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
James Craven (American actor) Bill" (1946), "Murder in the Music Hall" (1946), "Million Dollar Weekend" (1948), "Wells Fargo Gunmaster" (1951), and "East of Sumatra" (1953) James Craven (American actor) James Craven (born October 2, 1892 – June 29, 1955) was an American actor. He played a wide variety of roles and has a minimum of 98 film and television credits including the TV show "The Adventures of Kit Carson", as well as the classic motion picture, "Johnny Belinda", and the popular movie serials, "The Green Archer", "Captain Midnight" and "King of the Rocket Men". In his book, "Serials-ly Speaking: Essays on Cliffhangers" author William