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
Claude Hulbert on. In 1951 Hulbert starred in audio recording of the play "The Ghost Train", which was commercially released by Decca Records (Release Catalogue No.LK4040). Hulbert was married to the actress Enid Trevor. Hulbert died in a hospital in Sydney on 23 January 1964 aged 63 after having been taken ill whilst ashore during a round-the-world health cruise with his family. Claude Hulbert Claude Noel Hulbert (25 December 1900 – 23 January 1964) was an English stage, radio and cinema comic actor during the first half of the 20th century. Claude Hulbert was born in Fulham, West London, England, on Christmas