W. C. Fields by Himself", it was shown that Fields was married (and subsequently estranged from his wife), and financially supported their son and loved his grandchildren. Fields was born William Claude Dukenfield in Darby, Pennsylvania, the oldest child of a working-class family. His father, James Lydon Dukenfield (1840–1913), was from an English family that emigrated from Sheffield, England in 1854. James Dukenfield served in Company M of the 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment in the American Civil War and was wounded in 1863. Fields' mother, Kate Spangler Felton (1854–1925), was a Protestant of British ancestry. The 1876 "Philadelphia City Directory "lists James Dukenfield
Bill Thompson (voice actor) Bill Thompson (voice actor) William H. "Bill" Thompson (July 8, 1913 – July 15, 1971) was an American radio comedian, actor and voice actor, whose career stretched from the 1930s until his death. He was best known as a featured comedian playing multiple roles on the "Fibber McGee and Molly" radio series, and as the voice of Droopy in most of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer theatrical cartoons from 1943 to 1958. Born to vaudevillian parents, Thompson began his career in Chicago radio, where his early appearances included appearances as a regular on Don McNeill's morning variety series "The Breakfast Club" in 1934