W. C. Fields a "Hommage to Mack Sennett" (1934). Fields is one of the figures that appears in the crowd scene on the cover of The Beatles' 1967 album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". The United States Postal Service issued a W.C. Fields commemorative stamp on the comedian's 100th birthday, in January 1980. 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. W. C. Fields William Claude Dukenfield (January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946), better known as W. C. Fields, was an
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film) the actor sneaks up on Carrey the wild-man dervish. In whichever mode, he carreys the movie." Peter Stack of the "San Francisco Chronicle" said, "Nobody could play the Grinch better than Jim Carrey, whose rubbery antics and maniacal sense of mischief are so well suited to "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". Dr. Seuss himself might have turned to Carrey as a model for the classic curmudgeon had the actor been around in 1957." However, he wondered why Carrey "made himself sound like Sean Connery" and warned that the character's intensity may frighten small children. James Berardinelli of ReelViews wrote that