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
Merry F %$in' Christmas Merry F %$in' Christmas Merry F#%$in' Christmas is a 2004 comedy album released by actor and comedian Denis Leary. It runs for twenty minutes and includes unreleased sessions recorded for his 1997 album "Lock 'n Load" and two tracks previously released on that album ("Deaf Mute Cocktail Party" and "Insane Cowboy (In Africa)"). Since the holiday season of 2005, Comedy Central has periodically aired "Denis Leary's Merry F#%$in' Christmas", an hour-long (with commercials) Christmas special featuring Leary and several celebrity guests, including Charlie Murphy, Carmen Electra, William Shatner, and the Barenaked Ladies. The song "Merry F#%$in' Christmas" is the title