Welcome to the official Web site for W.C. Fields, owned and operated by W.C. Fields Productions, Inc.
There is no instance in the human condition we cannot find some solace in the humor of W.C. Fields.
W.C. Fields speaks truth to authority with dignity, respect, and kindness. He fights for the underdog, the common person. Bottom line, W.C. Fields made and makes the world laugh – the best medicine of all.
The W.C. Fields Exhibit is now at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center – May 19 through August 21.
Selected Fields classic films will be screened during the highly regarded Tuesday afternoon film series:
June 1st at 2:30 p.m.
SALLY OF THE SAWDUST (1925)
June 8th at 2:20 p.m.
POOL SHARKS (1915)
SO'S YOUR OLD MAN (1926)
Accompaniment by Ben Model
June 15th at 2:30 p.m.
THE GOLF SPECIALIST (1930)
RUNNING WILD (1927)
June 22nd at 2:30 p.m.
THE DENTIST (1932)
YOU'RE TELLING ME (1934)
June 29th at 2:30 p.m.
IT'S A GIFT (1934)
July 6th at 2:30 p.m.
THE FATAL GLASS OF BEER (1933)
THE BANK DICK (1940)
We, the grandchildren of W.C. Fields, inherited all our grandfather’s artifacts and memorabilia,
we are happy to now share with the world.
The W.C. Fields Collection chronicles the world’s modern entertainment heritage and is now accessible to researchers, scholars, film historians, and the public at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Margaret Herrick Library.
W.C. Fields' Tributes
The Librarian of Congress, Dr. James Billington, says, "W.C. Fields is the Icon of American Culture and Humor."
Zach Galifianakis star of The Hangover and rising comedian credits W.C. Fields as his influence, May 29, 2010, MySpace: Influences my family, my friends and wc fields…
Judd Apatow on "Make Em Laugh", PBS 2009, "W.C. Fields is the funniest guy of everybody, ever."
Conan O'Brien on "Inside Actors Studio" with James Lipton, 2009, – Who makes you Laugh?
“W.C. Fields I think is maybe the funniest man that ever lived.”
W.C. Fields on Broadway again!
"If I can make them laugh and through that laughter make this old world seem just a little brighter, then I am satisfied." W.C. Fields
John Cleese in introduction to Turner Classic Movies W.C. Fields star of the month, June 2001.
“I discovered W.C. Fields long after I was familiar with Chaplin, Keaton, and Laurel and Hardy and immediately liked him best….Fields had the courage to play the disreputable character and the brilliance to make riskier and more profound jokes than others.”
“Fields was doing Python-esq things long before Python.”
“At a time when political correctness often stifles honesty and impulse to laugh and genuine wit is in such short supply, I think nothing could be healthier than the re-discovery of this most original, perceptive and unrepentant of comedians.”
Others say he is the first example of American humor. W.C. Fields is not slapstick, his humor is cerebral. As in all works of art, every time we see or hear a Fields film, we see or hear some thing new. W.C. Fields studied us, the travelers in the daily journey of life and the human condition, and then served it back to us in his artistry through humor.
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