| Harold Fielding | |
| Birth Name: | Harold Lewis Fielding |
| Birth Date: | 4 December 1916 |
| Death Date: | 27 September 2003 (aged 86) |
| Birth Place: | Woking, Surrey, England |
| Death Place: | Kingston upon Thames, London, England |
| Instrument: | Violin |
| Genre: | Musical theatre |
| Occupation: | Theatre producer |
| Associated Acts: | Elaine Strich, Ginger Rogers, Van Johnson, Tommy Steele, Anne Ziegler, Webster Booth |
Harold Lewis Fielding (4 December 1916[1] - 27 September 2003) was an English theatre producer.[2]
Fielding was one of Britain's foremost theatrical producers who produced several musicals, including Mame, Charlie Girl, Half a Sixpence,[2] Show Boat, Scarlett, Barnum, Sweet Charity, The Biograph Girl, and Ziegfeld.[1] He also produced "Music for the Millions", a touring variety show.
The son of a stockbroker, Fielding was born in Woking, Surrey, England, and educated privately.[1] As a child prodigy, he studied violin with Josef Szigeti.[1] He also handled Tommy Steele's early career, and commissioned Half a Sixpence for him.[2]
His office was Fielding House, 53-54 Haymarket, London.
He was interviewed by Sue Lawley on Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4 on 17 June 1990. In 1996, Fielding was awarded a Gold Badge from BASCA in recognition of his special contribution to Britain's entertainment industry.[1] Fielding married Maisie Joyce Skivens in 1955, and was widowed in 1985. They had no children.
He suffered a series of strokes in 1998, and retired to a private nursing home in Kingston upon Thames, where he died.[3] [4] [5] [6]