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
William Warren (elder actor) he made his last appearance on 25 November 1829 as Robert Bramble in the "Poor Gentleman". His son, also named William Warren, was also an actor. His daughter Anna (1815–72) married comedian Dan Marble, and his daughter Hester (1810–42) married actor Joseph Proctor. William Warren (elder actor) William Warren (b. Bath, Somerset, 10 May 1767; d. Washington, D.C., United States, 19 October 1832) was an actor. His first appearance was as Young Norval in Home's tragedy of "Douglas". Soon afterward, Warren came to the United States, making his debut at Baltimore, Maryland, as Friar Lawrence in "Romeo and Juliet". In