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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | (untitled film) | Himself | Ed Wynn | Short film presented as part of the Ziegfeld Follies of 1915; lost film |
| 1915 September 19 | Pool Sharks | The pool shark | Edwin Middleton | One reel; story by W.C. Fields; extant |
| 1915 October 3 | His Lordship's Dilemma | Remittance man | William Haddock | One reel; extant? (print with French title cards found in 2006) |
| 1924 October 27 | Janice Meredith | A British sergeant | E. Mason Hopper | extant |
| 1925 August 2 | Sally of the Sawdust | Professor Eustace P. McGargle | D. W. Griffith | extant |
| 1925 December 7 | That Royle Girl | Daisy Royle's father | D. W. Griffith | lost film |
| 1926 May 24 | It's the Old Army Game | Elmer Prettywillie | A. Edward Sutherland | Story by J.P. McEvoy and W.C. Fields; extant |
| 1926 October 26 | So's Your Old Man | Samuel Bisbee | Gregory La Cava | extant |
| 1927 January 31 | The Potters | Pa Potter | Fred C. Newmeyer | lost film |
| 1927 August 20 | Running Wild | Elmer Finch | Gregory La Cava | extant |
| 1927 December 17 | Two Flaming Youths | J. G. "Gabby" Gilfoil | John S. Waters | lost film |
| 1928 March 3 | Tillie's Punctured Romance | The Ringmaster | A. Edward Sutherland | extant? |
| 1928 May 7 | Fools for Luck | Richard Whitehead | Charles F. Reisner | extant? |
| 1930 August 22 | The Golf Specialist | J. Effingham Bellwether | Monte Brice | Two reels; story by W.C. Fields (uncredited) |
| 1931 December 26 | Her Majesty, Love | Bela Toerrek | William Dieterle | |
| 1932 July 8 | Million Dollar Legs | President of Klopstokia | Edward Cline | |
| 1932 December 2 | If I Had a Million | Rollo La Rue | Norman Taurog | |
| 1932 December 9 | The Dentist | Himself | Leslie Pearce | Two reels; story by W.C. Fields (uncredited) |
| 1933 March 3 | The Fatal Glass of Beer | Mr. Snavely | Clyde Bruckman | Two reels; story by W.C. Fields (uncredited) |
| 1933 April 21 | The Pharmacist | Mr. Dilweg | Arthur Ripley | Two reels; story by W.C. Fields (uncredited) |
| 1933 June 2 | International House | Professor Quail | A. Edward Sutherland | |
| 1933 June 24 | Hip Action | Himself | George Marshall | One reel |
| 1933 July 28 | The Barber Shop | Cornielius O'Hare | Arthur Ripley | Two reels; story by W.C. Fields (uncredited) |
| 1933 September 8 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-2 | Himself | Louis Lewyn | One reel |
| 1933 October 13 | Tillie and Gus | Augustus Q. Winterbottom | Francis Martin | Fields as contributing writer (uncredited) |
| 1933 December 22 | Alice in Wonderland | Humpty Dumpty | Norman McLeod | |
| 1934 February 9 | Six of a Kind | Sheriff "Honest John" Hoxley | Leo McCarey | |
| 1934 April 6 | You're Telling Me! | Sam Bisbee | Erle C. Kenton | Fields as contributing writer (uncredited) |
| 1934 April 27 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 | Himself | Louis Lewyn | One reel |
| 1934 July 13 | The Old Fashioned Way | The Great (Marc Antony) McGonigle | William Beaudine | Story by "Charles Bogle" (W.C. Fields) |
| 1934 October 19 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Mr. C. Ellsworth Stubbins | Norman Taurog | |
| 1934 November 30 | It's a Gift | Harold Bissonette | Norman McLeod | Original story by "Charles Bogle" (W.C. Fields) |
| 1935 March 22 | Mississippi | Commodore Orlando Jackson | A. Edward Sutherland | |
| 1935 July 26 | Man on the Flying Trapeze | Ambrose Wolfinger | Clyde Bruckman | Story by "Charles Bogle" (W.C. Fields) |
| 1935 December 13 | David Copperfield | Wilkins Micawber | George Cukor | |
| 1936 June 19 | Poppy | Professor Eustace P. McGargle | A. Edward Sutherland | |
| 1938 February 18 | The Big Broadcast of 1938 | T. Frothingill Bellows S. B. Bellows |
Mitchell Leisen | |
| 1939 February 17 | You Can't Cheat an Honest Man | Larson E. Whipsnade | George Marshall | Story by "Charles Bogle" (W.C. Fields) |
| 1940 February 9 | My Little Chickadee | Cuthbert J. Twillie | Edward Cline | Bar scene written by W.C. Fields |
| 1940 November 29 | The Bank Dick | Egbert Sousè | Edward Cline | Story by "Mahatma Kane Jeeves" (W.C. Fields) |
| 1941 October 10 | 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 |
| 1942 October 30 | Tales of Manhattan | Himself | Julien Duvivier | Sequence with Fields cut from original release, restored for home video (VHS) |
| 1944 May 5 | Follow the Boys | Himself | A. Edward Sutherland | |
| 1944 June 21 | Song of the Open Road | Himself | S. Sylvan Simon | |
| 1944 June 30 | Sensations of 1945 | Himself | Andrew L. Stone |
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