Filmography
Information for this filmography is derived from the book, W. C. Fields: A Life on Film, by Ronald J. Fields. All films are feature length except where noted.
| Release date | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01915-01-011915 | (untitled film) | Himself | Ed Wynn | Short film presented as part of the Ziegfeld Follies of 1915; lost film |
| 01915-09-19September 19, 1915 | Pool Sharks | The pool shark | Edwin Middleton | One reel; story by W.C. Fields; extant |
| 01915-10-03October 3, 1915 | His Lordship's Dilemma | Remittance man | William Haddock | One reel; extant? (print with French title cards found in 2006) |
| 01924-10-27October 27, 1924 | Janice Meredith | A British sergeant | E. Mason Hopper | extant |
| 01925-08-02August 2, 1925 | Sally of the Sawdust | Professor Eustace P. McGargle | D. W. Griffith | extant |
| 01925-10-07October 7, 1925 | That Royle Girl | Daisy Royle's father | D. W. Griffith | lost film |
| 01926-05-24May 24, 1926 | It's the Old Army Game | Elmer Prettywillie | A. Edward Sutherland | Story by J.P. McEvoy and W.C. Fields; extant |
| 01926-10-26October 26, 1926 | So's Your Old Man | Samuel Bisbee | Gregory La Cava | extant |
| 01927-01-31January 31, 1927 | The Potters | Pa Potter | Fred C. Newmeyer | lost film |
| 01927-08-20August 20, 1927 | Running Wild | Elmer Finch | Gregory La Cava | extant |
| 01927-10-17October 17, 1927 | Two Flaming Youths | J. G. "Gabby" Gilfoil | John S. Waters | lost film |
| 01928-03-03March 3, 1928 | Tillie's Punctured Romance | The Ringmaster | A. Edward Sutherland | extant? |
| 01928-05-07May 7, 1928 | Fools for Luck | Richard Whitehead | Charles F. Reisner | extant? |
| 01930-08-22August 22, 1930 | The Golf Specialist | J. Effingham Bellwether | Monte Brice | Two reels; story by W.C. Fields (uncredited) |
| 01931-10-26October 26, 1931 | Her Majesty, Love | Bela Toerrek | William Dieterle | |
| 01932-07-08July 8, 1932 | Million Dollar Legs | President of Klopstokia | Edward Cline | |
| 01932-10-02October 2, 1932 | If I Had a Million | Rollo La Rue | Norman Taurog | |
| 01932-10-09October 9, 1932 | The Dentist | Himself | Leslie Pearce | Two reels; story by W.C. Fields (uncredited) |
| 01933-03-03March 3, 1933 | The Fatal Glass of Beer | Mr. Snavely | Clyde Bruckman | Two reels; story by W.C. Fields (uncredited) |
| 01933-04-21April 21, 1933 | The Pharmacist | Mr. Dilweg | Arthur Ripley | Two reels; story by W.C. Fields (uncredited) |
| 01933-06-02June 2, 1933 | International House | Professor Quail | A. Edward Sutherland | |
| 01933-06-24June 24, 1933 | Hip Action | Himself | George Marshall | One reel |
| 01933-07-28July 28, 1933 | The Barber Shop | Cornielius O'Hare | Arthur Ripley | Two reels; story by W.C. Fields (uncredited) |
| 01933-09-08September 8, 1933 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-2 | Himself | Louis Lewyn | One reel |
| 01933-10-13October 13, 1933 | Tillie and Gus | Augustus Q. Winterbottom | Francis Martin | Fields as contributing writer (uncredited) |
| 01933-10-22October 22, 1933 | Alice in Wonderland | Humpty Dumpty | Norman McLeod | |
| 01934-02-09February 9, 1934 | Six of a Kind | Sheriff "Honest John" Hoxley | Leo McCarey | |
| 01934-04-06April 6, 1934 | You're Telling Me! | Sam Bisbee | Erle C. Kenton | Fields as contributing writer (uncredited) |
| 01934-04-27April 27, 1934 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 | Himself | Louis Lewyn | One reel |
| 01934-07-13July 13, 1934 | The Old Fashioned Way | The Great (Marc Antony) McGonigle | William Beaudine | Story by "Charles Bogle" (W.C. Fields) |
| 01934-10-19October 19, 1934 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Mr. C. Ellsworth Stubbins | Norman Taurog | |
| 01934-11-30November 30, 1934 | It's a Gift | Harold Bissonette | Norman McLeod | Original story by "Charles Bogle" (W.C. Fields) |
| 01935-03-22March 22, 1935 | Mississippi | Commodore Orlando Jackson | A. Edward Sutherland | |
| 01935-07-26July 26, 1935 | Man on the Flying Trapeze | Ambrose Wolfinger | Clyde Bruckman | Story by "Charles Bogle" (W.C. Fields) |
| 01935-10-13October 13, 1935 | David Copperfield | Wilkins Micawber | George Cukor | |
| 01936-06-19June 19, 1936 | Poppy | Professor Eustace P. McGargle | A. Edward Sutherland | |
| 01938-02-18February 18, 1938 | The Big Broadcast of 1938 | T. Frothingill Bellows S. B. Bellows |
Mitchell Leisen | |
| 01939-02-17February 17, 1939 | You Can't Cheat an Honest Man | Larson E. Whipsnade | George Marshall | Story by "Charles Bogle" (W.C. Fields) |
| 01940-02-09February 9, 1940 | My Little Chickadee | Cuthbert J. Twillie | Edward Cline | Bar scene written by W.C. Fields |
| 01940-11-29November 29, 1940 | The Bank Dick | Egbert Sousè | Edward Cline | Story by "Mahatma Kane Jeeves" (W.C. Fields) |
| 01941-10-10October 10, 1941 | Never Give a Sucker an Even Break | The Great Man | Edward Cline | Original story by "Otis Criblecoblis" (W.C. Fields) |
| unreleased | The Laziest Golfer | Himself | (unknown) | Footage shot but never assembled |
| 01942-10-30October 30, 1942 | Tales of Manhattan | Himself | Julien Duvivier | Sequence with Fields cut from original release, restored for home video (VHS) |
| 01944-05-05May 5, 1944 | Follow the Boys | Himself | A. Edward Sutherland | |
| 01944-06-21June 21, 1944 | Song of the Open Road | Himself | S. Sylvan Simon | |
| 01944-06-30June 30, 1944 | Sensations of 1945 | Himself | Andrew L. Stone |
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