fields' mistress Carlotta Monti in her biography "W. C. Fields and Me", his four rules of comedy were (1) Never break anything. (2) A henpecked husband gets surefire laughs. (3) Clothes are of paramount importance: "every crease, fold, and droop of flesh can be the object of hilarity. (4) Everyone has a percentage of sadist in him. |
| 5 | His much-vaunted detestation of children is generally thought to have been largely put-on. Co-stars Freddie Bartholomew and Gloria Jean both recalled him as being warm and solicitous. Further evidence of this is the case of 18-month old Gregory Quinn. In 1941, the oldest son of Anthony Quinn and Catherine DeMille wandered off his maternal grandparents' (Cecil B. DeMille) property and onto Fields's, next door. There, the youngster accidentally fell into Fields' fish pond and drowned. Fields was said to have been very much disturbed by this, and moved away shortly thereafter. |
| 6 | Painter/artist John Decker painted Fields as Queen Victoria of England. |
| 7 | Inspired the character Captain Erasmus Mulligan in Morris' Lucky Luke graphic novel "Western Circus". |
| 8 | He was awarded two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 7004 Hollywood Blvd. and for Radio at 6316 Hollywood Blvd. |
| 9 | Fields always regretted not having more formal education. He traveled with a trunk of books, reading whenever he could, and thought for a time about hiring a tutor. He lavished praise on "Readers' Digest" magazine, in later years. |
| 10 | He admired African-Americans, and spoke out in favor of fairer treatment for them during the days of segregation in the United States. He generously paid off the $4000 mortgage on the house of his African-American cook. He once ordered from his premises a man who used the "N-word" within earshot of his staff. |
| 11 | The last movie he starred in, Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941), included a character he had always wanted to have in one of his movies: a young woman (in this case his niece, played by Gloria Jean) who loved him unconditionally. |
| 12 | His father was a United States Civil War veteran; "W.C. Fields by Himself" includes a photograph of his father wearing his old Army uniform. |
| 13 | Although well known for his addiction to alcohol today, Fields did in fact rarely touch alcohol until he was in his mid-30s. He began his career in vaudeville as a juggler, and with that profession he could not afford to drink a lot, as his act demanded precise coordination and concentration in order to succeed. |
| 14 | Rock-and-roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis has said on several occasions that Fields is his favorite comedian. |
| 15 | Although he is quoted as saying that he was "the best ballet dancer in the world", secretly he was extremely jealous of Charles Chaplin, whom he had known when he was younger, for achieving worldwide fame and adoration. |
| 16 | Although his marriage to Harriet Hughes lasted until his death in 1946, they separated as early as in 1904. |
| 17 | According to friends, the biggest laugh he ever got as a stage performer was when a monologue he was giving on-stage was interrupted by a long, loud crash of objects backstage. After the crashing stopped, and the audience was silent, Fields gave a one-word comment in a stage whisper: "Mice!" |
| 18 | Lived with Carlotta Monti for 14 years. |
| 19 | Is portrayed by Chuck McCann in Mae West (1982) and by Rod Steiger in W.C. Fields and Me (1976) |
| 20 | Was an accomplished amateur cartoonist. He often provided his own illustrations for his publicity material during his vaudeville days, and sent sketches and self-drawn holiday cards to his friends, all his life. |
| 21 | He said that The Marx Brothers were the only act he couldn't follow on the live stage. He is known to have appeared on the same bill with them only once, during an engagement at Keith's Orpheum Theatre in Columbus, Ohio, in January 1915. At the time, the Marx Brothers were touring "Home Again", and it didn't take Fields long to realize how his quiet comedy juggling act was faring against the anarchy of the Marxes. Fields later wrote of the engagement (and the Marxes), "They sang, danced, played harp and kidded in zany style. Never saw so much nepotism or such hilarious laughter in one act in my life. The only act I could never follow . . . I told the manager I broke my wrist and quit.". |
| 22 | Through much of his early career, he was a silent juggler. It wasn't until he was in his mid-30s that be began to add verbal comedy to his act |
| 23 | It was generally assumed that his prominent proboscis was the result of his drinking, an assumption he himself fueled in his comedy. However, it is believed to have actually been a physical characteristic inherited from his mother's side of the family. |
