William Claude Dukenfield died from an alcohol-related stomach hemorrhage at his home in 1946. He is better known as W.C. Fields and was an actor, comedian, and writer.
He was born William Claude Dukenfield
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W. C. Fields.
William Claude Harper was born in 1944.
WC in the name W.C. Fields, America's Grandest Comedian stands for his real first and middle names, "William Claude". His last name, "Fields" is actually a shortened version of his real last name "Duckenfield". W.C. Fields shortened it because Duckenfield would not fit on a theatre markee. Ted Wioncek, Jr. President, W.C. Fields Fan Club www.webtrec.com/wcfields e-mail: wcfieldsFanClub@comcast.net
Claude Rains's birth name is William Claude Rains.
Claude Hulbert died on January 11, 1964, in Sydney, Australia.
Claude William Chamberlain has written: 'The uncommon sense of applied psychology' -- subject(s): Applied Psychology
W. C. Fields (1880-1946) was an American actor and comedian originally named William Claude Dukenfield. He left home at the age of 11 and started in show business at the age of 14 as a juggler and a comedian in the US and Europe. He appeared in many movies from 1915 until 1944, as well as being a starring attraction at the Ziegfeld Follies in New York City from 1915 to 1921.
Claude Aveline died in 1992.
Claude Pingault died in 1991.
Claude Martial died in 1991.