Stanley Fields was an American actor, born 20 May 1883 in Allegheny

Allegheny, Pennsylvania

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, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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, USA and died 23 April 1941 in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, California

California

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, USA, aged 57.

Career

Born Walter L. Agnew, he spent seven years as boy Soprano in the Trinity Church choir. He began his career as a newsboy but later became a professional boxer but as a result of a broken nose, left the ring and decided to try Vaudeville

Vaudeville

Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...

 in partnership with Frank Fay

Frank Fay (American actor)

Frank Fay was an American film and stage actor, emcee, comedian, best known as an actor for having played "Elwood P. Dowd" in the play Harvey by the American playwright Mary Coyle Chase on Broadway...

. Thanks to Norma Talmadge

Norma Talmadge

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 who thought his broken nose gave him a ferocious appearance, he started on a film career with a screen debut as a gunman in her talkie, New York Nights

New York Nights

New York Nights is a 1929 crime film directed by Lewis Milestone. It is based on the 1928 play Tin Pan Alley by Hugh Stanislaus Stange. The film is known for being leading actress Norma Talmadge's first sound film.-Plot:...

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Partial Filmography

• New York Nights
  New York Nights
  New York Nights is a 1929 crime film directed by Lewis Milestone. It is based on the 1928 play Tin Pan Alley by Hugh Stanislaus Stange. The film is known for being leading actress Norma Talmadge's first sound film.-Plot:...
  
   1929
• The Border Legion
  The Border Legion
  The Border Legion is a 1916 western novel by Zane Grey.It tells the story of a cold hearted man named Jack Kells who falls in love with Miss Joan Randle, a girl his legion has taken captive near the Idaho border....
  
   1930
• Cimarron
  Cimarron
  Cimarron is the title of a novel published by popular historical fiction author Edna Ferber in 1929. The book was adapted into a critically acclaimed film in 1931 through RKO Pictures. In 1960, the story was again adapted for the screen to meager success by MGM...
  
   1931
• Traveling Husbands
  Traveling Husbands
  Traveling Husbands is a 1931 American comedy film directed by Paul Sloane and starring Evelyn Brent.- Cast :* Evelyn Brent as Ruby Smith* Frank Albertson as Barry Greene* Constance Cummings as Ellen Wilson* Hugh Herbert as Hymie Schwartz...
  
   1931
• Little Caesar
  Little Caesar
  Little Caesar may refer to:* Little Caesar , a 1929 novel by William R. Burnett* Little Caesar , a 1931 film based on the novel* Little Caesar , a hard rock band* Little Caesars, a pizza chain...
  
   1931
• The Mouthpiece
  The Mouthpiece
  The Mouthpiece is a 1932 crime drama film directed by James Flood and Elliott Nugent.-Selected cast:*Warren William as Vincent 'Vince' Day*Sidney Fox as Celia Farraday*Aline MacMahon as Miss Hickey, Day's secretary*John Wray as Mr. Barton...
  
   1932
• Island of Lost Souls
  Island of Lost Souls (1933 film)
  Island of Lost Souls is an American science fiction horror film starring Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams, Bela Lugosi and Kathleen Burke as The Panther Woman. Produced by Paramount Pictures in 1933 from a script co-written by science fiction legend Philip Wylie, the movie was the...
  
   1932
• Destination Unknown 1933
• Strictly Dynamite 1934
• Black Gold 1936
• Way Out West
  Way Out West (1937 film)
  Way Out West is a Laurel and Hardy comedy film released in 1937. It was directed by James W. Horne, produced by Stan Laurel and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.-Plot:...
  
   1937
• The Sheik Steps Out 1937
• Counsel For Crime 1937
• Wells Fargo
  Wells Fargo
  Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational diversified financial services company with operations around the world. Wells Fargo is the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by assets and the largest bank by market capitalization. Wells Fargo is the second largest bank in deposits, home...
  
   1937
• Algiers
  Algiers
  ' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...
  
   1938
• Hell's Kitchen
  Hell's Kitchen (1939 film)
  Hell's Kitchen is a 1939 Warner Bros. film starring Ronald Reagan and The Dead End Kids.-Plot:Buck Caesar is a paroled convict who makes a contribution to a reform school on the advice of his nephew, Jim Donahue , a lawyer...
  
   1939
• Viva Cisco Kid 1940
• King of the Lumberjacks 1940
• I'll Sell My Life 1941

External links

• Picture Show Who's Who on the Screen 1932
• Film Star Who's Who on the Screen 1938