About Stanley Fields
Lived 1883 – 1941 (aged 57). Stanley Fields was an American actor and boxer.
Stanley Fields (born Walter L. Agnew; May 20, 1883 – April 23, 1941) was an American actor.
Biography On Broadway, Fields performed in Fifty Miles from Boston (1908) and The Red Widow (1911). After that, for eight years, Fields performed in vaudeville with Frank Fay. he started on a film career with a screen debut as a gunman in her talkie New York Nights. In 1930, he signed a long-term contract with Paramount Pictures.
Selected filmography
New York Nights (1929) - Hood (uncredited) Street of Chance (1930) - Dorgan Dangerous Paradise (1930) - Steamer Captain (uncredited) Mammy (1930) - Pig Eyes (uncredited) Captain of the Guard (1930) - Hangman (uncredited) Ladies Love Brutes (1930) - Mike Mendino The Border Legion (1930) - Hack Gulden Manslaughter (1930) - Peters Her Man (1930) - Al The Lottery Bride (1930) - Bartender (uncredited) See America Thirst (1930) - Spumoni Hook, Line and Sinker (1930) - McKay - Blackwell Henchman Little Caesar (1931) - Sam Vettori Cimarron (1931) - Lon Yountis Cracked Nuts (1931) - Gen. Bogardus City Streets (1931) - Blackie A Holy Terror (1931) - Butch Morgan Traveling Husbands (1931) - Dan Murphy - House Detective Skyline (1931) - Captain Breen Riders of the Purple Sage (1931) - Oldring Way Back Home (1931) - Rufe Turner Girl of the Rio (1932) - Mike Two Kinds of Women (1932) - Harry Glassman Girl Crazy (1932) - Lank Sanders Destry Rides Again (1932) - Sheriff Jerry Wendell The Mouthpiece (1932) - Mr. Pondapolis The Painted Woman (1932) - Yank Hell's Highway (1932) - F. E. Whiteside One Way Passage (1932) - Freighter Captain (uncredited) Rackety Rax (1932) - Gilatti Sherlock Holmes (1932) - Tony Ardetti The Kid from Spain (1932) - Jose Island of Lost Souls (1932) - Captain Davies The Constant Woman (1933) - Beef - Stagehand Destination Unknown (1933) - Gattallo Terror Aboard (1933) - Capt. Swanson He Couldn't Take It (1933) - Sweet Sue Roman Scandals (1933) - Slave Auctioneer (uncredited) Palooka (1934) - Blacky Wolfe (uncredited) Sing and Like It (1934) - Butch - Hood Strictly Dynamite (1934) - Pussy Many Happy Returns (1934) - Joe Name the Woman (1934) - Dawson Rocky Rhodes (1934) - Harp Haverty Kid Millions (1934) - Oscar Wilson Life Returns (1935) - Dog Catcher Helldorado (1935) - Truck Driver Baby Face Harrington (1935) - Mullens The Daring Young Man (1935) - Rafferty Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) - Muspratt Black Gold (1936) - Lefty Stevens It Had to Happen (1936) - Mug O'Malley of the Mounted (1936) - Red Jagger The Mine with the Iron Door (1936) - Dempsey The King Steps Out (1936) - Bruiser (uncredited) Show Boat (1936) - Backwoodsman with Gun (uncredited) Ticket to Paradise (1936) - Dan Kelly The Devil Is a Sissy (1936) - Joe The Gay Desperado (1936) - Butch Maid of Salem (1937) - First Mate The Great O'Malley (1937) - Convict at Lathe (uncredited) Midnight Court (1937) - 'Slim' Jacobs Way Out West (1937) - Sheriff The Hit Parade (1937) - Bedtime Story Man The Last Train from Madrid (1937) - Avila (uncredited) Three Legionnaires (1937) - Gen. Stavinski The Toast of New York (1937) - Top Sergeant Souls at Sea (1937) - Captain Paul M. Granley The Sheik Steps Out (1937) - Abu Saal All Over Town (1937) - Slug Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937) - Delivery Man Danger – Love at Work (1937) - Thug Counsel for Crime (1937) - George Evans Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937) - Tramp Roll Along, Cowboy (1937) - Barry Barker Wells Fargo (1937) - Abe - Prospector Algiers (1938) - Carlos Of Human Hearts (1938) - Horse Owner (uncredited) Arsène Lupin Returns (1938) - André - Horse Groom (uncredited) The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) - Bayan Wide Open Faces (1938) - Duke Temple Panamint's Bad Man (1938) - Harold 'Black Jack' Deavers Painted Desert (1938) - Bill Straight, Place and Show (1938) - Slippery Sol The Sisters (1938) - Ship's Captain (uncredited) Flirting with Fate (1938) - Fernando Off the Record (1939) - Big Bruiser (uncredited) Blackwell's Island (1939) - 'Bull' Bransom Chasing Danger (1939) - Captain Fontaine The Kid from Kokomo (1939) - Muscles Malone Exile Express (1939) - Tony Kassan Hell's Kitchen (1939) - Buck Fugitive at Large (1939) - Manning Pack Up Your Troubles (1939) - Sgt. Walker Viva Cisco Kid (1940) - Boss King of the Lumberjacks (1940) - Dominic Deribault Ski Patrol (1940) - Birger Simberg New Moon (1940) - Tambour Wyoming (1940) - Curley - Henchman (uncredited) The Great Plane Robbery (1940) - Frankie Toller Where Did You Get That Girl? (1941) - Crandall The Lady from Cheyenne (1941) - Jerry Stover I'll Sell My Life (1941) - Bochini (final film role)
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Important facts
People in Stanley Fields's life
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Contemporaries
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Frequently asked questions
Who was Stanley Fields?
American actor (1883-1941)
When was Stanley Fields born?
Stanley Fields was born on 20 May 1883 in Allegheny.
When did Stanley Fields die?
Stanley Fields died on 23 April 1941 in Los Angeles.
What was Stanley Fields's occupation?
Stanley Fields was an actor and boxer.
What nationality was Stanley Fields?
Stanley Fields was American.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Stanley Fields (actor)
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