| 24 | Legend has it that on the set of You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939), a stagehand was cleaning out Fields' dressing room and accidentally bumped into a table on which Fields had placed a bottle of whiskey. He caught the bottle before it hit the floor, but the cork had popped out and he couldn't find it. He placed the bottle back on the table and left. Fields later came back to the dressing room, and a few minutes afterwards stormed out, roaring "Who took the cork out of my lunch?". |
| 25 | Usually wrote or co-wrote the screenplays to his movies; the aliases he used ("Mahatma Kane Jeeves", "Otis Criblecoblis", etc.) for the writing credits came from the unusual names he encountered on the road, in his vaudeville days. |
| 26 | Slipped a dose of gin into Baby LeRoy's milk bottle during a movie shoot, when the set nurse left for a bathroom break; production had to stop for a day until the child could sober up (Fields reportedly sent money later to LeRoy's family, after the boy's screen career ended and they had financial trouble). |
| 27 | According to film historians, he performed in only one film exactly according to script and as directed. That one was MGM's David Copperfield (1935), in which he co-starred with Freddie Bartholomew, who was only ten years old. Fields admired the Charles Dickens book and wanted desperately to play Mr. Micawber in the movie, so he agreed to forego his usual ad-libs and put aside his distaste at working with child actors. |
| 28 | Appears on sleeve of The Beatles' album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". |
| 29 | Grandchildren: Ruthie, Everett, and Bill. |
| 30 | His son, with wife Hattie, William C. "Claude" Dukenfield, was born on July 28, 1904. He had another son, born on August 15, 1917, with girlfriend Bessie Poole, named William Rexford Fields Morris. |
| 31 | His wife Harriet Hughes was born in 1878 and died on November 7, 1963. |
| 32 | Has a medical syndrome named after him--"W.C. Fields syndrome", characterized by rhinophyma (rosacea of the nose) associated with alcoholism. |
| 33 | Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 160-163. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387 |
| 34 | Although one of his most famous quotes is "Never work with animals or children." he secretly admired children. |
| 35 | Could juggle or balance practically anything he could lift or carry; Fields unnerved his despised mother-in-law by keeping a lit cigar, a candle (in holder), or a beer bottle balanced atop his head at mealtimes, never seeming to notice its presence. |
| 36 | Fields' wife Hattie became his partner in his juggling act after their marriage; he sent her home to his parents when she became pregnant. After Fields returned from the road, they discovered they'd grown apart, but Hattie wouldn't give him a divorce, and when Fields refused to "find a regular job", she began badmouthing him to their young son, William Jr.. Fields predicted that the boy would grow up to see the truth of the situation (Fields never failed to support his family, however much or little he was earning)... and it happened. While father and son rarely saw each other over the years, Fields was proudly introduced to his firstborn grandson (W.C. Fields III) before his death. |
| 37 | Stopped drinking for over a year during his career, when a friend died of alcohol-related causes, but eventually went back to it. |
| 38 | Reportedly had hidden microphones installed along the front walk to his Hollywood home; Fields would slip into a small room to listen to guests talking as they departed. When someone spoke negatively about him, Fields would amuse himself by alluding to what they'd said, the next time he saw them. |
| 39 | While stories of Fields' alcohol consumption (and the consequences thereof) were a regular part of his act, and he was rarely seen without a drink at hand, nobody could recall ever actually seeing him drunk, or out of control. |
| 40 | The lawyer Larsen E. Pettifogger in the comic strip "Wizard of Id" is drawn to look like him. |
| 41 | Enshrined in the Juggling Hall of Fame. |
| 42 | Grandfather of Ronald J. Fields, who edited a biography titled "W.C. Fields by Himself". The book dispelled many longstanding stories about Fields, including ones of his living for years on the street. Young Fields did indeed run away from home after fights with his father, but usually no farther than his grandmother's, and he would return home the next day. He stayed with his grandmother just before beginning his professional career as a juggler. |
| 43 | Pictured on a 15¢ US commemorative postage stamp in the Performing Arts and Artists series, issued 29 January 1980 (100th anniversary year of his birth). |
