W.C. Fields: movies and TV shows
W.C. Fields has 79 credits in the archive: 78 films and 1 TV series, from 1915 to 2000. Highest rated: The Big Parade of Comedy (7.2/10).
Career timeline
1915 – 2000 · busiest year: 1933 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films | Film | 7.3 | 120 | |
| 1999 | Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults | (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 119 |
| 1997 | The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.3 | 117 |
| 1997 | Vaudeville | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 117 |
| 1994 | Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 114 |
| 1990 | Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.7 | 110 |
| 1986 | W.C. Fields: Straight Up | Film | 9.0 | 106 | |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 104 |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 103 |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self | TV | 5.3 | 102 |
| 1982 | Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 102 |
| 1979 | The Hollywood Clowns | (archive footage) | Film | — | 99 |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 96 |
| 1976 | Hooray for Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 96 |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 95 |
| 1968 | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.6 | 88 |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy | Wilkins Micawber in 'David Copperfield' (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 84 |
| 1949 | Down Memory Lane | (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 1944 | Follow the Boys | W. C. Fields | Film | 5.7 | 64 |
| 1944 | Song of the Open Road | W.C. Fields | Film | 8.0 | 64 |
| 1944 | Sensations of 1945 | W.C. Fields | Film | 6.6 | 64 |
| 1943 | Show-Business at War | Self | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan | Professor Pufflewhistle (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 62 |
| 1941 | Never Give a Sucker an Even Break | The Great Man | Film | 6.9 | 61 |
| 1941 | Never Give a Sucker an Even Break | Film | 6.9 | 61 | |
| 1940 | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1940 | The Bank Dick | Egbert Sousé | Film | 6.5 | 60 |
| 1940 | The Bank Dick | Film | 6.5 | 60 | |
| 1940 | My Little Chickadee | Cuthbert J. Twillie | Film | 6.4 | 60 |
| 1940 | My Little Chickadee | Film | 6.4 | 60 | |
| 1939 | You Can't Cheat an Honest Man | Larson E. Whipsnade | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1939 | You Can't Cheat an Honest Man | Film | 7.0 | 59 | |
| 1938 | The Big Broadcast of 1938 | T. Frothingill Bellows / S.B. Bellows | Film | 6.3 | 58 |
| 1936 | Poppy | Eustace McGargle | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1935 | David Copperfield | Wilkins Micawber | Film | 6.7 | 55 |
| 1935 | Man on the Flying Trapeze | Ambrose Wolfinger | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1935 | Man on the Flying Trapeze | Film | 6.3 | 55 | |
| 1935 | Mississippi | Commodore Jackson | Film | 6.8 | 55 |
| 1934 | Six of a Kind | Sheriff John Hoxley | Film | 5.9 | 54 |
| 1934 | It's a Gift | Harold Bissonette | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1934 | It's a Gift | Film | 6.3 | 54 | |
| 1934 | You're Telling Me! | Sam Bisbee | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1934 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 | Self | Film | — | 54 |
| 1934 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Mr. Stubbins | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1934 | The Old-Fashioned Way | The Great McGonigle / Squire Cribbs in 'The Drunkard' | Film | 7.2 | 54 |
| 1934 | The Old-Fashioned Way | Film | 7.2 | 54 | |
| 1933 | Alice in Wonderland | Humpty-Dumpty | Film | 6.1 | 53 |
| 1933 | The Fatal Glass of Beer | Mr. Snavely | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1933 | The Fatal Glass of Beer | Film | 6.0 | 53 | |
| 1933 | International House | Professor Quail | Film | 5.7 | 53 |
| 1933 | Tillie and Gus | Augustus Winterbottom | Film | 7.4 | 53 |
| 1933 | The Barber Shop | Cornelius O'Hare | Film | 6.4 | 53 |
| 1933 | The Barber Shop | Film | 6.4 | 53 | |
| 1933 | How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action | Himself | Film | 10.0 | 53 |
| 1933 | Too Many Highballs | Film | 6.2 | 53 | |
| 1933 | The Pharmacist | Mr. Dilweg | Film | 5.7 | 53 |
| 1933 | The Pharmacist | Film | 5.7 | 53 | |
| 1932 | If I Had a Million | Rollo La Rue | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1932 | Million Dollar Legs | The President | Film | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1932 | The Dentist | Dentist | Film | 5.9 | 52 |
| 1932 | The Dentist | Film | 5.9 | 52 | |
| 1931 | Her Majesty, Love | Bela Toerrek | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1930 | The Golf Specialist | J. Effingham Bellweather | Film | 5.3 | 50 |
| 1930 | The Golf Specialist | Film | 5.3 | 50 | |
| 1928 | Tillie's Punctured Romance | Ring Master | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1928 | The Circus: Premiere | Self | Film | 5.4 | 48 |
| 1928 | Fools for Luck | Richard Whitehead | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1927 | Running Wild | Elmer Finch | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1927 | The Potters | Pa Potter | Film | 10.0 | 47 |
| 1927 | Two Flaming Youths | Gabby Gilfoil | Film | — | 47 |
| 1926 | It's the Old Army Game | Elmer Prettywillie | Film | 5.0 | 46 |
| 1926 | It's the Old Army Game | Film | 5.0 | 46 | |
| 1926 | So's Your Old Man | Samuel Bisbee | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1925 | Sally of the Sawdust | Professor Eustance McGargle | Film | 6.1 | 45 |
| 1925 | That Royle Girl | Professor Royle | Film | 3.7 | 45 |
| 1924 | Janice Meredith | A British Sergeant | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1915 | Pool Sharks | Film | 5.2 | 35 | |
| 1915 | Pool Sharks | Film | 5.2 | 35 | |
| Marlene Dietrich: Home Movies | Himself | Film | — | — |