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Stanley Fields (actor)

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

Born
Walter L. Agnew

(1883-05-20)May 20, 1883
DiedApril 23, 1941(1941-04-23) (aged 57)
Yearsactive1929–1941
SpouseAlta Bailey
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Stanley Fields
Fields in Algiers (1938)
Born
Walter L. Agnew

(1883-05-20)May 20, 1883
DiedApril 23, 1941(1941-04-23) (aged 57)
Years active1929–1941
SpouseAlta Bailey
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Biography

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

Selected filmography

Stanley Fields in Little Caesar (1931).

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