Stanley Fields (actor)

Stanley Fields (born Walter L. Agnew; May 20, 1883 – April 23, 1941) was an American actor.

Stanley Fields
Fields in Algiers (1938)
Born
Walter L. Agnew

(1883-05-20)May 20, 1883
Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedApril 23, 1941(1941-04-23) (aged 57)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active1929–1941
Spouse(s)Alta Bailey

Biography

Fields spent seven years as a boy soprano in the Trinity Church choir. He began work as a newsboy, but later became a professional boxer. As a result of a broken nose, he left the ring.

On Broadway, Fields performed in Fifty Miles from Boston (1908) and The Red Widow (1911).[1] After that, for eight years, Fields performed in vaudeville with Frank Fay.[2] Thanks to Norma Talmadge, 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. In 1930, he signed a long-term contract with Paramount Pictures.[2]

He died on April 23, 1941.[3] He died of a heart attack.

Selected filmography
Stanley Fields in Little Caesar (1931).

References
  1. "Stanley Fields". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on June 13, 2021. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  2. "Contract Presented To Sinister Actor". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. February 11, 1930. p. 7. Retrieved June 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Stanley Fields, 57, Character Actor. Noted for His Gangster Roles in 'Little Caesar' and Similar Films Dies in West. Appeared In Vaudeville. Began Stage Career in Chorus With George M. Cohan. In Films 15 Years". New York Times. April 24, 1941. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
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