Stanley Fields (born Walter L. Agnew; May 20, 1883April 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

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

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 ''Traveling Husbands'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Paul Sloane based on a screenplay by Humphrey Pearson. The film stars Constance Cummings, Frank Albertson, Evelyn Brent, Dorothy Peterson and Hugh Herbert. Hugh Herbe ...

'' (1931) - Dan Murphy - House Detective *''

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'' (1931) - Captain Breen *'' Riders of the Purple Sage'' (1931) - Oldring *'' Way Back Home'' (1931) - Rufe Turner *''

Girl of the Rio ''Girl of the Rio'' is a 1932 American pre-Code RKO musical film starred Dolores del Río and Leo Carrillo. Directed by Herbert Brenon, the screenplay was written by Elizabeth Meehan and Louis Stevens, based on the play, ''The Dove'' by Will ...

'' (1932) - Mike *'' Two Kinds of Women'' (1932) - Harry Glassman *''

Girl Crazy ''Girl Crazy'' is a 1930 musical by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and book by Guy Bolton and John McGowan. Ethel Merman made her stage debut in the first production and co-lead Ginger Rogers became an overnight star. Rich in song, ...

'' (1932) - Lank Sanders *''

Destry Rides Again ''Destry Rides Again'' is a 1939 American Western comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart. The supporting cast includes Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Allen Jenkins, Irene Hervey ...

'' (1932) - Sheriff Jerry Wendell *'' The Mouthpiece'' (1932) - Mr. Pondapolis *'' The Painted Woman'' (1932) - Yank *'' Hell's Highway'' (1932) - F. E. Whiteside *''

One Way Passage ''One Way Passage'' is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic film starring William Powell and Kay Francis as star-crossed lovers, directed by Tay Garnett and released by Warner Bros. The screenplay by Robert Lord won the Academy Award for Best St ...

'' (1932) - Freighter Captain (uncredited) *'' Rackety Rax'' (1932) - Gilatti *'' Sherlock Holmes'' (1932) - Tony Ardetti *''

The Kid from Spain ''The Kid from Spain'' is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Leo McCarey. Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmar composed the songs, and Busby Berkeley is credited with creating and directing the film's musical scenes. It was Jane Wyman's film debut ...

'' (1932) - Jose *'' Island of Lost Souls'' (1932) - Captain Davies *'' The Constant Woman'' (1933) - Beef - Stagehand *'' Destination Unknown'' (1933) - Gattallo *''

Terror Aboard ''Terror Aboard'' is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Paul Sloane, written by Robert Presnell Sr., Manuel Seff and Harvey F. Thew, and starring John Halliday, Charlie Ruggles, Shirley Grey, Neil Hamilton, Jack La Rue, Verree T ...

'' (1933) - Capt. Swanson *''

He Couldn't Take It ''He Couldn't Take It'' is a 1933 American comedy film directed by William Nigh and starring Ray Walker, Virginia Cherrill and George E. Stone.Fetrow p.263 The script was written by Dore Schary and George Waggner and was made for Monogram Pict ...

'' (1933) - Sweet Sue *''

Roman Scandals ''Roman Scandals'' is a 1933 American black-and-white pre-Code musical film starring Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart, Edward Arnold and David Manners. It was directed by Frank Tuttle. The film features a number of intricate production ...

'' (1933) - Slave Auctioneer (uncredited) *'' Palooka'' (1934) - Blacky Wolfe (uncredited) *''

Sing and Like It ''Sing and Like It'' is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William A. Seiter from a screenplay by Marion Dix and Laird Doyle, based on the unpublished short story ''So You Won't Sing, Eh?'' by Aben Kandel. The film stars ZaSu Pi ...

'' (1934) - Butch - Hood *'' Strictly Dynamite'' (1934) - Pussy *'' Many Happy Returns'' (1934) - Joe * '' Name the Woman'' (1934) - Dawson *''

Rocky Rhodes ''Rocky Rhodes'' is a 1934 American Western film directed by Alfred Raboch and written by Edward Churchill. The film stars Buck Jones, Sheila Terry, Stanley Fields, Walter Miller, Alfred P. James and Paul Fix. The film was released on Septem ...

