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W. C. Fields

1880 - 1946

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William Claude Dukenfield (January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946), better known as W. C. Fields, was an American actor, comedian, juggler, and writer.Fields's career in show business began in vaudeville, where he attained international success as a silent juggler. He began to incorporate comedy into his act and was a featured comedian in the Ziegfeld Follies for several years. He became a star in the Broadway musical comedy Poppy (1923), in which he played a colorful small-time con man. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of W. C. Fields has received more than 2,525,464 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). W. C. Fields is the 2,596th most popular actor (down from 2,511th in 2019), the 4,166th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,141st in 2019) and the 1,237th most popular American Actor.

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  • 2.5M

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  • 51.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, W. C. Fields ranks 2,596 out of 9,996Before him are Andrew Robinson, Pierre Barouh, Olive Thomas, Pernell Roberts, Chris Penn, and Colm Feore. After him are Françoise Arnoul, Thierry Lhermitte, Tania Mallet, Peg Entwistle, Ian Ziering, and Michael Chiklis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, W. C. Fields ranks 114Before him are Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Christabel Pankhurst, Fritz Bleyl, Hans Hofmann, Lytton Strachey, and Carl Schuricht. After him are Jeannette Rankin, Frigyes Riesz, Tom Mix, Richard Oswald, Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, and Azim Azimzade. Among people deceased in 1946, W. C. Fields ranks 120Before him are Béla Imrédy, Ferdinand Marian, Matteo Bartoli, Albert Sechehaye, Grigory Neujmin, and Dion Fortune. After him are Louis Bachelier, Ioannis Rallis, Paul Lincke, Cesare Orsenigo, Victor Loret, and Ernst Leonard Lindelöf.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, W. C. Fields ranks 4,166 out of 18,182Before him are Benny Carter (1907), Chris Penn (1965), Colm Feore (1958), Bob King (1906), Frederic Rzewski (1938), and Logan Paul (1995). After him are Dee Snider (1955), William Thurston (1946), Ian Ziering (1964), Tom Brady (1977), Michael Chiklis (1963), and Jeannette Rankin (1880).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, W. C. Fields ranks 1,237Before him are Cathy O'Donnell (1923), Andrew Robinson (1942), Olive Thomas (1894), Pernell Roberts (1928), Chris Penn (1965), and Colm Feore (1958). After him are Ian Ziering (1964), Michael Chiklis (1963), Kathy Baker (1950), Steven Hill (1922), Erika Eleniak (1969), and Thomas Jane (1969).

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