| 44 | Had a lifetime disdain for music; this he attributed to having to hear his father's singing day and night as a child, loudest when "the old patriarch" was drunk (companion Carlotta Monti claimed Fields once hit her with a cane, to stop her humming with a guitar). When expected to sing in a role, he almost always made a complete farce of both the lyrics and his performance. |
| 45 | He was the second choice to play the title role in The Wizard of Oz (1939). There are still some arguments as to why he turned the part down. Some sources say that he refused to play "The Wizard" because MGM wouldn't pay the salary he wanted, but according to Doug McClelland, author of "Down the Yellow Brick Road", Fields was too busy writing and acting in his latest film for Universal Pictures - You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939) - to be loaned out to MGM to play the part. |
| 46 | Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, USA, in the Great Mausoleum, Holly Terrace entrance, Hall of Inspiration. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sensations of 1945 | 1944 | W.C. Fields | |
| Song of the Open Road | 1944 | W, C, Fields | |
| Follow the Boys | 1944 | W. C. Fields | |
| Tales of Manhattan | 1942 | Professor Pufflewhistle (Fields sequence) (uncredited) | |
| Never Give a Sucker an Even Break | 1941 | The Great Man | |
| The Bank Dick | 1940 | Egbert Sousé | |
| My Little Chickadee | 1940 | Cuthbert J. Twillie | |
| You Can't Cheat an Honest Man | 1939 | Larson E. Whipsnade | |
| The Big Broadcast of 1938 | 1938 | T. Frothingill Bellows / S.B. Bellows | |
| Poppy | 1936 | Prof. Eustace P. McGargle | |
| Man on the Flying Trapeze | 1935 | Ambrose Wolfinger | |
| Mississippi | 1935 | Commodore Jackson | |
| David Copperfield | 1935 | Micawber | |
| It's a Gift | 1934 | Harold Bissonette | |
| Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | 1934 | Mr. Stubbins | |
| The Old Fashioned Way | 1934 | The Great McGonigle / Squire Cribbs in 'The Drunkard' | |
| You're Telling Me! | 1934 | Sam Bisbee | |
| Six of a Kind | 1934 | Sheriff John Hoxley | |
| Alice in Wonderland | 1933 | Humpty-Dumpty | |
| Tillie and Gus | 1933 | Augustus Winterbottom | |
| The Barber Shop | 1933 | Short | Cornelius O'Hare |
| International House | 1933 | Professor Quail | |
| The Pharmacist | 1933 | Short | Mr. Dilweg |
| The Fatal Glass of Beer | 1933 | Short | Mr. Snavely |
| The Dentist | 1932 | Short | Dentist |
| If I Had a Million | 1932 | Rollo La Rue | |
| Million Dollar Legs | 1932 | The President | |
| Her Majesty, Love | 1931 | Bela Toerrek - Lia's Father | |
| The Golf Specialist | 1930 | Short | J. Effingham Bellweather |
| Fools for Luck | 1928 | Richard Whitehead | |
| Tillie's Punctured Romance | 1928 | Ringmaster | |
| Two Flaming Youths | 1927 | Gabby Gilfoil | |
| Running Wild | 1927/I | Elmer Finch | |
| The Potters | 1927 | Pa Potter | |
| So's Your Old Man | 1926 | Samuel Bisbee | |
| It's the Old Army Game | 1926 | Elmer Prettywillie | |
| That Royle Girl | 1925 | Her Father | |
| Sally of the Sawdust | 1925 | Professor Eustance McGargle | |
| Janice Meredith | 1924 | A British Sergeant | |
| His Lordship's Dilemma | 1915 | Short | The Remittance Man |
| Pool Sharks | 1915 | Short | The Pool Shark |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fatal Glass of Fields | 2008 | Short original writer | |
| Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look At... | 1964 | TV Series documentary 1 episode | |
| Never Give a Sucker an Even Break | 1941 | original story - as Otis Criblecoblis | |
| The Bank Dick | 1940 | original screen play - as Mahatma Kane Jeeves | |
| My Little Chickadee | 1940 | original screen play | |
| You Can't Cheat an Honest Man | 1939 | story - as Charles Bogle | |
| The Big Broadcast of 1938 | 1938 | contributing writer - uncredited | |
| Man on the Flying Trapeze | 1935 | from a story by - as Charles Bogle | |
| It's a Gift | 1934 | based upon a story by - as Charles Bogle | |
| The Old Fashioned Way | 1934 | from a story by - as Charles Bogle | |
| You're Telling Me! | 1934 | uncredited | |
| Tillie and Gus | 1933 | uncredited | |
| The Barber Shop | 1933 | Short story | |
| The Pharmacist | 1933 | Short story | |
| The Fatal Glass of Beer | 1933 | Short uncredited | |
| Too Many Highballs | 1933 | Short story - uncredited | |
| The Singing Boxer | 1933 | Short writer | |
| The Dentist | 1932 | Short uncredited | |
| The Golf Specialist | 1930 | Short uncredited | |
| The Family Ford | 1930 | Short story | |
| It's the Old Army Game | 1926 | play "The Comic Supplement" | |
| Pool Sharks | 1915 | Short uncredited |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never Give a Sucker an Even Break | 1941 | performer: "CHICKENS LAY EGGS IN KANSAS" - uncredited / writer: "CHICKENS LAY EGGS IN KANSAS" - uncredited | |