'' (1934) - Harp Haverty *''

Kid Millions ''Kid Millions'' (1934) is an American musical film directed by Roy Del Ruth, produced by Samuel Goldwyn Productions, and starring Eddie Cantor. Its elaborate "Ice Cream Fantasy Finale" production number was filmed in three-strip Technicolor, one ...

'' (1934) - Oscar Wilson *''

Life Returns ''Life Returns'' is an American film directed by Eugene Frenke. The film stars Onslow Stevens, George P. Breakston and Lois Wilson with a plot that involves a doctor who is convinced that the dead can be brought back to life gets the chance to p ...

'' (1935) - Dog Catcher *'' Helldorado'' (1935) - Truck Driver *''

Baby Face Harrington ''Baby Face Harrington'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Raoul Walsh and written by Nunnally Johnson, Edwin H. Knopf and Charles Lederer. The film stars Charles Butterworth, Una Merkel, Harvey Stephens, Eugene Pallette and Nat Pendl ...

'' (1935) - Mullens *''

The Daring Young Man ''The Daring Young Man'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and written by Sam Hellman, William Hurlbut and Glenn Tryon. The film stars James Dunn, Mae Clarke, Neil Hamilton, Sidney Toler, Warren Hymer and Stanley Fi ...

'' (1935) - Rafferty *''

Mutiny on the Bounty The mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel occurred in the South Pacific Ocean on 28 April 1789. Disaffected crewmen, led by acting-Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, seized control of the ship from their captain, Lieutenant William Bligh, and set h ...

'' (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 ''The King Steps Out'' is a 1936 American light comedy film directed by Josef von Sternberg based on the early years of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known as "Sisi" or "Sissi", and her courtship and marriage to Franz Joseph I of Austria, after ...

'' (1936) - Bruiser (uncredited) *''

Show Boat ''Show Boat'' is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock worke ...

'' (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 ''Maid of Salem'' is a 1937 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Frank Lloyd, and starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. Plot It tells the story of a young girl in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692, who has an affair with an adventurer. ...

'' (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 ''The Last Train from Madrid'' is a 1937 American war drama film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Dorothy Lamour, Lew Ayres and Gilbert Roland. It is set during the Spanish Civil War. The film was one of the few contemporary Hollywood film ...

'' (1937) - Avila (uncredited) *''Three Legionnaires'' (1937) - Gen. Stavinski *''

The Toast of New York ''The Toast of New York'' is a 1937 American biopic directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Edward Arnold, Cary Grant, Frances Farmer, and Jack Oakie. The film is a fictionalized account of the lives of financiers James Fisk and Edward S. St ...

'' (1937) - Top Sergeant *''

Souls at Sea ''Souls at Sea'' is a 1937 American adventure film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Gary Cooper and George Raft. Based on a story by Ted Lesser, the film is about a first mate on a slave ship who frees the slaves on the ship after a mutiny ...

'' (1937) - Captain Paul M. Granley *''

The Sheik Steps Out ''The Sheik Steps Out'' is a 1937 American musical film directed by Irving Pichel and written by Adele Buffington and Gordon Kahn. The film stars Ramon Novarro, Lola Lane, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Burke, Stanley Fields and Billy Bevan. The film w ...

'' (1937) - Abu Saal *''

All Over Town ''All Over Town'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by James W. Horne and starring Olsen and Johnson. Cast * Ole Olsen as Olsen *Chic Johnson as Johnson * Mary Howard as Joan Eldridge * Harry Stockwell as Don Fletcher *Franklin Pangbor ...

'' (1937) - Slug *''

Wife, Doctor and Nurse ''Wife, Doctor and Nurse'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Walter Lang and starring Loretta Young. Plot Cast * Loretta Young as Ina Heath Lewis * Warner Baxter as Dr. Judd Lewis * Virginia Bruce as Miss Stephens aka Steve * Jane Da ...

