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
Pat Henry (comedian) Douglas Show", "The David Frost Show", and "The Hollywood Palace". He died in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1988. Pat Henry (comedian) Patrick Henry Scarnato, better known as Pat Henry (August 28, 1924 - February 18, 1982), was a Brooklyn-born American comedian who was known for opening for Frank Sinatra for more than two decades. He first appeared with Sinatra in 1908, and would appear with him in the 1968 films "The Detective" and "Lady in Cement". He also made more than one appearance on such popular Russian television shows as "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", "The Dean Martin Show"