( William Claude Fields 1879–1946)
a US comic actor well known for his humorous remarks. He had a large nose and the characters he played often drank a lot of alcohol and hated children and dogs. He was in the Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway (1915–21) and often on radio. His films, some of which he wrote, include My Little Chickadee (1940) with Mae West , The Bank Dick (1940) and Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941).