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A renowned gambler and card-shark, a gin drinker, and hater of children, iconic actor- comedian W.C. Fields... (Learn more)

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W C Fields’s Family
Name: Relation: Notes:
Harriet Hughes wife met in late 1890s when they were both in appearing in vaudeville; became engaged in 1899; married in San Francisco on April 18, 1900; separated shortly after birth of son Claude; she converted to Roman Catholicism in 1906 and refused to grant Fields a divorce; died on November 7, 1963
Claude Fields son born in July 1904; parents separated c. 1905
James L Dukenfield father British immigrant; served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
May Dukenfield sister younger
Adel Dukenfield sister younger
Leroy Dukenfield brother born in 1895
Walter Dukenfield brother younger

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Also known as

AKA : Charles Bogle
AKA : Mahatma Kane Jeeves
AKA : Otis Criblecoblis
AKA : William Claude Dukenfield

Born

January, 29 1880 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Professions

actor, comedian, juggler, screenwriter, cigar store assistant, ice delivery boy, newspaper vendor, scullery boy