- Films
- 30
- Avg rating
- 6.96
- Peak run
- 1934’35
- 7+ run
- 5 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
W.C. by the numbers
Average
6.96
15 rated films
Vote weighted
6.96
bigger films count more
Median
7.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.38
rating spread
Career
52y
1924 to 1975
Total votes
52.3K
across every film
Best
7.3
David Copperfield
Worst
7.0
It's a Gift
Newest first
Filmography
| 1975 | Brother Can You Spare a Dime | · | · | 439 |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy | · | · | 475 |
| 1944 | Song of the Open Road | W.C. Fields | · | 192 |
| 1944 | Sensations of 1945 | W.C. Fields | · | 239 |
| 1944 | Follow the Boys | · | · | 550 |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan | · | 7.3 | 2,800 |
| 1941 | Never Give a Sucker an Even Break | The Great Man | 7.0 | 2,883 |
| 1940 |  The Bank Dick | Egbert Sousé | 7.1 | 8,325 |
| 1940 | My Little Chickadee | Cuthbert J. Twillie | 6.8 | 3,375 |
| 1939 | You Can't Cheat an Honest Man | Larson E. Whipsnade | 6.9 | 2,028 |
| 1938 | The Big Broadcast of 1938 | T. Frothingill Bellows | 6.1 | 1,192 |
| 1936 | Poppy | Professor Eustace P. McGargle | · | 804 |
| 1935 | Man on the Flying Trapeze | Ambrose Wolfinger | 7.4 | 1,479 |
| 1935 | Mississippi | Commodore Jackson | · | 660 |
| 1935 |  David Copperfield | · | 7.3 | 5,221 |
| 1934 |  It's a Gift | Harold Bissonette | 7.0 | 6,152 |
| 1934 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Mr. Stubbins | · | 275 |
| 1934 | The Old Fashioned Way | The Great McGonigle | 7.3 | 1,268 |
| 1934 | You're Telling Me! | Sam Bisbee | 7.4 | 1,309 |
| 1934 | Six of a Kind | Sheriff John Hoxley | · | 799 |
Better together?
W.C. Fields's regulars
- Edward F. ClineDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.93 avg●−0.03
- A. Edward SutherlandDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.80 avg▲+0.10
- Baby LeRoyCo-star · 3 films · 7.15 avg▲+0.24
- Edward F. ClineWriter · 3 films · 6.97 avg●−0.04
- Gregory La CavaDirector and actor · 2 films
- Norman Z. McLeodDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.95 avg▲+0.07
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Edward F. Cline and W.C. Fields movies · A. Edward Sutherland and W.C. Fields movies · W.C. Fields and Baby LeRoy movies · Edward F. Cline and W.C. Fields movies
Takes
On W.C. Fields
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