| Poppy | 1936 | performer: "Pop Goes the Weasel" 1853 - uncredited | |
| Man on the Flying Trapeze | 1935 | performer: "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" 1897 - uncredited | |
| Mississippi | 1935 | performer: "Old Folks at Home Swanee River" 1851 - uncredited | |
| David Copperfield | 1935 | performer: "Auld Lang Syne" 1788 - uncredited | |
| Tillie and Gus | 1933 | "Yankee Doodle" ca. 1755, uncredited / performer: "Bringing In the Sheaves" 1880 - uncredited | |
| The Golf Specialist | 1930 | Short lyrics: "Happy Days Are Here Again" 1929 - uncredited / performer: "Happy Days Are Here Again" 1929 - uncredited |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Man on the Flying Trapeze | 1935 | uncredited |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The New Bike | 2009 | Short acknowledgment |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America | 2009 | TV Series documentary | |
| Show-Business at War | 1943 | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Hollywood on Parade No. B-7 | 1934 | Short | Himself |
| How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action | 1933 | Short | Himself - Bill Fields (uncredited) |
| Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 | 1933 | Short | Himself (uncredited) |
| A Trip Through the Paramount Studio | 1927 | Documentary short | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome to the Basement | 2014-2015 | TV Series | Cuthbert J. Twillie |
| The Mack Sennett Collection: Volume One | 2014 | Video | |
| To Oz! The Making of a Classic | 2009 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| The Yellow Brick Road and Beyond | 2009 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices | 2008 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The Great Man: W.C. Fields | 2005 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Broadway: The American Musical | 2004 | TV Mini-Series documentary | |
| Living Famously | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Slaphappy | 2001 | TV Series | Himself (2001) |
| W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films | 2000 | Video documentary | |
| Biography | 1994-1999 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Film Breaks | 1999 | TV Series documentary | |
| American Masters | 1997 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | 1997 | Documentary | Himself |
| Bob Hope: Hollywood's Brightest Star | 1996 | Video documentary | Himself |
| 100 Years at the Movies | 1994 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
| Legends of Comedy | 1992 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Sprockets | 1991 | TV Series | Professor Eustance McGargle |
| Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths | 1990 | Video documentary | Himself |
| W.C. Fields: Straight Up | 1986 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Going Hollywood: The '30s | 1984 | Documentary | |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | 1983 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter | 1982 | TV Movie documentary | Actor - 'The Dentist' (uncredited) |
| The Hollywood Clowns | 1979 | Video documentary | |
| Bob Hope's World of Comedy | 1976 | TV Movie | Tribute Montage |
| America at the Movies | 1976 | Documentary | Mr. Dilweg |
| That's Entertainment, Part II | 1976 | Documentary | Clip from 'David Copperfield' |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | 1975 | Documentary as Bill | |
| Milton Berle's Mad Mad Mad World of Comedy | 1974 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Great Radio Comedians | 1972 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Hollywood: The Selznick Years | 1969 | TV Movie documentary | Actor 'David Copperfield' (uncredited) |
| Hollywood My Home Town | 1965 | Documentary | Himself |
| Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look At... | 1964 | TV Series documentary | Various |
| The Big Parade of Comedy | 1964 | Documentary | Wilkins Micawber in 'David Copperfield' |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | 1961 | TV Series | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians | 1952 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Down Memory Lane | 1949 | The dentist | |
| The Cavalcade of Academy Awards from 1928-1939 | 1940 | Documentary short | Himself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 8 February 1960. At 7004 Hollywood Blvd. |
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Radio | On 8 February 1960. At 6316 Hollywood Blvd. |
Known for movies
The Bank Dick (1940)
as Egbert Sousé
It's a Gift (1934)
as Harold Bissonette
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
as The Great Man
My Little Chickadee (1940)
as Cuthbert J. Twillie