| LC control no. | n 79092617 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3511.I33 |
| Personal name heading | Fields, W. C. (William Claude), 1880-1946 |
| Variant(s) | 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 |
| Birth date | 1880-01-29 |
| Death date | 1946-12-25 |
| Profession or occupation | Comedian Actor Writer |
| Found in | Fields for president, 1940: t.p. (W.C. Fields) 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) 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) 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)) Encyc. Brit. (Fields, W.C.; orig. name William Claude Dukenfield; b. Jan. 29, 1880; d. Dec. 25, 1946) Acad. Amer. encyc. (Fields, W.C.; b. William Claude Dukenfield Jan. 29, 1879 or 1880; d. Dec. 25, 1946) World book encyc. (Fields, W.C. (1879-1946)) Encyc. Amer. (Fields, W.C. (1879-1946)) 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) 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) |
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