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
Jack Carter (comedian) "Desperate Housewives", and "Shameless" and voice work on King of The Hill. His last round of work included a cameo on "New Girl" and a voice on "Family Guy". He was a guest on Norm Macdonald's video podcast, "Norm Macdonald Live" in 2014. Carter died on June 28, 2015, at his home in Beverly Hills, California, of respiratory failure. Jack Carter (comedian) Jack Chakrin (June 24, 1922 – June 28, 2015), known by his stage name Jack Carter, was an American comedian, actor and television presenter. Brooklyn-born Carter had a long-running comedy act similar to fellow rapid-paced contemporaries Milton Berle