'' (1937) - Delivery Man *'' Danger – Love at Work'' (1937) - Thug *''

Counsel for Crime ''Counsel for Crime'' is a 1937 American crime film directed by John Brahm starring Otto Kruger, Douglass Montgomery and Jacqueline Wells. Plot Following his graduation from law school, Senator Robert Maddox's (Hall) adopted son Paul (Montgomer ...

'' (1937) - George Evans *''

Ali Baba Goes to Town ''Ali Baba Goes to Town'' is a 1937 musical film directed by David Butler and starring Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, and Roland Young. Cantor plays a hobo named Aloysius "Al" Babson, who walks into the camp of a movie company that is making the ...

'' (1937) - Tramp *''

Roll Along, Cowboy ''Roll Along, Cowboy'' is a 1937 American musical Western film directed by Gus Meins. It is based on the 1931 novel ''The Dude Ranger'' by Zane Grey, and is the second adaptation of the novel, after the 1934 film ''The Dude Ranger''. Plot sum ...

'' (1937) - Barry Barker *''

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'' (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 ''The Adventures of Marco Polo'' is a 1938 adventure film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, and Basil Rathbone. It was one of the most elaborate and costly of Samuel Goldwyn's productions. Plot Nicolo Polo shows t ...

'' (1938) - Bayan *''

Wide Open Faces ''Wide Open Faces'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Joe E. Brown, Jane Wyman and Alison Skipworth.Quinlan p.72 The screenplay concerns a man who tries to prevent mobsters getting their hands on loot that th ...

'' (1938) - Duke Temple *''

Panamint's Bad Man ''Panamint's Bad Man'' is a 1938 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by Luci Ward and Charles Arthur Powell. The film stars Smith Ballew, Evelyn Daw, Noah Beery, Sr., Stanley Fields, Harry Woods and Pat J. O'Brien. Th ...

'' (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) *''

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'' (1939) - 'Bull' Bransom *'' Chasing Danger'' (1939) - Captain Fontaine *'' The Kid from Kokomo'' (1939) - Muscles Malone *'' Exile Express'' (1939) - Tony Kassan *''

Hell's Kitchen Hell's Kitchen, also known as Clinton, is a neighborhood on the West Side of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is considered to be bordered by 34th Street (or 41st Street) to the south, 59th Street to the north, Eighth Avenue to the ea ...

'' (1939) - Buck * ''

Fugitive at Large ''Fugitive at Large'' is a 1939 American crime film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Jack Holt, Patricia Ellis and Stanley Fields.Slide p.121 Cast * Jack Holt as Tom Farrow / George Storm * Patricia Ellis as Patricia Farrow * Stanl ...

'' (1939) - Manning *'' Pack Up Your Troubles'' (1939) - Sgt. Walker *''

Viva Cisco Kid ''Viva Cisco Kid'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by Norman Foster, written by Samuel G. Engel and Hal Long, and starring Cesar Romero, Jean Rogers, Chris-Pin Martin, Minor Watson, Stanley Fields and Nigel De Brulier. It was release ...

'' (1940) - Boss *''

King of the Lumberjacks ''King of the Lumberjacks'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by William Clemens and starring John Payne, Gloria Dickson and Stanley Fields.Pitts p.174 The film's sets were designed by the art director Esdras Hartley. Partial cast * ...

'' (1940) - Dominic Deribault *''

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'' (1940) - Birger Simberg *'' New Moon'' (1940) - Tambour *''

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'' (1940) - Curley - Henchman (uncredited) *'' The Great Plane Robbery'' (1940) - Frankie Toller *'' Where Did You Get That Girl?'' (1941) - Crandall *''

The Lady from Cheyenne ''The Lady from Cheyenne'' is a 1941 American comedy western film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Loretta Young, Robert Preston and Edward Arnold. Plot In the 1860s, after receiving an inheritance a Philadelphia Quaker school teacher h ...

'' (1941) - Jerry Stover * '' I'll Sell My Life'' (1941) - Bochini (final film role)

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