Film

The Great Man: W.C. Fields

8.0200554mPGDocumentary

Age rating: PG
Director: Phillip Dye
Year: 2005

The legendary W.C. Fields is featured in rare behind-the-scenes footage and home movies at work and at play, along with hilarious scenes from some of his greatest films.

Top cast

W.C. Fields

Self (archive footage)

Bud Abbott

Self (archive footage)

Gracie Allen

Self - Nurse Allen (clip from International House (1933)) (archive footage)

Edgar Bergen

Self (archive footage)

Sarah Bernhardt

Self - Marguerite Gautier (clip from La dame aux camellias (1912)) (archive footage)

Fanny Brice

Self (archive footage)

George Burns

Self - Dr. Burns (clip from International House (1933)) (archive footage)

Cab Calloway

Self (clip from International House (1933)) (archive footage)

Eddie Cantor

Self (archive footage)

John Carradine

Self (archive footage)

Charles Chaplin, Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Maurice Chevalier

Self (archive footage)

Lou Costello

Self (archive footage)

Carol Dempster

Self - Sally (clip from Sally of the Sawdust (1925)) (archive footage)

Stuart Erwin

Self - Tommy Nash (clip from International House (1933)) (archive footage)

Jonathan Harris

Self (archive footage)

Directed by

Phillip Dye

Written by

Phillip Dye

Produced by

Phillip Dye